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A Campaign for Common Sense: August 2009
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A Campaign for Common Sense. Thursday, August 13, 2009. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Yilan City, Yilan County, United States. Cyclist, Student, Teacher, Hungry, Wanderer. View my complete profile. Blogs I (Try To) Follow. Tales from the Peloton! Austin Texas Bike. Stuff - Local bike rides for regular AND irregular people.
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A Campaign for Common Sense: November 2008
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A Campaign for Common Sense. Thursday, November 6, 2008. It seems these days everyone has a blog. I have had a couple over the years, but recently, have really missed it. There is so much going on right now, things are changing so quickly, both worldwide and locally in my own personal life, and people are moving further and further away from having real conversations. Why is that? What happened to being able to be anything you want to be? What about sharing with others and not being selfish? View my comp...
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A Campaign for Common Sense: Tea Time Pt. 1
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A Campaign for Common Sense. Thursday, September 15, 2011. Tea Time Pt. 1. Many rainy afternoons spent drinking tea and studying Chinese. Two hours after I could have left work and I'm finally gone. I find myself at risk of repeating one of my most embarrassing moments since moving to Taiwan:. I tried to explain to her that I just wanted to see what she had, to no avail. At this point I panicked and felt my best option was to retreat. I backpedaled slowly towards the door, bowed and said " Xièxiè. So far...
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A Campaign for Common Sense: March 2009
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A Campaign for Common Sense. Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Race Report: 2009 Bobcat Spring Classic. Another great weekend in Central Texas (San Marcos, to be exact), this one accompanied with some enjoyable collegiate racing in the SCCCCCCC. While the organization of the race was lacking, the courses themselves were nearly perfect, so thanks to the Texas State Cycling Team for that! He actually had the best time out of anyone on our team. Crazy! Not too shabby, eh. That evening, we refueled our muscles with s...
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A Campaign for Common Sense: July 2011
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A Campaign for Common Sense. Saturday, July 30, 2011. There" is now "Here". Island in the distance, off the coast of Korea? Sunday, July 24, 2011. Instead of goodbye). . All in all, Maritza was incredibly helpful. I was her first customer (patron? Of the morning, still sipping on her coffee as she stepped over the conveyor belt to her desk and called me up. She took the necessary time and steps to ensure that my baggage would arrive with me safely and that I was paying minimal fees to do so...And us...
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A Campaign for Common Sense: Next Steps
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A Campaign for Common Sense. Sunday, April 25, 2010. 8220;…the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Recently, I have found those words to be truer than ever. After more than a year of bad decisions and uncertainty of what I was doing and where I am going, the future has become the present. It’s time to move on and start doing the things I have been dreaming about. I suppose the big step is that I got accepted to an alternative certification program. Hell yes. Nervous? I spen...
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A Campaign for Common Sense: Day 46: Hitting Reset
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A Campaign for Common Sense. Sunday, September 4, 2011. Day 46: Hitting Reset. A brief break in the clouds on an overcast day. Riding across town on a folding bike with an 85 L backpack loaded with clothes, duffel bag stuffed full of toiletries, and messenger bag with other miscellaneous items is sure to garner some stares in just about any city, but the fact that I'm one of only a few weiguoren (foreigners) in Yilan doesn't help. On any given day, people shout “Hello! 8221; and “How are you doing? Not k...
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A Campaign for Common Sense: September 2009
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A Campaign for Common Sense. Thursday, September 24, 2009. The land of red rocks, Colorado! I have always wanted to live there, and it's time to start making those dreams into realities. I do miss Austin, very much so, and it hasn't even been a month since I've been away, but I think once I get to Denver, I won't miss it so much. Plus, Austin isn't going anywhere, and there's a whole lot of world out there to see! Anyway, I managed to find a job up here at a restaurant. That host rides I want to check out.
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A Campaign for Common Sense: Tai-Juan
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A Campaign for Common Sense. Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Holy hell. It has been a while, no? I keep getting asked the same question: Why? Why are you going? Why do you want to go? Honestly, I do not have an answer. Well, I can answer "Why Taiwan? I chose Taiwan because I have friends there and have a job lined up that should allow me to pay off a substantial part of my debt, while hopefully also saving up enough money to sufficiently explore that corner of the globe. But still, why am I going?
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