icefog.org » Friends http://icefog.org the world according to bob Tue, 29 Oct 2013 03:33:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.41 Quite a year http://icefog.org/?p=1072 http://icefog.org/?p=1072#comments Mon, 28 Oct 2013 03:16:07 +0000 http://icefog.org/?p=1072

It’s been a pretty big year since my last blog post. Traveled to Santa Barbara (saw Dana and Carolyn) and Tokyo, bought a new house next to Kitty-Kat, decent summer including an injury-free season with the ‘Shrikes, went to Idaho for Grandma’s 90th (plus 1/2) birthday, managed to get to north of the Brooks Range (Barrow) after years of strong resistance, and aquired a beautiful and fantastic live-in dog-sitter for El Toro Guapo. Last week, Rachael and I passed the one-year mark of dating. Lots of good things this last year and a lot of good things to look forward to!

]]> http://icefog.org/?feed=rss2&p=1072 0 Transitions all around me http://icefog.org/?p=1051 http://icefog.org/?p=1051#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:42:08 +0000 http://icefog.org/?p=1051

From my perspective, the recent past, the present, and near future has/is/going to be a time of big changes and/or transitions for most of my friends — moving in, moving out, death, birth, leaving jobs, new jobs, health issues, divorce, marriage, plus whatever else I’m missing. I’m not exactly sure what it means, but I have spent a fair amount of time thinking about it recently. It really hit home on this last trip.

]]> http://icefog.org/?feed=rss2&p=1051 3 TED and Vulnerability http://icefog.org/?p=920 http://icefog.org/?p=920#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 16:53:02 +0000 http://icefog.org/?p=920 Ann suggested I watch this TED talk many months ago. I finally watched it this morning. Definitely a good one that made me think long about many things. Definitely struck home more than once. I haven’t watched TED talks in a long while, although it is definitely one of my favorite pastimes.

]]> http://icefog.org/?feed=rss2&p=920 1 New Bed http://icefog.org/?p=900 http://icefog.org/?p=900#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:55:27 +0000 http://icefog.org/?p=900 Off and on over these past couple of years, I have had a hard time sleeping. Part of it was just my mind refusing to shut off. Part of it was just not being comfortable in my bed. A few weeks ago, I had my friend Chad build me a new custom birch bed. Chad just started a new custom woodworking business, Infinity Woodworks. He gave up a “good” teaching job to pursue his passion. Pretty cool. I also bought a new mattress and that is also helping. The next step is getting some blinds in my bedroom to keep out the sun. The sun typically doesn’t bother me, but it would be nice to have consistent good sleep. Since I live in a subdivision of one, having blinds/curtains in my house has never been a problem.

]]> http://icefog.org/?feed=rss2&p=900 1 World Ice Art Championships http://icefog.org/?p=882 http://icefog.org/?p=882#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:34:14 +0000 http://icefog.org/?p=882 Last weekend, Shannon and I went to the World Ice Art Championships. Like last year, it was chilly and we did not stay long. As always, amazing art. The ice art is a nice reward for surviving winter!

The rest of the images are in my image gallery. Shannon posted her pictures here.

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