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Post from the slopes
A quick post from the slopes.
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Memorial Day Ziplining in Florida
I decided to make it a 4 day weekend for Memorial day on the Tuesday before the weekend started. I checked my family's availability for Saturday, booked tickets for a zip line tour in Florida, took Friday off, then drove down to Florida on Friday. I had a
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Snowboarding 2012/2013
I've been on a few snowboard trips this season. 1. New Years - Vail 2. January Colorado Redux - Copper and Winter Park 3. March - Snowhoe with a giant group 4. Late March - Wintergreen for an unexpected snow day Vail was a great trip (but we
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Hiking Pilot Mountain with Wes
I decided to take Wes up on some of our prior conversations where we talked about hiking around various NC mountain spots. We took a Saturday and spent it at Pilot Mountain hiking for about 9 miles. This was an excellent trip and I'm glad we decided to
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Visiting Priya in Birmingham
I decided to keep up the friend visits by following through on a promise to visit Priya in Birmingham, Alabama. This was a great time. Priya knows lots of beautiful girls which is always a nice bonus. Here's the full photo set of my trip to Birmingham. We
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DC and Raleigh with Jason, Ashley and Robbie
Since visiting Buffalo in June / July we all decided the crew needed to visit Raleigh. Labor Day worked out to be the best time. On the way down Jason, Ashley, and Robbie wanted to stop in DC. That seemed cool to me so I flew up to meet them there
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Buffalo Family Visit
My sister Jen said "I'm going back up to my HS reunion, and our cousin is having a bachelorette party / wedding shower". This seemed like a perfect opportunity to combine some family visits with the brief time where the weather in Western New York is pleasant.
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Cisco Live 2012 in San Diego
Another catch up post here about a trip to San Diego straight from Hawaii for Cisco Live 2012. Seems like the weeks and months have just been melting away recently so I'll do my best to keep things brief on summary while hitting the high points. It'
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Excellent Hawaii Trip
This is a super belated post about the trip I took to Hawaii back in June with 7 awesome friends. I have to admit being invited in the first place was quite a surprise to me! Heather told me there was an extra spot and that the collective decided I
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Virginia for a day watching Horse Races
Time for a trip in the WAY BACK machine. Here's a thing we did back in April on an awesome late spring weekend. Zach knew a dude who lives around Middlesburg, VA to we headed out there from DC to watch Steeple Chase and then visit a winery.
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CCIE Voice Written Recertification - Passed
I passed my CCIE Voice Written last Friday. My CCIE is now recertified. There was some new material I hadn't seen before, but I still managed to squeak by with an 827/1000. Passing was 790/1000. To celebrate I went to the beach (Emerald Isle) with Kenneth
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CCIE Voice Written Studying + Bayside
I've been studying like crazy lately. The CCIE Voice Written has become more difficult since the last time I attempted to pass it for recertification. Every two years I have to pass the multiple choice part to keep the certification active. I'm at a bit of