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Trying Out: Massage Parlor (Or, Getting Rubbed the Wrong Way)

I have this weird opinion that I should be able to turn my head roughly one hundred and eighty degrees.  I think that when I try to lift my left arm, it should not go numb.  I am against gigantic … Continue reading

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Feeling Campy

I have been thinking about campfires lately.  Maybe it is because summer is calling and we all want to be outside.  Or it could be that I have been watching, “A Week Away”, on Netflix too much.  Whatever the reason, … Continue reading

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The Longest Journey

Grab your oxygen masks, buy a new pair of wool socks, make friends with a mule, and gird yourself for the mightiest journey.  Behold the walk from my couch to my bed. Ernest Shackleton would not ask his descendants to … Continue reading

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Trying Out: 2017 Index

Trying Out: The Wrap-Up I survived. I told myself I would try to do something new or challenging every week. Some were a bit much. Some were rather mundane. But I did one each week. (I did take a week … Continue reading

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Trying Out: Roller Coasters (Week 41)

Trying Out: Enchanted Village at Wild Waves (Week Forty-One) (There were not a lot of images I could put into a baby shower article.  But roller coasters?  Pfft.  I can link YouTube videos all day to that.  Interactivity!) Technically I … Continue reading

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Trying Out: Elevated Jungle Gym (Week 38)

Trying Out: Adventura (Week Thirty-Eight) Five months ago I told my sister about some of the new things I had in mind.  I mentioned that there was a place where lots of cables and platforms were rigged thirty feet above … Continue reading

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Trying Out: Trespassing (Week 36)

Trying Out: Standing on Shaky Legal Ground (Week Thirty-Six)  Pardon me for being vague here, but the fewer details the better.  This time I did something on the fuzzy side of legal. Once upon a time I was allowed regular … Continue reading

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Trying Out: The Local Mosque (Week 33)

Trying Out: Idris Mosque (Week Thirty-Three) I had a brief course on world religions during my Social Studies class.  Hearing about a thing from a teacher is one thing.  Hearing about it from someone who cares passionately is another. The … Continue reading

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Trying Out: Skydiving (Week 31)

Trying Out: Plummeting thousands of feet and not dying (Week Thirty-One) It is silly to suggest that I am brave enough to jump out of a plane.  It courts death, is sheer lunacy, and involves a risky nature that I … Continue reading

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Trying Out: Escape Room (Week 18)

Week Eighteen: Time Escape I had no personal experience with escape rooms.  I had heard of them.  A feature on a Castle DVD was the cast trying to go through one.  I thought to myself, Look at those guys.  Running … Continue reading

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