The 43rd Decker Challenge was the third in-person race of the 2021-2022 Austin Distance Challenge (ADC), following the Daisy 10K and the 10-mile Run For The Water. Historically the Decker Challenge is a half...
In the days leading up to the 2021-2022 Green Bay Packers season, I read a biography of Vince Lombardi that I found in (of all places) a book store in lovely Bastrop, Texas (the...
Jumping out of a plane has never been on my bucket list. But it has been on my son Josh’s and his best friend Ryan’s since they were kids. So when Josh’s then-fiance’-now-wife Christabel...
Introduction We were first introduced to Elisabet Ney through a book given to us by our friend Steve. The book is A Twist at the End by Steven Saylor. It is historical fiction around...
The title of this article is a hat tip to my plan in April 2015 to run the Pikes Peak Ascent. I did indeed survive that insanity, mostly intact, and finished the race. Six...
As my wife found out when I took her to her first Rush concert many years ago, Rush fans are an enthusiastic group (to put it mildly). She was amused to watch me and...
Of all the many places we visited in Russia, Saint Petersburg is the one we wish we had more time, and will hopefully return to again. Three days is just not enough; I doubt...
If you’ve been to a convention in Austin and entered the Convention Center from Trinity Street, you’ve probably seen stars in the sidewalk with a name on them. You may have walked over a...
This step-by-step article on setting up a BlockFi account is for my lovely daughter Sara. She, like many people, is tired of investing in a CD that provides 0.5% APY (Annual Percentage Yield). There...
