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Another year, another Earth Day celebrated by the eco-conscious masses. Nothing too remarkable to report this time around, save for the fact that Earth Day officially turned 40 (hooray!). What bega...
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Eliud Kipchoge turns the corner, full-on sprinting for the Carlsbad 5000 finish line with not a competitor in sight. He’s not so much a runner, but more a leaper — one graceful, carefully placed st...
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Let’s call it “turista no inteligente,” a spin on a phrase I recently picked up in Costa Rica. A classic condition exacerbated by the notion of “being on vacation,” TNI is experienced by millions o...
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I am to be married this Sunday to the most wonderful woman in the world. Constantly written off as the epitome of a stress-free guy, I’m beginning to feel the pressure. No cold feet here, just goo...
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News of the Carlsbad Village Association’s plans to build a skateboard museum and park of sorts in the midst of the village brought a tear to my eye. Well, almost. I’ll spare you the minor details...
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It is said that fear, when left unchecked, is a bad thing; especially of the unknown, especially when felt ubiquitously. Often we will stop at nothing to eliminate that which we fear. There is no ...
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It’s hard to imagine a mother’s pain when her child is missing indefinitely, gone without a trace or even a minor clue. To wake up and go about your day, only to receive the one phone call any pare...
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Dogs are cool. In fact, I have one myself. He’s a pain in the rear end sometimes, yet I love him, so I’ll keep him around for now. But one problem I continuously run into around here is finding a d...
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I promised myself I wouldn’t write a follow-up column on President Obama’s State of the Union address. This topic normally falls into the “too trite” or “meaningless after the fact” category. But i...
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This just in: it rained hard last week. One could even say this latest series of bad weather was an absolute deluge. At one point, it rained sideways. Streets flooded. Mud flowed. Snow blanketed th...
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My secret love affair with Facebook began in the spring of 2008. I was coy and cautious at the start, not knowing how the rules of social networking engagement played out. It was a curious voyage i...
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Football in the NFL is a lot like life: you have your ups, your downs, your unbridled emotions, your comebacks, your upsetting losses. You show improvement, play through the pain, overcoming imposs...
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Americans love a good end of the year list. Top 10 Albums, Top Five Performances — we are enamored with topics of this sort. There is something so agreeable about summarizing an entire year in a ne...
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Happy birthday to the Boy Scouts of America, who will be celebrating their 100th anniversary in February. Deeply rooted in a Norman Rockwell version of the United States, the BSA has simultaneously...
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