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Christopher and I headed out this afternoon on a hike to work off our prior days gluttony. We headed over to Horsetail Falls, but didn’t actually make our way to the falls. Instead we made a detour to see if we could climb up to the summit of a steep cliff area.

Well we were not [...]

Man, I picked the wrong holiday to stop sniffing glue.
The second pie was actually under cooked and super gooey inside. But, not in a good way. We made due with what was left of the first pass, and I 86′ed Pie 2.0 immediately. I’m going to blame the baking issues on the altitude and [...]

I’m up in Tahoe again this year to celebrate Thanksgiving with Christopher and Kathryn. Unfortunately, this is the first year in many where I am unable to go skiing on Thanksgiving morning. You can bet that the snow gods won’t be getting thanks from me this year.
I decided on a Chocolate and Kahlua Pecan Pie [...]

Well, I just canceled cable TV. At first the plan was to downgrade to limited basic cable, because most of the shows I have been watching lately are available publicly. Paying $80 a month for this seemed a bit crazy to me.
So Chad, why do you need cable at all if everything is publicly available?
Good [...]

Bonaire is a rather pretty island. Since the group I vacationed were hardcore divers most of the time was geared towards getting ourselves submerged underwater.

Over the first 5 days I logged 13 dives. The visibility was outstanding, over 100′ at times, and the sea life was remarkably healthy. The more I dove the more detail [...]