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2008 Feb 09
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Yay, football season is over! The Superbowl was pretty amazing, but I am glad all they hype is over and the real sports season starts. Pitchers and catchers report! The Dodgers look pretty good this year. They didn’t make any big moves besides bringing in Torre, but their young players are looking to have breakout years. Should be interesting! Go Blue!

2008 Feb 06
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My running has been very sporadic lately. Well, more specifically, I run maybe once a week at best. I really need to start being more consistent. The problem is just scheduling a set time every or every other day. I should start my 5am three-mile run again, but it’s kinda cold in the mornings. Yeah, excuses!

Oh, and my bike sits idle in the garage. I love riding it, so I should just get off my butt and at least go around the neighborhood with it. Again, this means going out after hours, or early in the morning. Maybe 9 o’clock night ride would be good.

2007 Nov 09
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No no no!!! But it looks like it is gonna happen. WTH?!

2007 Nov 08
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Dodger Stadium is so much better when Nancy Bea Heffley is playing the organ.


2007 Oct 30
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Please, please let this be true! Next, the Dodgers need to grab Torii Hunter…

2007 Oct 22
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Yesterday I went on a little fishing trip with Bay, my friend Jeremy, and his daughter May. Jeremy got the hot tip from the saleslady at the sporting goods store, and she steered him away from the place we were planning on fishing, and told him about a great little pond that “is filled with tons of fish”. Perfect for the kids! So we headed out to the small pond at about 5pm. The weather was really nice: warm and sunny, with no wind to speak of. There were a few ducks there, but they weren’t aggressive and let us have the fishing spot. There are basically only two really good places to fish from in this particular pond (it’s a secret!) because there are reeds and weeds all around the pond except for at these two places. But, as we were the only ones fishing, it was perfect.

We went with a plain bobber setup, with a size 8 hook on my virgin Daiwa ultra-light rod/reel combo. 4-pound test seemed to be perfect for small fish. We alternated between pieces of nightcrawler and canned corn kernels, but it didn’t matter which one we used, because the fish were biting either one. In fact, about one second after I cast into the pond for the first time, the bobber was going under! I didn’t hook the fish that time, but a few minutes later, we had our first catch! I let Bay reel in a few after I had hooked them, and he really enjoyed it. And when May caught her first fish, she went bananas! It was awesome to see the excitement of the first-time anglers. (Bay actually caught a catfish before at a carnival, but it just involved lifting up the line, so that doesn’t count.)

I hadn’t fished at a lake or pond in a long time, but it was so fun, and I am looking forward to doing it again soon. There are a few places we want to check out nearby, and hopefully we’ll have the same kind of luck. If not, we can always go back to the secret pond for some more bluegill!

Here are some photos of our fishing trip.


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