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July 2009

Better Than Hawaiian Shirt Fridays

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Useful Munich Links

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Headed to Munich for Oktoberfest very soon. Here are a few links my compatriots have found useful. Munich Airport Munich’s own website Munich Transit Any sites that you think we’ll find useful on our trip?

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Why Swim 5.5 Miles in Open Water?

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In short, I’ve had a cast on a foot every spring for the last 3 springs from playing football. Don’t let anyone tell you flag football is non-contact. Aside from the foot problems, I needed something new to try for a workout. As it turns out, I went for something old. I used to swim [...]

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Four Hour Work Week Video

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Painless really did me a favor when he lent me this book (even though he still hasn’t read it himself.) While I find Tim’s writing a bit annoying, the lessons are spectacular. Here’s an outline: 1) Elimination via the 80-20 Rule (Pareto’s Law) 2) Cultivate Selective Ignorance 3) Outsource Your Life “Outside the rules of [...]

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5.25 Mile Ocean Swim – in Pictures

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It is difficult to comprehend how far 5.25 miles over sea is until you’ve been swimming in open water yourself.

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Training Like Rocky for Rocky

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OK, Sly has been sipping on the nectar of the gods to push his body to the limit. Who gives a fuck? Listen to his speech in the background. What mountain do you want to climb? How are you going to scale it?

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Do You Want to Be Happy or Rich?

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Words to live by from Jim Koch, founder of Sam Adams. I had a chance to visit the Sam Adams brewery in Boston for the VT @ BC game last fall. Nothing is sweeter than telling all of your friends that you spent a working Friday in a brewery! Well, except for maybe, loving your [...]

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Hacking the Empire State Building

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Want to see the Empire State Building? Want to see it without fighting the crowds? Then do what the locals do, do what I did when I took my friends to NYC earlier this year, buy the tickets online and save a bunch of time. Visiting the iconic building is kind of like playing that [...]

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Train Like Schwarzenegger

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Arnold never worked in cube. He created many, many businesses. He won every bodybuilding contest under the sun. He became the most successful actor in history. For an encore, he became Governor of California. How? Watch this video. See how when he is working out everyone else is watching him or passed out on the [...]

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Free Flight Fiasco

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I recently booked an award travel with USAir for my upcoming Oktoberfest trip. I had 100k dividend miles and still paid $111 in feed. Due to my itinerary, I had to choose these dates. A ‘free’ flight is always welcome but I felt like I could have done better. After all, it took years to [...]

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