It is no secret that I’m not particularly athletic: I never even tried out for a football team, never played soccer in my life, scored less than 10 points in my entire basketball career, and only got on base once throughout the duration of my baseball career, and that because I was walked. During my [...]
For several years now a group of staff members from my place of employment has taken a trip to the Ouachita National Forest for a backpacking excursion on Eagle Rock Loop. The year of our Lord 2009 marked the first year I signed up for the trip, and this past weekend it was executed with [...]
Saturday morning I woke up and — for some unknown reason — decided to dust off the Mizuno’s, don some shorts and a bandana, fire up the ol’ GPS watch, and run to the American Airlines Center and back, via the Katy Trail. It had been just over two months since my last run, and [...]
There are countless simple pleasures offered by this life that too often go forgotten when I compose lists of things I love. One of these beauties is the activity of skipping rocks. This past weekend found me and several close friends camping at a local lake, where hours were spent enjoying this simple pleasure. It [...]
Thanks again, White Rock Lake for existing, and thanks to REI for letting your employees enjoy free rentals.