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Never Ever Take a Vacation with Family or Friends

Traveled to Germany last week and stayed with some old friends. They made some plans to see some things while we were there. While it was nice to see them, we really learned a lot about them that I wished I had known before the trip…
On Sunday, we were all talking and they promised to [...]

Barbeque at some Friends

This weekend we were invited to one of my wife’s Russian friend’s house for shashlik - kababs on the grill for us Americans. We drove for about an hour and finally arrived to hang out.
The woman was making salads when we arrived.  And the dog, we’ll change the names in order to protect the innocent. [...]

What Are the Real Circumstances Surrounding David Carradine’s Death

This article isn’t necessarily about the untimely death of David Carradine, but more so about the press. This morning my wife made a very good observation. She read about David Carradine found dead news and selected several articles from USA sources and several from Russian sources.
What she found was that the details were different. Why [...]

Here we are again. Again? What?

I don’t know. The title just came to me.
Been busy designing a new web site for Red-October.net, hoping to roll it out by Halloween. Adding all kinds of new functionality and thinking about adding subscriptions for different things, like visas, marriage, who knows for sure. Nothing is finalized at this stage. In fact, if there [...]

Personal Trainer in Colorado Springs

Was looking into getting a personal trainer here in Colorado Springs. Came across an interesting individual, Daniel Ross. He runs Body Symmetry here in town. From my research, he is the best qualified in Colorado Springs:
* Masters Degree in Sports Medicine/Exercise Physiology
* 22 years of personal training experience
* Pre and Post Rehabilitation
* Nutritional expertise for [...]