Bluntly Speaking – $2 Bills and Legal Pot

Thomas Jefferson may have grown hemp, but I doubt he'd be happy with the latest association of his name with it. Regular readers know that I stamp $2 bills to shamelessly plug my blog, and distribute them mainly as tips at coffee shops and such. With the blog name change, a new stamp was needed, …

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No Thinking on the Mat, Please

LAST MONDAY NIGHT IN AIKIDO CLASS I WAS THINKING . . . (Those of you familiar with Aikido already know this isn't going to end well.) Random stuff popped in and out of my mind as we loosened up on the mat; important stuff like how hot it was in the gym, where to get …

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Doing My L.S.D.

Eight weeks to go before the Run Woodstock weekend and my big running event of the year. This means despite the statewide sauna that has been Michigan this summer, I've gotta train for it. And what better way to prepare for a Woodstock weekend than by doing a lot of L.S.D.? Okay, I'll end the …

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Ringing in the Changes

Continuing the stooooory from last time about my lost wedding ring and my attempt to make lemonade out of the proverbial lemon. Trouble is, I like lemons. But I digress. So what happened? Some time ago I was introduced to the idea that we should never attach too much feeling to the objects we own; …

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