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I was in Hollywood with Trick over Memorial Day Weekend, helping him with the ManaNation video podcast. I also managed to be a tourist part of the time. While you wait for bloggy goodness from the trip, check out these photos.

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1.5 decades ago, I met the woman who would become my wife. Thanks to
Suzan for 15 great years.

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I got to spend a few hours in the Arizona desert yesterday thanks to an Intel “networking event” at my business meeting. Head over to my photo gallery to see lots of desert pics.

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Welcome to the Park Tavern in beautiful Atlanta, Georgia. Suzan and I are enjoying a nice outdoor venue in a city we live near yet rarely visit.

It’s the curse of living OTP (”outside the perimeter”) … there’s a great city just 30 miles away, but you rarely go there. Around, through, past, near … yet rarely “there”.

A good band brings us to the edge of Piedmont Park, along with outdoor dining and friends. Beer is nice, too. Time out with my wife is better.

Yes, she is text-messaging friends while I make this post. But the thumbs will soon rest as we enjoy music together. We should do this more often.

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Yes, my marriage goes to eleven

Eleven years married to Suzan, a woman who shares her life with me in a great partnership. We dated for three years before getting married, so now it’s hard to think of a time when she wasn’t in my life.

We both have separate lives and interests, and our marriage doesn’t keep us from having them. But we have so much that is shared, and life is better because of that.

Plus she looks funny in hats …

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I have hundreds of photos and lots of laundry to process … but a few words from our return …

1. The international arrivals process at Atlanta Airport is getting embarrassing. Seriously, the convenience of having at airport that big in my backyard is often outweighed by the stupidity of the custom/luggage/security process. And don’t tell me to “write my congressman” because he doesn’t determine where lines go in the customs area.
2. Map lights can use a lot of current over a week … so we need a jump start in the parking lot. Pre-Flight Parking staff kicks ass yet again.
3. I like air conditioning. Germany still isn’t sure what it is.
4. Trips with my wife make me happy, even if the process of travel is irritating.
5. 15 year old scotch was on sale in Munich Airport duty-free I will have a good evening with the spouse.

Trip reviews will be written this week in between karate classes, work, photo processing and preparing for Karate College.

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A few notes from our first day in Munich, Germany: Continue reading »

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