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Learn the Guitar as a Busy Adult: 22 Practical Tips
Learn the Guitar as a Busy Adult: 22 Practical Tips   Preface   I started playing the guitar when I was 33 years old to fulfill a lifelong dream.  The journey started when I walked into Guitar Center and bought a $150 Yamaha acoustic guitar - along with a...
Big Waves and Blank Pages: Chosen Battles of a Surf Writer
Big Waves and Blank Pages: Chosen Battles of a Surf Writer   Why I surf   The reasons why I surf go back to when I was a kid.  I am from San Diego, and I am a product of my environment as much as anyone else is.   As far as I can remember, my...
A Big Career Pivot
A Big Career Pivot   Why I am leaving the legal industry after 20 years to pursue a different career.   My Legal Career   I passed the California Bar Exam in 2009 - so if you want to count that as the beginning of my legal career, I have been in the...
The Surfing Machine: 10 Reasons To Surf

The Surfing Machine: 10 Reasons To Surf

2020 has been a banner year for me.  I'm realizing my dream of living in Mexico and learning Spanish.  I live right, smack on the Pacific Ocean.  I hear the waves crashing when I fall asleep at night, then I wake up and ride them.  I finally learned how to surf here,...

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Mail Disappeared at Customs

Mail Disappeared at Customs

My voting ballot is stuck in the mail in Mexican customs.  I have until Nov. 3rd to mail it in.  The chances of me receiving it before then are slim to none.  It might take weeks to get here.  It might never get here.  To say that I am hurt, angry, and disappointed is...

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Learning How To Surf in Mexico

Learning How To Surf in Mexico

Learning To Surf I've spent 2020 almost entirely in rural Ghana and Mexico.  I've been bitten by some mosquitos during that time, but no bug bit me as hard as the surfing bug.  I live a 10-minute walk from the Pacific Ocean and have been learning to surf over the past...

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The Real Reasons I Do The Things I Love

The Real Reasons I Do The Things I Love

Last night I got sick to my stomach from smoking too much weed cumulatively over the past several weeks.  This was the second time this has happened to me, so I took some time to reflect on why this happened and why I felt compelled to smoke weed until I became...

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Morning Glory

Morning Glory

Everyone loves a good shit-your-pants story, and I almost had one this morning. I have to shit first thing every morning, usually between 6:00 and 7:30 a.m.  I don't have an alarm clock.  I wake up when I have to shit.  That's how I know it's time to start the day....

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