There’s a new Amazon commercial for the upcoming Christmas season. Not quite as cinematic as ads from the past but it gets the point across. But the more I see it and think about it, it’s becoming a great example of the complexities of society. Take a look and decide if you like it orContinue reading “The Amazon Dad on a Treadmill Christmas Commercial – Funny or Hypocritical?”
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A Triathlon Update – Unexpected Twists
I definitely didn’t predict 2025 correctly. As last year was ending, I’m sure was getting excited about an upcoming year of triathlon training and exercise. Actually, wait a second… both of those things have come true. Well, that’s pretty cool. I joined a gym and have been exercising pretty regularly. I’ve been training, too. TheContinue reading “A Triathlon Update – Unexpected Twists”
I do workouts next to a restaurant
It’s the afternoon and I’m walking through the parking lot in front of the gym. As I think about what I’m wearing– a dry fit shirt, athletic shorts– and carrying a water bottle and a towel, there are other people walking in this same parking lot but dressed quite a bit differently. They’re walking towardsContinue reading “I do workouts next to a restaurant”
I haven’t been in a gym in 4 years…
Something came over me about a week and a half ago. No it wasn’t bad egg nog or whatever flu is going around every winter. It was the notion that it was time to rejoin an official gym! That’s right. Me. Working out. With weights. And other people. Ben, the loner, rubbing shoulders with otherContinue reading “I haven’t been in a gym in 4 years…”
Triathlon Injury – A Recovery Update of the Horizontal Mattress
If you want the backstory of today’s post, check out part 1 and part 2 and I should warn you, there are some gnarly pictures of a cycling injury where my leg got some lacerations. It could’ve been worse (doesn’t everybody say that?) but as I look back at those pics now, gosh it wasContinue reading “Triathlon Injury – A Recovery Update of the Horizontal Mattress”
Out of the Wilderness 