Monthly Archive: February 2008

Feb
28

10 year wedding anniversary

Ten years ago today, Laura and I were married. It was the warmest day on record for February in Michigan. I like to think the sun defeated winter for us, and whether by happy accident or twist of fate that sunshine in winter (I try not to think of it as global warming) has been …

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Feb
26

Injury 2008 Marathon Delayed

At the beginning of February my marathon training program was going really well. My miles had been creeping up steadily and I hadn’t been injured. My hamstrings were taught as a kettle drum, but I thought this was something I could manage. My long runs were getting longer and my right knee wasn’t bothering me. …

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Feb
22

WordPress

I will be attempting to migrate to wordpress over the next few weeks. For a quick preview of the new gokayaknow.com, head over to “the new Keith Wikle.com”:http://wordpress.gokayaknow.com Textpattern has come to a dead end from a development standpoint. There have been no new releases in some time. The developers are working on a new …

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Feb
22

Bike TV

Finally a channel just for the rest of us: “The Bicyclist”:http://www.thebicyclist.tv/ The acting isn’t bad. The writing is pretty good, maybe better than Friends. And Steve may be hotter than Jennifer Aniston. (Steve is a girl!)

Feb
14

How internet browsing discovers unexpected results

Don’t even ask how I found this. It has a surreal dreamlike quality that appeals to my Hulk Hogan flamethrower enhanced psyche.

Feb
13

Vampire Weekend Ann Arbor

The snow hit Kalamazoo wet and heavy yesterday. Just as Laura and I were planning to leave for Ann Arbor to see Vampire Weekend. I got stuck twice in a snow bank. As I was digging myself out of a snowbank for the second time at 10 to seven I realized we weren’t going to …

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Feb
12

200th post

Well I am certainly not as prolific as Derrick, or Wenley, but I hope I make up for it with a quality of content. Or maybe its just in the ardent and eloquent phrases I use. Hmmm… NOT! Looking back over the last couple of years I have been shocked at the number of blogs. …

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Feb
12

Don’t give up!

A good friend of mine told me yesterday that after six months of being seizure free with epilepsy he had another seizure. Essentially revoking his license to drive, his freedom, and his ability to paddle. This really wouldn’t be so bad if he hadn’t already been through this cycle once before. No one wants to …

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Feb
06

Warhammer 40,000

h2. Embrace Your Inner Nerd For a couple of years, Gabriel and I have played strategy games. We started with chess and Risk. We then tried DND minis, Heroscape. DND minis is a fine game with a long history dating back to the first TSR wargame Chainmail. Warhammer’s been around since I was in junior …

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Feb
06

Caesar: Life of a Colossus

Oddly enough the opening introduction of this massive volume on the seemingly inexhaustible topic of Gaius Julius Caesar was one of the best parts. This doesn’t detract from the excellent work of Adrian Goldsworthy. Historical parallels are supposed to be deplorable, and you can’t just lay one set of circumstances over another and say look …

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