So long to the world I live in and the life I know! For a week or so, anyway. Yes, I'm in Nevada, about to enter Black Rock City on the playa, for my first-ever Burning Man experience. While I'm immersed in whatever mind-blowing universe they've built there, I will be disconnected from "defaultia" as …
Category: Running & Cycling
Done Lots of Sweating – Time to Burn!
BEEN A LITTLE WARM THIS SUMMER, hasn’t it. But it hasn’t stopped me from training. Even the VM150, with its two days of 90+ degree heat and blazing sun, was useful to me. What for? Well, in three weeks I head to the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, for a small social gathering they call …
Sorry, Getting Older Doesn’t Suck
Yesterday I was at the annual picnic for the tech company I work at, conversing with some folks around my age. I don’t remember what sparked it, but someone made a remark about how getting old sucks. “I can’t think of a single good thing about getting older,” she said. And everyone else agreed. I …
The Night of 10,000 Moons: WNBR Portland
NOTICE: This post includes photos that may be NSFW. But why would you be reading this at work? Shame on you! But be sure to read this the minute you get home. I WUZ DARED. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Which is why I was at Cathedral Park at 9:00 p.m. last …