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Posted on October 19, 2006 | Filed Under Life in NC, Musings

So at what age or time does life become serious?

The past few years have been a whirlwind of change for me. Both my best friends have had babies. I’ve changed careers. Terrorism has become an every day word. My wife’s career is beginning to really take off. My health status has changed dramatically (for the better mind you but still dramatically.) My parents grow older everytime I see them. 10 years ago the town I live in was rural, now it’s more appropriately a suburb. I’ve been hit by a car while riding my bike. I’ve had two friends diagnosed with brain cancer. Schools are becoming a territory of terror rather than a foundation of learning. Politics are as ugly, if not uglier, than ever.

So when did it, or we, or I, become ’serious?’ Read more

Onward and Mostly Upward

Posted on October 4, 2006 | Filed Under Life in NC

A little over three weeks ago I took my comprehensive finals for my masters degree in exercise physiology. Today I received notification on the results.

I passed…contingently.

The comps consisted of six hours of writing on four questions – three quesitons on exercise physiology, assessment, training, and nutrition and one question on statistics and research. One of my questions, the stats and research questions, was weak enough to warrant the committee feeling I needed to re-write it.

Now that said, it’s not nearly as bad as it seems. Read more