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The End of “How I Met Your Mother”

This show, How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM), premiered in 2005 when I was still living in Las Vegas.  It’s now ending 9 years later and it’s really really bittersweet, as while of course this is one of my favorite shows and a lot of emotional beats and closure were hit in tonight’s series finale, it’s […]

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Death of a Hobie

I know that it’s very narcissistic to “feel something” when someone with a similar name dies, but it is a lot different when the shared name is something as unique as Hobart and when that person also went by Hobie.  I’m talking about the death of Hobie Alter, the man behind the Hobie sailboards and […]

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A Trying Day

When you have a shitty day at work, it’s obviously not the best idea to then go vent about it in an online capacity.  So what can you do?  Clearly, the best route is to talk about it to trusted listeners, so I did that.  At home, I then did another thing that helps you […]

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My Life is one…big…Trulia

Well, it looks very likely that we’ll be relocating when our lease is up.  A bummer in some respects, but also a chance to maybe find yet another new neighborhood to explore and enjoy.  We’re trying to determine how far west we go – we aren’t thrilled or excited by the prospect of going all […]

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My Rain Face

It’s frightening, I know.  Anyway, today in Los Angeles, the rain was the only story.  According to Al Roker, we’re set to get nearly a year’s worth of rain in about 2 days.  That’s a lot.  I took today off anyway but it happily coincided with the fact that I wasn’t having to drive on […]