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I’m a Hall of Famer! Last weekend, my rock band -
The Dumples (um, yeah, that’s all Patrick) - was inducted into the Rock Band Hall of Fame in Moscow. With Patrick on lead vocals, Steve on guitar, me on bass and Brandon on drums (with Ben, L.T., Sara, Sabrina, Doug and [...]

I was a little ticked (and it was all I could do to keep it at the “little” level) at the upper management of my company this week.
First, some background. I work at
PPD Global Central Labs (PPD GCL), which, along with our sister lab in Brussels, Belgium was formerly MRL International. [...]

Ready or not, I’m committed now - I just registered for the
Flying Pig 10K!
As I mentioned in
my goals, I wanted to do three 5Ks or one 10K this year. I decided there’s no time like the present to start reaching for that goal, and I might as well shoot for the [...]

If treadmills were always this much fun, I might actually enjoy them.
Watch the music video for
Here It Goes Again by OK Go.

Zig Ziglar has said “Economists have rightly predicted 36 out of the last 2 recessions.”
I love it!
[Disclaimer: I can't confirm the authenticity of this quote and I've seen several versions of it (media instead of economists and different numbers), but it's still funny and insightful, so I posted it anyway. ]

I’m a big fan of the
Discovery Channel. Mythbusters, Survivorman and Planet Earth are all great shows. I’ve heard Dirty Jobs and Deadliest Catch are pretty good, too.
Discovery debuted several new shows around the start of the year -
Fight Quest,
Smash Lab,
Some Assembly Required and Weapon Masters. Considering how [...]

The break is over…I start back to school this Monday for semester number two. Four classes are on tap for the semester - two economic classes and two accounting classes, one each the first half of the semester and one each the second half. Thankfully, they shouldn’t be too tough. I [...]

Here’s a classic from
Riley Armstrong that I heard again for the first time in several years -
Sleep. Good song! Some of my favorite lyrics from the song are below. Wish I could find the video for it…

One thing is certain in life and that is that today I’m going [...]

Here’s a good way to procrastinate today:

Hand Bell Hero.
It’ll give you somewhat a taste of what Guitar Hero, Rock Band, etc. are like if you haven’t played them.

(Via
Dan’s blog)

These look like so much fun!

The World’s Highest, Fastest, Steepest, and Longest Zip Line - Sun City , South Africa

Haiti’s Amazing Zipline Shoots You Out Over the Ocean - Labadee, Haiti