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Looking Back and Looking Forward
Happy Holidays, everyone! It’s been a busy year for me. A lot of things didn’t go as expected, but there were also plenty of new discoveries that made the year memorable. I thought it would be nice to take a moment to look back on the past year and look ahead to a few hopes…
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Winter is my Season of Choice!
As I look out the window on this cold December evening, I am filled with joy to see the snow gently falling from the sky. Looks like we might have a white Christmas after all! Whenever anyone asks me, “what season is my favorite”, I always say with a smile, “Winter!” Some people look at…
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Sim Racing Stories: Part Two
Getting in the Groove Getting your first win in any type of racing (including sim racing) does weird things to you. Yes, I was excited about finally getting a win, but I wanted more than just the one win. After my first win, I ran more races the next day. While I didn’t have the…
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Sim Racing Stories: Getting Started
In a previous post discussing streaming, I mentioned that I transitioned into streaming myself sim racing. With the NASCAR Cup Series season coming to an end, I figured now would be a great time to discuss and look back on my time sim racing. If you don’t know what sim racing is, it’s exactly what…
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How I Fell in Love With Cross Country
If someone were to ask me what my favorite sport that I’ve competed in was, I’d say Cross Country. There’s something about a sport where, despite there being hundreds of others running around you, you find yourself focusing on yourself almost the entire time. It took me a minute to realize this, but I’m getting…
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How Wrestling Helped Me in my Daily Life
I, like many others, participated in sports growing up. There were three main sports that I enjoyed through my time in school: Cross Country, Track, and Wrestling. Wrestling is arguably one of the hardest sports out there. Because the spot is a combat sport, there is a lot of intensive training that goes into it,…
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That Time I Tried to be a Twitch Streamer
I had a coworker talking to me about my writing the other day. During our conversation, he asked why I went for writing and not something more popular like content creation. The answer is simple: I tried it, and I wasn’t super great at it. Talking to him about my time trying to be a…
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Patience
Have you ever just sat at a counter and wondered to yourself what is going on inside this persons mind? I ask myself this a lot at my current retail job in a vape shop. The other day, I was working with a customer who was looking for a specific brand of disposable vapes. When…
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The Wonders of Unsolicited Digital Parenting Advice
My wife and I had our lovely daughter august of 2024. This, as any father knows, has been a significant transition. Heck, my wife and I used to watch Kitchen Nightmares, Dan da Dan, and Top Gear. Now we have favorite shows like Bluey, Mickey Mouse Club House, and Ms. Rachel (Fantastic Children’s YouTube channel…
Daily Life
Life is always full of interesting moments!
This is a category to sort posts just talking about things that have happened to me. These will be personal stories, usually with some humor.
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