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So - wow - a whole summer with no posting.  I suppose you could say I’ve been busy, but really, I’ve just been lazy.  You can only do so much before something falls off - and this blog was it.

I’m working on several projects at the moment - not the least of which is still pushing to get HHOD off the ground.  I pursuit of that, I’ve moved back to working completely from home, cutting down my hours at the agency significantly.  This has allowed me to focus more on my clients, as well as new projects to enhance my personal life and hopefully help fund HHOD.

I’ve been looking in to a lot of personal development tactics to go along with this - and I can honestly say, over the last 6 weeks, my overall level of happiness and productivity has skyrocketed.

I’m also currently shopping for some sort of fitness program to get back into the swing of things - since I moved, I’ve been lax in hitting the gym.  Thankfully, I haven’t put any of the weight I lost back on, but I doubt very seriously if I could hit the sidewalk and cruise through a 4 mile run like I could have 4 months ago.

I’ll try my best to keep things posted here - lots of stuff going on to offer my completely unqualified opinion on

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So, I’m going to bring back an old favorite, the “10 things I think” posts - which I unceremoniously hijacked from SI’s Peter King. They were a crowd favorite back in the day.

1)Blogging is more fun when you do it for you.  No pressure, no traffic stats, no worries.

2)This blog was supposed to be my SEO blog to generate leads.  It’ll be easier to change the title than to try to get excited about that!

3)Vegetarianism may, in fact, have its merits.  I feel really good.

4)I’ve got too much on my plate, and I’m loving it.  Work IS my hobby.  And I’m cool with that.

5)Good running shoes make all the difference.

6)I didn’t watch the SOTU Address tonight.  Because I already know.

7)My Xbox 360 is trying to ruin my life.

8)I’m happiest when I’m productive, but I want to be productive so I can achieve the ability to not feel compelled towards productivity anymore.  ’tis a conundrum.

9)I’m excited about the Half Marathon.  Really.  I think it’s going to rock.  My knees, however, are asking me to re-consider.

10)I’m super excited for this to be back to being ‘My’ blog.  Random.  Meaningless.  Hopefully funny.  Occasionally Poignant.  Practice for my writing skills.

Good enough start I suppose.

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I promised Keohan I’d run a half-marathon with him in April.

That’s 13 miles on foot.  ‘Tis a long way, no?

Can’t help but feel a bit nervous about this, but it will be interesting.  I’m trucking through 3 miles pretty easily, and apparently this training program will carry me through to the rest.  C’mon shin splints!

In other business news - I’ve merged my triathlon site with Ontri.com - so Jon will be taking that over, which is a good thing - it’ll be nice to see it grow well beyond what I had the capacity to turn it into.

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So, this site is going to turn into “my” business site - but until I free up enough time to increase that part of my life, it’s just going to hang out and be my blog.  However, I thought you guys might be interested in what I have going on (and be able to offer a touch of insight).

1) I consult for a couple great clients.  One of which is going to change the world.  That rocks.
2) I work at siteEDGE Agency here in KC.  We do some great work with some really cool (and diverse) businesses.
3) I’m working on a double-top secret project to create an amazing learning resource for school-age kids.
4) I’m toying with the idea of taking a better stab at my Endurance Athletes Community.

Tips on software for #4 would be appreciated.  Nothing too MySpacey.  It really grew quickly (unmanageably quickly, actually) on Wordpress MU (which wasn’t a very stable system, for us anyway).  Then, I want to a hosted solution, and it was $32/month of suck.  My triathlon training site gets tons of traffic, and I have a huge myspace community built around this….so maybe that’s my “next step”.

5) Speaking of….gonna run a couple triathlons in ‘08.

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Anyone who knows me, knows I’m an avid college basketball fan. My favorite team, the Duke Blue Devils, is constantly accused of being part of some wide-spread conspiracy that allows them to get nothing but favorable calls from the referees. While the data doesn’t support this, I can tell you why it seems this way.

And, it isn’t because they are cheating.

They appear to get calls because they are constantly attacking. On both ends of the floor, their game plan is to get their opponents on their heels and keep them there. This allows them to dictate the tempo of the game, and forces the other team to adapt and play the game Coach K wants them to. Their opponents are often forced into a situation where game events happen to them, and they have little or no input.

The same strategy applies to life folks - there are so many people who talk about “making your own luck” that I’m not even going to try to locate a quote. I’m just saying if your focus is on moving forward, achieving your goals, and being proactive in your life (i.e. “attacking”) you’re going to get a lot more calls than the guy waiting for the right moment to try to make something happen.

So - get out there and attack!

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