Category: General
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LOWA Boots, A saga
Many of you may remember my troubles overseas in 09. Two good pairs of boots, a hard eight months of daily travel and use, Central, Eastern and Northern Europe, Turkey, the UK, and Ireland, and the constant hard work, positive attitude, generosity, and honorable intent of the LOWA boot company. I had two quality issues…
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Return from the Wallow Fire
The Wallow Fire began on 9 May, has consumed 538,043 acres and is 93 percent contained as of this morning. 218 residences (down from a peak of 2,748 residences) remain threatened, with five damaged, and 32 destroyed. There were 2,347 firefighting personnel assigned to this fire with an expected full containment date of 15 July.…
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Wallow Fire Update
I’m posting to let you all know that I’ll be out of contact for a while as I’m working for the Red Cross Response to the Wallow Fire. The Below information is the official information posted this afternoon by the Red Cross for the shelter I’m working in: How the Red Cross is Helping Red…
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St. Patty’s
Here in the states it is St. Patrick ’s Day, I’m excited if a little tired. I am writing today to get in another update while I have a modicum of time. Alex Berger and I are working hard at updating my Blog to a newer format, similar to the build that he just completed…
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March 16th – Another Day.
Another day brings stories of hope and the resilience of human hearts filtering through from Japan. Although a devastating disaster, the cooperation and hard work going into the recovery and response effort are not only motivational, but inspiring. My heart and thoughts go out to those affected by the disaster. It prompted me to consider…
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Desert Challenge at UNLV – Collection of competition video
On April 16 and 17th, Devil Dancesport took a little trip to Las Vegas for the weekend. We visited our fellow academics at UNLV and had a little bit of a dance challenge. Devil Dancesport competed hard, and won the team challenges as well as the overall placement awards. We really kicked some serious butt.…
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Reflecting on Freshman year
Ever wonder what was going through your head the first semester of college? How about the first three weeks? weeeeell, I wrote myself a letter about ASU, and I wanted to share it with you. Its refreshing to revisit the memory given that I graduate in just 2 weeks. ASU ASU…. Arizona State University, A…
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Renaissance Fair!
Well folks, It was that time of year. The time to put on some funny clothes and get ready to rock the Ren Faire. I’m not sure how many of you are familiar with some of my costuming choices but I’m a big fan of scotland and more so of havin some fun. In the…
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Phoenix Challenge
From Claremont to Phoenix Challenge! Well, In december Devil Dancesport hit up Clairemont college and left a swath of dance destruction and good will behind us: Waltz Latin Devil Dancesport Well, after competing in December at the Claremont collegiate Ballroom Dance competition and medaling in every category, My Latin dance parter Chelsie and I furthered…
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Christmas time in Arizona
Christmas time in Arizona: A lot of thoughts running through my head. I’m on my way to work tonight. Taking a little time to sit down and actually do some writing. Its been a while in coming. My poor journal hasn’t seen my fingers since a little after I got back. What with the semester…