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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Remember You Must Die

  • June 29th, 2011
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Death. It doesn’t scare me. Fear of death is really a fear of life. I love living and so I …

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Over The Rainbow

  • June 27th, 2011
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Street Skating was a revelation. I had been living my life in Sepia Tone – In shades of brown. That …

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Follow That Dream

  • June 26th, 2011
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When I was a kid Elvis Presley was my idol. I listend to his music and watched his movies religiously. …

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Why I Don’t Play Chess

  • June 25th, 2011
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When I was in the 5th Grade I was befriended by a kid named Brian. Brian was a brainiac, a …

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Kung Fu Philosophy

  • June 21st, 2011
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When I was a kid I loved comic books. My favorites among others were Conan The Barbarian, The Unknown Soldier …

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Into The Fire

  • June 21st, 2011
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In 1984 I discovered skateboarding and punk rock music. I was 14 years old and I had finally woken up …

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Failure Glorious Failure

  • June 20th, 2011
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On October 29, 2010 I broke my arm, badly. It happened during my first shift of my first professional hockey …

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Lemon-Aid

  • June 19th, 2011
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On July 19, 1999, my father had quintuple bypass surgery. July 19 also happens to be his birthday. The surgery …

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Hundred-Acre-Wood

  • June 17th, 2011
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In 1995 I was living in Santa Barbara, CA on Laguna Street — Just across from Alice Keck Park Memorial …

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Budweiser

  • June 17th, 2011
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When I was a kid, we had a family dog named Budwesier. Budweiser was the best dog we ever had. …

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1986 Busch Gardens

  • June 16th, 2011
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When I was a teenager my dad hated skateboarding and punk rock music. With that being said, it sure seemed …

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