Did I think I would pull meta concepts out of my early teen fantasy binging? No. Did I? Oh, yes.
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And All of a Sudden…
It's July. Last year at this time we were limited to 8 people in the dojo, masks were everywhere and the tension was thick enough to cut with a knife. Last year I had just moved to Milwaukee and spent a fair amount of time bringing stuff to Ohio. Last year at about this time …
Here Be Monsters
Little monsters on maps and in our brains.
2 (Failures). 1 (Day).
It's the end of the countdown, and it's a doozy.
3 (New Scars).
I've done a lot of stupid stuff over the years and collected some interesting scars because of it. Here's just a few of them 🙂
4 (Quicksilver Moments).
A theme throughout this blog has been one of quicksilver moments. The little slivers of time that seem to hang in the air for far too long and for a split second, everything seems, not perfect, not priceless, but pure. You are fully invested in this moment, every smell, feeling, taste, and sight of it, …
6 (Years). 5 (Major Events). – pt. 1
This is one of those posts that I'm not sure I should even write. There's been a lot of those as of late. In fact, if you were to dive into the drafts of KataNerd you would find 30 ideas just sitting in digital limbo. Some of them just a title and then meaningless splashes …
Tornadoes and Kraken
It's been a weird few months. Not to say it's been bad, quite the contrary, it's been great! I've learned so very much and had the support of wonderful people. But, it's also been a crazy type of stressful. And now, sitting in the debris from the whirlwind owlishly looking around, it leaves me in …
New States, New Adventures, New Options, and Just a Whole ‘Lotta New!
Quarantine is lifted (for now), Lia is graduating Residency, I moved to Milwaukee, Lia is moving to Ohio, I seem to live my entire professional life on Zoom, the cat is getting skinnier and I was mentioned ever so briefly in Black Belt Magazine (Thank you Jackson Rudolph!) Also, I'm becoming something of an expert …
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Three Years: An Eye-blink and an Eon
I moved to Madison three years ago. We were moving for my wife. She was a resident at UW Health and rocking out on the start of an awesome career. I was ready for whatever the next few years would bring, and had the feeling everything was only going up. I was right. And I …
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