Two alarms.....both announcing their presence at 4:30 a.m. One sounds like a siren....the other...a church hymnal. Both....annoying. Feels...

...took one look at me as I approached him on the deck and said, " You look like you could use a swim....burn off some of that stress....

Degrees of separation... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Prometheus Bound Aeschylus Agamemnon Greek Tragedies Norm Anderson That...

Mid-morning call from a boyscout that breaks up the monotony of numbers. Sun shining...east wind blowing...west swell 7 @ 11.5... the left.....

50 meter pool 400 swim 200 kick 200 pull 200 swim 3 x {3x100 @ 2:00 desc. 1-3 to strong; 6x50 pull @ 1:00 ez} 300 kick - build 6 x 50 @ 1:10...

It was a dark and stormy night...as we cautiously made our way to the north side of town. The wrong side of town. We were to see a man........

Tried to drown myself today. Okay... Not really. Forced myself to go to the pool at lunch today. Hip deep in horse shit...I shoved it aside...

Haven't been on a board in a month. Not only has the surf been shitty...but it's that time of year. The time of year...when WORK.....

I was taking a mental break from number-crunching today....and stumbled across this photo. More of the v-man's artistry. These.....roc...

A true surf warrior has their very own sea turtle to carry them out into the line up. If you're not already on it....best be addin...

v-man: You know what a chick is...mom? me: Yeah...? v-man: A chick....is what you call a really hot girl. me: Uh-huh...? v-man: But you don...

red polish carefully applied to the toes... spoil me some more

Looks can be deceiving...

We had 8 minutes to spare this morning. Ninja Nav...decided to make an appearance. His cohorts in crime...Xam & Ydoc are guaranteed to ...

I finally did it. I broke down. I.....after an entire life of going without....broke down and got cable. The premium channels. It's alwa...

You want a fight? You got it.

Woke up very early Saturday morning...couldn't get back to sleep. There was a charge in the air. Clear, sunny and cold. Pulled my shit t...

Friday. Finally here. It's been a long....week. Filling out forms...printer paperjams...fending off phone calls. Wasted shoulders due to...

simple gestures bring out smiles

After a 2 hour delay to the start of my day.... I'm finally back at work. This was waiting for me... when I arrived. Am I the only ...