Category Archives: ambition

Something I Forgot

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Anthony

You’ll have to forgive me.  I wrote the previous post quite late last night and forgot to ask the question that prompted me to ramble like that.  When I sat down to write the blog, I was really wondering if … Continue reading →

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A Day on the River Suarez.

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Anthony

We woke at a reasonable hour, and after a decent breakfast with too much papaya we headed out to explore San Gil.   San Gil has positioned itself as the outdoor sports capital of Colombia.   Based on all the advertisements we … Continue reading →

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This Year’s Reading

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Anthony

Getting books from the library is awesome. Except for the cost of transportation (bus fare or gas) it’s free.  If you use an e-reader you don’t even need to go there, and in some cases, can keep the book for … Continue reading →

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The Year That Will Be

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Anthony

A couple of days before the dawning of the New Year, I was checking out Erin Karpluk’s instagram page (I have been a fan since Being Erica) and it had one of those giant word search puzzles. It stated that … Continue reading →

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Beating Last Year’s Numbers

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Anthony

At the beginning of the year, I hoped that I would double the number of views I had from the past year. I had done that in both 2016 and 2017–though I failed to do so in 2018–I thought it … Continue reading →

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What Blogging Can Do For Someone

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Anthony

A few weeks back, I helped my friend and co-worker bring his blog over to WP. I was hoping that his form of ranting would find a more willing to engage audience than he had on the other platform.  I … Continue reading →

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Getting Positive Email

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Anthony

  It was kind of a humdrum kind of day. It was so humdrum that I had to use an antiquated word like that to describe the day. I almost had to break out the “ennui”–but I couldn’t go that … Continue reading →

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Riding with the B Group

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Anthony

On Friday, the topic of bucket lists came up. After some discussion and some correction, they asked me about mine and I explained that I don’t really have a lengthy bucket list, bur rather a lot of smaller interim goals.   … Continue reading →

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The Bucket List of the Mundane

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Anthony

I was checking out Todd’s blog and he had a picture of a chalkboard that read “Before I die, I want to___________” written multiple times.  I responded with: …ride a hot air balloon. …drink coffee from the rooftop of a … Continue reading →

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Are You Still on the Traveller’s High he asked.

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Anthony

I have been home a month from my vacation and one of my colleagues asked me if the “Traveller’s high” had warn off yet. I had to ask for clarification of what this was. He explained that when you came … Continue reading →

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