Entries from March 2008

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Clover Coffee Conclusion?

Today I had one of the best cups of coffee I’ve ever had. It was the Kenyan Mwiria roasted by 49th Parallel and served in a Clover Coffee brewer at Trabant Coffee. Earlier this week Starbucks announced they bought the company that makes the Clover and I asked an important question.
Will independent coffee [...]

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

150 SuperFoods, Because 14 Just Wasn’t Enough

Last October I devoured the book SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life. It was the book I wish I had back in college when I first got interested in nutrition. That was before I discovered The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth.

The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased [...]

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

The Runner 1989-1995

Back in 2002, I assembled all the photos and stats from my running days.
Living out in the country I would often run around our 3 mile block. Sometimes I’d run it 2 or 3 times in a single day. However, I wasn’t part of a high school cross country or track team, because I was [...]

Friday, March 21st, 2008

First Day of School

My first day of school was in September 1974.

Photo Gallery For First Day of School September 1974

Friday, March 21st, 2008

E-4 and Holding

During my six years in the Army National Guard I raced up the ranks from Private (E-1) to Specialist (E-4). Once I achieved the rank of Specialist, which is the pay rank of E-4, I went into chill mode. The rank just above Specialist is Sergeant (see chart). My unit was full [...]

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Hot Air Balloon Trip 2000

While looking for some old files, I located my original photos from a Hot Air Balloon trip I took over Del Mar, California in 2000. Given the lack of megapixels my camera had back in 2000, the photos aren’t that great. The balloon ride was just prior to massive wave of home building [...]

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Taco Bell and the Speed Zone

This story has been moved around my different web sites since 1997. The introduction was written in 2000.
Do you have a story that you tell that is so unreal that as the years go by, even you start to doubt whether or not it ever took place? Whenever I think [...]