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The Revealing New Facebook Status That’s Sweeping The Nation
We all know social media was built around shameless self-promotion and adorable baby (and puppy!) photos. But as much as we love to hate on Facebook, it's also an incredible place to build community and share the highs and lows of life together. Last week my friend...
Do You Suffer From Exertional Flatulence?
We’re swapping the canopy off the truck again because we want the silver one, no the white one, no actually the silver one is better let's put that back on. I am helping my spouse move this big, heavy, hulking behemoth because all of our really strong friends are...
What Type Of Bailer Are You?
The truth about bailing is that we're all guilty of it. You are a bailer. I am a bailer. We bail. It's not a matter of when you will bail, but how. Which begs the question: what type of bailer are you? As defined by Urban Dictionary, bailing is to leave a group of...
The Longest, Shortest Scar
Hiding under an inverted canoe, a shield of epoxied fiberglass shards, we are almost able to keep our entire bodies out of the torrential rain. We’d been enjoying a leisurely float down the Jefferson when a sudden thunderstorm flooded the languid river, causing our...
Broken Bones Make The Heart Grow Bolder
The wood chips are frozen into mini-jagged peaks as angry breath clouds my face in the bitter air. "You think I can't do it because I'm a GIRL!", I shout, in my most confident-sounding second-grader voice. A group of older boys is fighting me on the playground over...
Turns All Year: Month 89
After a more-exciting-than-I'd-like February, where we skied and also wrecked our truck on black ice (see Part 1 and Part 2 of TAY 88), I was excited to take a week-long trip to do a little cabin skiing in Alaska. Alas, Alaska had other plans and we did a lot of flat...
5 Reasons To Get Lasik For Your Active Life
Nine years later Lasik, it still stands as the best investment I’ve ever made for my active life. Not having glasses makes everything easier! After wearing glasses or contacts from ages 6-26, I can’t tell you how freeing it is to wake up and see the world every day. I want you to experience this magic too!
An Alaskan Respite: Eklutna Lake
The rumbling sound is low and persistent, its origins a mystery. We are skinning next to the vast, frozen Eklutna Lake and, even though we're miles from the nearest road, it almost sounds like someone is listening to music with heavy bass off in the distance. The...
How To: Prevent “Chaco Creep”
The sunlight warms the pasty skin beneath my toenails as I feel my toe-hairs rustle gently in the springtime breeze. After many months trapped inside closed-toed, sock-stuffed, freedom-restricting shoes, my feet are released, yet again, into the world. It’s a sunny March day in Seattle, and I’ve decided it’s officially Chaco season.
