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Archive for July, 2011

Venting, or how humans no longer respect each other

Is it me or people are respecting each other less and less every day? You see it all the time: someone trying to get in line in front of you – at the supermarket, people yelling at their kids in the middle of the street (and the kids yelling back at their parents), you name [...]

The knee: it no worky!

A couple of years ago I sustained a knee injury while snowboarding and, although not very dramatic, it did leave kind of a light pain that comes out every now and then, especially when I put a lot of effort in my left leg. After not giving it much thought for some time I recently [...]

200 skydives and a long way to go

This Saturday – while coming back from the dropzone – i noticed that my last jump of the day had been my 200th. After realizing it, i started thinking about what it means and came to the conclusion that it means nothing. Think about it: that’s only about 3 hours of training (each skydive is [...]