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  • OPPW: Week Six – 297.4lbs

    So, I didn’t hold to my previous week’s weight, I actually gained a little more than a pound. I’m thinking about joining the new gym that opened up pretty much around the corner from where I live. It doesn’t have the greatest facilities, but maybe between walking often and working out, I can step this Read more

  • Dawn of the Decline: Thoughts

    So, I had planned on making this short story a bit longer, and more epic, but as I write, I start to lose the sense of purpose and emotional attachment I had with the characters, story, and my choice is to wrap it up quickly, or let it linger endlessly, potentially never completing it. Overall, Read more

  • Dawn of the Decline: Page Ten

    Worf was trying everything he could think of, but his brain wasn’t being very rational. All he knew was energy attacks were useless, and that many other technological beings have been beaten before by Klingon combat prowess. Blood dripped from his forehead, and sweat stung in his eyes. Little damage was being done, but Worf Read more

  • Dawn of the Decline: Page Nine

    Drake could hear movement in the hallway. The bulk of his armor made turning around to see what was behind him, a frustrating effort. The enclosed space continued to rub against the well worn suit, but Drake was taught to always face his enemies. He found it curious though that after running and hiding, anyone Read more

  • Brutal Heat: Laziness and Bad Eating are the Result

    So this week, I’m sure I’m not going to reach my weight loss goals, mostly because the weather this week has been super unusual. With the constant heat, it isn’t even like I can get out for a walk in the late evenings. I’ve never been a fan of the weather extremes during the summer Read more

  • Conflicts in Life Goals

    While I pride myself on being a relatively focused person when it comes to what I want out of life, there are some things that conflict. Right now, the conflict weighing heavily on my mind, even though I can’t act on it, is the fact that I want to live in a small house on Read more

  • Dawn of the Decline: Page Eight

    Worf arrived on the bridge, and was welcomed with the devastated glances of his long-time friends. Riker was the first to speak up as he walked towards the turbolift. “As you have been informed, we are in a bit of a bind.” In his normal stoic tone, Worf responded slowly, “I’ll… say.” Read more

  • Walden by Henry David Thoreau

    “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living Read more

  • Panic

    The worst feeling in the world is going through a panic attack for what feels like “no reason”. Read more

  • Dawn of the Decline: Page Seven

    Drake was shoving his heavy fists through anything that looked like a control console. If he wasn’t going to be able to control the ship, he’d cripple it, take control, and use a single survivor to help him get home. Every person that he killed, and everything he destroyed got him closer to his goal, Read more

  • Almost Purchased a New Lens

    So, during the weekend, I stopped off at Henry’s in Kingston and almost bought the Canon 24-105mm f4 L IS lens. It would have been nearly $1600 after tax and slapping a protective filter on the end of it, but because they were too slow to act on price matching a competitor in Ontario that Read more

  • Harry Potter: Final Movie Review

    So the last Harry Potter movie recently came out and I was invited to go to Kingston to see it with my cousin Kyle on opening weekend. Initially we planned on doing it opening night, but neither of us are such strong fans that we wanted to compete with the crazy Potter fans. We went Read more