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Flexible Tension

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Flexible Tension · 2Y ago

results!

Lots of great things are happening right now in the Ruckus-sphere as a result of lots of hard work and prep, so I wanted to take a minute to update friends and family, as well as just acknowledge positive results, progress, and fruits of our labor! So exciting. Before heading to my parents’ place in

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Flexible Tension · 2Y ago

i could get used to this

day #4 at my parents’ house in jim falls, wi i could get used to this… …spiff running around care-free in my parents’ back yard, off-leash – 40 acres of quintessential rural wisconsin land. pouncing on grasshoppers and chasing butterflies and bees. …flannel sheets – even in the summer, my mom knows

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Flexible Tension · 2Y ago

beyond prop 8

well, as we all know, the CA supreme court announced yesterday that they decided to uphold prop 8 (the constitutional ban on same-sex marriage). disappointing, yes – the proposition never should have passed in the first place. in the wake of the announcement, RaceWire – the online blog of ColorLines

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Flexible Tension · 3Y ago

for peanut butter lovers only

if you’re not a hard core peanut butter lover, turn back now. after running 9 miles this morning (training for the run for burma), i decided i wanted a big pile of pancakes. so i headed to the kitchen and immediately starting mixing up the batter – one of a few “recipes” i have committed [...]

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Flexible Tension · 3Y ago

bubble curtain

i finally finished knitting this curtain for our bathroom window. it’s the “bubbly curtain” pattern from mason dixon knitting. the idea is that it’s supposed to still let light through, but everyone shouldn’t see you… the pattern concept was supposedly of champagne bubbles floating up. i knit this w

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Flexible Tension · 3Y ago

marshmallow recipe for success

i’ve been listening to radiolab (this american life‘s scientist cousin) ever since my brother introduced me to it over christmas last year. as with most things, i go in streaks where i don’t listen to it (or simply forget about it) for weeks, and then suddenly listen to a bunch of episodes back to

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Flexible Tension · 3Y ago

obama era post-racism

conclusions being drawn from the latest NY Times/CBS poll about americans’ perspectives on race relations in the U.S. show that since obama was elected, there has been a significant increase in people – of all races – feeling like race relations are better now. really?! now, i remember november 4th,

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Flexible Tension · 3Y ago

“Prop 8 – The Musical”

see people: gay marriage will “save the economy”! case in point: more about ""Prop 8 – The Musical"", posted with vodpod

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Flexible Tension · 3Y ago

one foot in front of the other

i had a great run this morning. more proof that runs beyond 3 miles start to actually feel good (for me anyway). it was only 5 miles, but enough to break the 3-mile lake merritt mold… last spring when i was training for my first half marathon in santa cruz, my coworker ripped a page [...]

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Flexible Tension · 3Y ago

Running for Burma, Ruckus and me!

I am running the San Francisco Half Marathon July 26, 2009 to support both Burma Humanitarian Mission, and Ruckus (the org I work for), as well as for my own physical and emotional health. The Ruckus Connection: One of BHM’s founders was a long-time Ruckus network member (Jeremy Paster), who unfortu

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