Happy New Year! This has been an absolutely amazing year for me. It’s been a year of transformations both mental and physical. There have been a number of very distinct visible changes in my life this year. Most of which are centered around the quality of my life. I’m getting healthier and going out socializing [...]
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Jim Davies
On December 5th, 2010 at 8:40 in the morning I was standing with my son and nephew on Nato Parkway near the World Trade Center in Portland, OR. We were at the starting line with a couple thousand other runners who came out to participate in the 2010 Jingle Bell Run.
So I screwed up this week. Apparently I’ve done my leg some disservice with some poor decisions. From my previous entry you’ll note I mentioned running a mile in the mornings before work. To lay out the whole picture you need to understand that my C25k runs are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at dusk. This [...]
I was over at the Running Couple‘s blog reading about why you would want to run a full marathon when I realized, I have a story to tell and a blog to tell it on. I’ve been on a “get off the pot” kick lately so I bring you my story: I’ve decided to make [...]
I’ve become obsessed lately with skating. It started about three months back when a coworker of mine convinced me to throw some skates on and give it a try. I hadn’t skated since I was a kid and even then I never really got the hang of it. Now as an adult, I am surprised [...]
The Christmas season is finally here and, for once in my life, I am actually ahead of the game. The majority of the Christmas presents have been ordered and delivered thanks to Amazon. There is still a little bit of shopping to do at home but even the kids are pretty much taken care of [...]
Happy Halloween and welcome back to Bidi’s World. Back in 2006 I started a podcast called JD’s Musical Alchemy. The show has been on hiatus for a couple years now for a few reasons which I won’t get into now. The show was a musical review of great upcoming and indie bands. Some of the [...]
