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I am never really sure what to write about here. I post so infrequently that a once a month post about anything just seems pointless. I was chatting with Rachel today about blogging (we have some pretty thrilling conversations sometimes) and she said the best stuff she reads online these days is on Tumblr. I [...][ READ MORE ]
Just got back from a great vacation. We had a mini family reunion in Orlando, FL, spending five full days at Walt Disney World. This was my first time to WDW and it was a lot of fun. I have been to Disneyland countless times and WDW is very similar – so similar that at [...][ READ MORE ]
Rather than risk ruining eight year streak of at least one post a month for lack of having anything interesting to share, I am going to share a few things that I have been up to lately. First, my knee. Recovery continues to be my primary focus. I am progressing very nicely according to my [...][ READ MORE ]
Ten years ago, Rachel and I were in college and she decided she wanted to run the San Diego Rock ‘n Roll Marathon with a group called Team in Training. She would have to wake up earlier than any college student should on a Saturday and drive to Des Moines for the weekly team run. [...][ READ MORE ]
I had surgery on my right ACL yesterday and am feeling great today. Leading up to the surgery I heard various horror stories and stories about how easy recovery was, so I was not sure what to expect. I arrived at the hospital around 8:00 am and was in the prep room by 8:30. For [...][ READ MORE ]
It was a bit of a wild 2010 Eightfivethree Classic and with Kansas bowing out way too early I was in no mood to report on the results. Today, however, Rachel pointed out that she got third place in the Classic, so I figured I should give the winners their moment of glory. I would [...][ READ MORE ]
I never actually posted it here, but I hurt my knee a few weeks ago playing basketball. With about three minutes left in out city league basketball game, I went up for a pass and landed on my foot wrong. I immediately felt my knee move in a way it shouldn’t and then move back in to [...][ READ MORE ]
Now in it’s eighth year, the Eightfivethree Classic is open for signup. 2010 Eightfivethree Classic Anyone is welcome to signup, but act fast cause the tournament starts soon. [ READ MORE ]
…another “blog”! I have blogs on twitter, tumblr, wordpress and probably a few other places I have forgotten about, so what’s one more? I took a couple hours today to play around with a few projects I have been watching and wanting to try out. The new blog is hosted on github at http://travisj.github.com. Github [...][ READ MORE ]
I recently wrote about my troubles trying to buy a new camera lens on eBay and I wanted to tell about the great job ebay’s customer service did handling my problems. I wrote the “seller” – which was really just the production developer testing account – on a Saturday and told them about my mistake [...][ READ MORE ]