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Preparing for the 2009 Season

Here's my action plan for getting ready for the 2009 football season: Meet with Jacob's defensive coach from last year (he helped lead their 8th grade vars...

Vancouver Island

For over a year Julie and I discussed various ideas for a special trip to celebrate her 40th birthday (coming up in early August). Our original plan was Ital...

About Me

My name is Chris Brooks and I coach youth football in Sherwood, Oregon. I have another blog where I talk about boardgames, travel, and family stuff. As of 20...

Extreme Cash Budgeting with Wesabe

I’ve long been a personal finance geek, starting as an early user of Quicken and CheckFree in the early 90s, and culminating in my role as CTO at Corillian w...

#100DaysToOffload

I'm taking the #100DaysToOffload challenge — writing 100 posts in 365 days.

  1. 100 Days to Offload
  2. Teaching Computer Science in this New World
  3. Van Camping with Rory
  4. Rewiring the Backswing: Lessons from a Patient Coach
  5. Tanks and Lizards
  6. (Jeff) Tweedy in Phoenix
  7. Golf in Rio Verde
  8. Album Club: Trans Europe Express — Kraftwerk
  9. Return to Arches
  10. Islands in the Sky
  11. Album Club: Rocket to Russia - Ramones
  12. Canyonlands Needles
  13. Day 1 - Collins Trailhead to Big Pour Off Ruins
  14. Day 2 - Big Pour Off Ruin to Cow Tank Canyon
  15. Day 3 - Cow Canyon to Bullet Junction
  16. Day 4 - Bullet junction to Turkey Pen
  17. Day 5 - Leaving Grand Gulch
  18. Backpacking Grand Gulch - Collins to Kane Gulch
  19. On the Road Again, Solo
  20. Arizona and New Mexico

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