Bon Voyage

Date: Fri, Jun 19, 2009 Wine Tasting

I, like all of us have as of late, am guilty of abandoning Lived Reality and I feel like this is unfortunate and like I’d really like to start writing again. This is just good excercise for writing and a fun place to discuss the various things going on in the world. While I have [...]

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The Awful Truth About Afghanistan

Date: Thu, Jun 18, 2009 Wine Tasting

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Renewing and Recommitting to Lived Reality

Date: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 Wine Tasting

I detest blogs that are on again off again. Or, blogs that I really enjoy, such as Drama for President which I loved reading and then they just kind of disappeared. And there I sat, at my computer facing the email informing me that I had but 15 days to decide if I [...]

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Nebraska Fucks With Your Mind

Date: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 Wine Tasting

In the long drive returning home to Minnesota from my dear and beloved Arizona, nothing is more grueling and no stretch of freeway more unbearable than the I-80 through Nebraska.  As this is the most mundane portion of the entire trip and since by this point in my journey I had lost my travel companion [...]

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hey…how’ve you been?

Date: Wed, May 20, 2009 Wine Tasting

There are some places, and more importantly, some people, that you can go months without seeing, and it’s just like you met them for coffee yesterday. I have found those are usually the best people, the closest friends. This has been a week full of those, after visiting Arizona for the last time for who [...]

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The Sunday Gospel – Music

Date: Mon, May 4, 2009 Wine Tasting

Please share 3 songs that bring you joy… This is a tough one to do for me, and many people I’d imagine, as music is such a subjective thing to our moods and environment. I don’t know that I have and all time 3 greatest songs per say, however, I can probably choose three that [...]

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A Lesson in the Federal Budget

Date: Wed, Apr 29, 2009 Wine Tasting

Our current monetary system is laughably imaginary. Since abolishing the gold standard (the idea that the dollar’s worth is tied to the amount of gold the federal government has and thus paper money stands in for gold (a material with value)), our financial system has been based on the idea of the dollar being [...]

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Ring Back This

Date: Tue, Apr 28, 2009 Wine Tasting

On a daily basis, I make a very high number of phone calls. Conversations can last anywhere between a couple minutes just checking in to a 40 minute conversation about a persons background and career goals and how I can help them achieve those goals. For every conversation I have, I miss at least three [...]

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Finish it, blue shorts!

Date: Tue, Apr 21, 2009 Wine Tasting

Yesterday was a massive holiday here in Boston. Patriots’ Day, better known as “Marathon Monday.”  While everyone else in Boston was enjoying a day off, morning cocktails and watching other people run 26.2 miles, I was doing homework. BUT in the afternoon I went for my usual Monday run. Well, I changed my route so [...]

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The Sunday Gospel - Do you believe that real wisdom comes through our challenges or our happiness?

Date: Sun, Apr 19, 2009 Wine Tasting

I found this mini fort deep within the Presidio one day while walking off a bad night. I was so surprised at how sturdy and smart it looked, hidden within the Presidio where the night was cold and the sounds must be amazing. I couldn’t help wonder why lie inside. This question seemed [...]

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What Happened to the Office

Date: Mon, Apr 13, 2009 Wine Tasting

There was a time, not so long ago, that were someone to ask me what my favorite TV show was I would respond without hesitation: “The Office!” I am the proud owner of seasons 1-4 on DVD and have seen every episode from those episodes numerous times. I have seen every episode of the current [...]

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What Happened to the Office

Date: Mon, Apr 13, 2009 Wine Tasting

There was a time, not so long ago, that were someone to ask me what my favorite TV show was I would respond without hesitation: “The Office!” I am the proud owner of seasons 1-4 on DVD and have seen every episode from those episodes numerous times. I have seen every episode of the current [...]

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Blip Fm Now Streaming at Lived Reality

Date: Sat, Apr 11, 2009 Wine Tasting

Now you can listen to what we’re listening to. Just click play on the right and a radio station based on what I’ve added at blip.fm will play!

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Airport Security

Date: Fri, Apr 10, 2009 Wine Tasting

As I went through security at the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport I was behind a family of four. The daughter, who was 9 or so, had a broken foot and was on crutches. After going through security, the TSA lady took a tissue type thing and ran a test to see if this [...]

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