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Driving: Convenience or… ?

Mar 28th 2006

By: rmdenby

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There are things in life that have the characteristic of both being both a benefit and a detriment. For me driving is one of these. For the first 28 years of my life I didn’t have a driver’s license. I walked or rode a bike everywhere or took a bus when I needed to travel [...]
A beginning

Mar 28th 2006

By: rmdenby

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I have been thinking about this for a while. I will write some of my more personal thoughts over the next few months. Some of the things I contemplate are very negative and some are very positive and some are just my thoughts. Never one to be controversial I tend not to say things that [...]
Winning the war while losing every battle

Mar 27th 2006

By: rmdenby

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I have been trying for quite some time to lose weight. My pattern is predictable: lose a little, gain a little; lose a lot, gain a lot. Over and over and over again. It is easy (at least for me) to lose perspective on something like weight loss. It sometimes seems so futile. Afterall, we [...]
Inspiration

Mar 4th 2006

By: rmdenby

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Well. Two of my favorite bloggers Rori and Cherryl recently left comments. How exciting! I have been recently lamenting that I have this blog that took many, many hours to design and a lot of effort to write with no visitors – except of course the constant stream of comment spam which is effectively handled [...]