I set the alarm clock for 5 a.m., planning on a morning run before a long day at work. But I could tell last night that it wasn’t going to happen. Sure enough, when the alarm went off, I let Shana get up and turn it off to start her day and promptly went right […]
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I’m tired. I know why … my workout routine at times looks like something a boxer does to train for a fight. This week alone, I’ve burned nearly 5,000 calories. My Fitness Pal sets my weekly goal at 3,250. In other words, I have to avoid overdoing it. I often have to remind myself to
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Unbelievable. I still think that sometimes when I think about my future wife. It happened again Monday while I was shooting photos and videos of convocation at Washburn University. During his speech, our president told the students that many of them would meet their future husband or wife during their years at the school. My
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For a long time, I was adamant that I wasn’t going to get married again. After the first experience ended in separation after all of eight months and divorce in 20 months, I wanted no part of another one. In the pre-Shana era (2003-2011), I had two serious relationships. Neither came close to marriage. Even
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The No. 1 question after you announce an engagement: When and where is the wedding? No. 2: How did you propose? I put a considerable amount of thought into popping the question. I figured something romantic and private was appropriate. Of course, the Romeo in me planned to do with it flair. One idea was
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Ah, the end-of-year column/blog. I did one every year until 2010, largely because the year sucked for the most part. I look back at the difference a year made, and it’s staggering. It was so much better that it demands a return of the end-of-the-year blog (I’ll start with the end of 2010, which set
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I’ve admitted many times through the years that I’m a hopeless romantic. I think we can drop the hopeless tag now that I’ve managed to convince the most beautiful woman on the planet to fall in love with me. As it turns out, nice guys don’t finish last. In fact, they can kick some serious
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I’m not quite Clark Griswold. I’m not going to staple 100,000 Christmas lights to our roof, nor do I plan to (or have the income for) putting a pool in the backyard. But, damn, do I love Christmas. Christmas fever is something I inherited from the old man. We didn’t have much money growing up.
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Last Christmas was the first time I’d been at home for the holidays since 2006. That alone made it the best Christmas in years. But what really made that day, as well as Christmas Eve, special was the beginning of a relationship that has changed my life for the better. At that point, the girlfriend
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“Come on, you #@A%*$# … this is really starting to #$&#ing piss me off!” The woman walking into O’Reilly Auto Parts looked at me as if she’d seen my mug on “America’s Most Wanted.” Of course, I didn’t realize she was there. I was just trying to fix the girlfriend’s 2003 Mitsubishi Shitbox. Such is
Two cars, two new batteries, one couple, one day: You’ve got to be %$#@ing kidding! Read More »
