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Entries Tagged as 'Trips, Hiking, and the Outdoors'

60 miles and counting… a glance at the odometer

August 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

On Saturday we took the bike out and put at least 60 miles on it. We rode out to Atco NJ to visit friends, then back to the City and then to other errands. We went up to 70mph easy, and the ride was pretty smooth. My butt was a little sore but […]

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Tags: Fun Stuff · Suzuki Burgman 400S · Trips, Hiking, and the Outdoors

Sweet Ride Part 2

July 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Here it is! The Suzuki Burgman 400 Type S. This post is just eye candy, I’m too tired to write more, but I’ll lay out the specs after getting some rest. Mary took it for a spin around the block a few times and it runs better than I expected. […]

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Tags: Fun Stuff · In real life · Suzuki Burgman 400S · Trips, Hiking, and the Outdoors

Tender Loving Advil and the Root Canal - Take One

July 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I’ve had a toothache for the last six days or so. It hurt. It made me sad. I’m pretty sure I lost some weight because I was afraid to eat. Yesterday I finally caved in and started looking for a dentist, now that I have dental insurance. I found […]

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Tags: My Life · Trips, Hiking, and the Outdoors

more on the circus thing…

April 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

It’s been a relaxing few days. As you know from the last post I was off all weekend, and had a marvelous time at the circus. Yesterday I had an easy day at work, in other words I was not in the ER. Instead we had a classroom day, which we’ve been having every Monday, […]

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Tags: In real life · Trips, Hiking, and the Outdoors

On Perfect Weekends, Childhood Dreams, and Radishes

April 20th, 2008 · No Comments

So I had this weekend off - ALL weekend!! AND, Mary is feeling much much better! She’s actually eating and keeping most of the food down. I have no response to her poop comment in my last post, at least not one that I want everyone to see. PLUS, the weather was perfect! Nice […]

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Tags: My Life · Trips, Hiking, and the Outdoors