Turtle On the Mend

Today was knee surgery for the turtle. After months of experiencing pain when running, and after aborting my training and giving up on this year’s Twin Cities Marathon, I finally went to an orthopedic doctor to have my knee looked at. I had a tear in the cartilege in my right knee. So today I [...]

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Returning Turtle

Greetings from the long absent Turtle! I have been away on a wonderful family vacation to Washington, DC.  It was a wonderful experience!  We piled ourselves and four children into the family mini-van and spent lots of “quality time” together driving out and while in DC. I am happy and grateful to report that it [...]

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Life, Addiction, and Balance (Re-Post)

DIARY OF AN ADDICT (2006) It is April in Minnesota. Clocks have been moved one-hour forward, the sun is out, and it is all of 38 degrees. Yet on this clear, spring day, the addict has lost his sense of direction. The road to recovery seems to lead nowhere to the addict. If recovery is [...]

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Reflecting on a Turtle Getaway

A WEEKEND IN SOUTH DAKOTA The Turtle has been away. The Turtle was out of town for three days. The Turtle was in South Dakota. The Turtle was not alone … I had a chance this past weekend to take my two children from my first marriage and go to Watertown, South Dakota for a [...]

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The Great Crash of 2009

Yesterday was the Great Crash of 2009. D-Monk’s work computer was hit by a virus ["sysguard.com"] and crashed hard. I am amazed that a virus this reckless could get past the IT security set in place for one of the fifteen largest countries in the world, but it did. And my luck was BAD. My [...]

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The Double Cost of the Rat Race

The double whammy of media-generated standard-of-living anxiety and debt pressure is enormously depressing. Not only do we have the tension of not reaching the lifestyle we set as our goal, we have the pressure of the debt we accumulated trying to get there. The debt makes us bitter and angry because we realize we played [...]

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Split Turtle Soup

Come check out the Blogging Turtle! This Turtle has a split mind about things. He has decided to move on and not to move on! What??? This Turtle has decided to start a new blog. The Turtle no longer wishes to retain “Addict” as his primary identifying characteristic. He feels it is time to move [...]

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Counting the Cost …

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Day at the Ballpark – Sharing a Piece of History

A TURTLE’S DAY Over the weekend I had a chance to take in a Twins game with my Dad, my nephew Jack, and my son Paul.  Three generations hanging out together at a Twins Baseball game.  Good stuff! The game was very entertaining.  After trailing 3-2, the Twins scored 3 runs in the bottom of [...]

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Oh, the Indignity!

Our dog Rufus struggles with the fact that he is not the alpha dog.

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