October’s Randomized Photo Challenge Wrap-up

The point of October’s life challenge was to take a critical look at my life outside of work.  Originally I had planned on taking pictures every hour throughout the day but I quickly realized that taking pictures at my work … Continue reading

Saturday October 29th – The Devil’s Chase 10K, a Halloween Nor’easter, and Hypothermia

Today was epic.  Despite staying out on the town until 12:30am, my friends and I managed to pull ourselves together enough to get to Salem, MA for a costume 10k.  The name of the race was the Devil’s Chase so … Continue reading

Thursday October 27th – Saving My Worms, Whiskey, and Microsoft Excel

Tonight was a pretty successful yet probably uneventful evening.  I had to troubleshoot my vermiculture composting bin because my worms were freaking out trying to crawl out of the bin.  So I did some research and figured out how to … Continue reading

Monday October 24th – Climbing at MetroRock and the MassChallenge After Party

Tonight was probably one of my best 5-9 experiences throughout this month.  I headed to MetroRock to do some climbing after work which by itself was awesome.  Then on my way home I got a call from Sarah who was … Continue reading

Wednesday October 19th – Turning the Quarter Century; Sick and Rainy with Great Food and Presents

I was born 25 years ago at 5:55am today.  My life has continually improved since then in quality of life, quality of friends, and quality of adventures.  I have high hopes for the next quarter century, although that’s frightening to … Continue reading

Sunday October 16th – Mt Isolation, Peak #47 with Keith and Amy

Today we made a 14 mile hike to hit my 47th peak, Mt Isolation.  As it’s name indicates, its kind of out of the way and it takes a while to hike it.  The trail was fairly washed out due … Continue reading

Saturday October 15th – Tufts Alumni 5k Costume Champions

Today we got up approximately 15 minutes before the alumni homecoming 5k race at Tufts, aka The Jumbo Stampede 5k.  Still semi-disoriented from the night before and getting less than 5 hours of sleep, we put on our rock climbing … Continue reading

Tuesday October 11th – Coffee, Beer, Hockey, and Car Sharing

Today after work I was feeling motivated (albiet largely undercaffienated) so I headed to Boston Common Coffee after work.  I had gone there yesterday on Columbus day and decided to give it a 2nd shot.  Definitely scored at A+ again; … Continue reading

Monday October 10th – My Once Every Two Years Shopping Experience

I generally try to avoid clothes shopping like the plague but considering it’s probably been a few years, I think that it was about time to make the plunge.  I wish that every weekend was a three-day weekend because it’d … Continue reading

Sunday October 2nd – More Rain in the White Mountains

Today’s weather was more of the same, only there was just more of it.  Luckily there was room in the lean-to for us to stay (instead of our tent) so life was a bit dryer than we had anticipated.  We … Continue reading

Saturday October 1st – October Rain in the White Mountains

The first day of this month’s challenge involved me hiking in the white mountains of New Hampshire.  I’m dangerously close to finishing my 48 peaks in NH over 4,000 feet so I set out with two of my buddies to … Continue reading