March 22nd, 2011

Snowboarding for the first time in a long time, plus tons of new powder: Awesome! Nine hours to get there and back: Not so much. -Nick

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February 28th, 2011

“My Oh My” — Sweet Dave Niehaus tribute video by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.  Goosebumps. -Nick

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January 24th, 2011

I recently powered through Tim Ferriss’ latest opus, The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman.  At 500+ pages, it’s a pretty serious endeavor, but moves along quickly by mixing up the storytelling and the science. The book recounts Ferriss’ 10-year mission to “hack” the human body to find [...]

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January 19th, 2011

I’m self-diagnosing, so maybe I’m just a big baby.  But the symptoms sound about right. A stress fracture is an overuse injury. When muscles are overtired, they are no longer able to lessen the shock of repeated impacts. When this happens, the muscles transfer the stress to the bones. This can create small cracks or [...]

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January 11th, 2011

At the exact moment of Marshawn Lynch’s epic 67-yard touchdown run, the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network picked up a small –but measurable– tremor at Qwest Field. In terms of athletic achievements, I think causing an earthquake is a pretty awesome feat.  For example, 8 players have rushed for 100 or more touchdowns in their careers, [...]

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January 4th, 2011

GOOOO! HUSKIIEES! We had an awesome time in San Diego rooting on the Dawgs in their Holiday Bowl upset of Nebraska. Before the game their were tons of both purple and red-clad fans walking the streets.  In Old Town, they even put up a sign to make us feel welcome. Then it was on to [...]

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