Posts Tagged “fail”

Barefoot Running Stress Fracture

By | January 19, 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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Most Embarrassing Moment?

By | December 23, 2010

Bryn’s friend Beth sent me a list of questions to fill out for a “how-well-do-you-know-your-future-husband” bridal shower trivia game.  One of the questions was “most embarrassing moment,” and I couldn’t think of a good one so I left it blank.  The other day, inspiration struck. Growing up, the Science Center put on an annual “BubbleFest” [...]

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Thank You, Microsoft

By | November 17, 2010

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For your extremely helpful error messages: Right… I needed more rows in Excel so I got Office 2010.  Didn’t need the rest of this crap though.

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On Losing

By | September 6, 2010

Saturday’s Husky loss at BYU (13 straight road losses!) got me thinking about winning and losing.  I like to reason with myself that the time spent watching the game is all worthwhile if it results in a victory, but completely wasted if it’s a loss.  This is flawed logic because the true value lies in [...]

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My First Overdue Book

By | August 24, 2010

I would classify myself as a fairly active library patron.  I guess you could say it runs in the family.  I figure I’m already paying for these books with my taxes so I might as well use them.  But I can’t remember ever having a fine on my account before, so what happened last week [...]

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How to Buy a Used Car

By | March 27, 2009

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Step 1:  Don’t go to this dealership. How to really buy a used car.

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