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How to Swim One Mile Nonstop

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Now April, I had 14 weeks to learn to swim 5.25 miles non-stop in the ocean by mid-July.

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Obesity Discrimination and Job Prospects

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Does your weight or fitness level affect your chances of being hired? BBC reports that Overweight Job Hunters often lose out. Overweight workers find it harder to get jobs than slimmer people, new research has suggested. The Journal of Applied Psychology has a study that strongly suggests that obese people will be discriminated against; particularly [...]

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Teach Me Something Complicated

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Teach Me Something Complicated. That was the question posed to me on several interviews. I had come expecting technical analysis or situational awareness questions. When Microsoft broke out the logic and IQ questions, it felt like a game. This was different. They wanted to know something I knew. They wanted to know how well I could explain it.

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Dieting is Less Work

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I was wondering how many calories I burn doing squats. If I did the calculation right, it’s not nearly as bad as it feels . I figured I’d burn off 50-100 kcal. But then I calculated… My squat is about 1 meter in length, roughly half my height. A 1-kg weight exerts a downward force [...]

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How to Choose a Workout Plan that Works for You

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The Constitution of the United States is wrong; all men are NOT created equal.

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Ever Closer to My Free Car!

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Ever closer to my free car! OK, we’ve talked about Why I Will Never Drive My Porsche to Work. We’ve talked about my (soon-to-be) new, free car. Now we’re going to talk about how Obama wants me to be happy. Gas guzzlers could get $3,500 or $4,500 in government vouchers to use toward the purchase [...]

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My Free, New Car

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IRS gets one step closer to my free car! I have had a plan that eventually, car prices will be low enough AND enough taxes refunds /incentives will come my way that I will get a new, free car. In equation form: Pn (price of new car) < = Pt (price of my trade in) [...]

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Never Drive Your Porsche to Work

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I will never drive my Porsche to work. Even when I finally get a Porsche, that is. Want to know why?

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Biking to Work

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During the fuel crunch last year, ScopeCreep and I were debating ways to make the commute in a different way than our gas guzzling Ford Explorer and Pickup trucks. We hit on bicycling. What would one need to pack to do this? Why Bike to Work? Get in Shape Save $ Help the Environment Issues [...]

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What FreeCreditReport.com Doesn’t Want You to Know

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Seriously. This is either a case of domain name speculation and opportunism gone berserk, the incredible ineptitude and fast-as-molasses-on-an-iceberg speed of the US Federal government, or both.

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