Mark Denovich

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mumble, rant, mumble, mumble

(I'm over-ridding my inner censor and bitching a bit about work) lame: presenting (over 3 days) at a conference in a hotel, and not having a room in said hotel. lamer: instead being stationed in a…

More on familiarity

As we tucked ourselves in last night, Deb announced she was feeling a bit unwell after the large, rich dinner (pan-seared duck breast...) she had earlier in the evening. She was actually a little…

Travel Stats

In the last year: Days on the road (not at my primary residence): 152 Days on the road (not in Pittsburgh either): 94 Countries visited (not US or England): 11 Lost baggage: 0 Hours delayed: 2…

Not what I was going for

"yeah, you are a dick"  (I'm paraphrasing) wasn't quite the reaction I was expecting or hoping for (Thanks mom.  :) )

Striving to be a bit less salty

During the trip to Austria I occasionally heard myself talking...  It's something I don't often do.  When you are an inveterate bullshitter you quickly learn to defensively tune out your own…

Mr. Accomplishment

(the title is a joke you probably won't get... don't worry about it.) 4 weeks on, I appear to finally be over the ill-effects of my trip to Turkey.

The moment Mark broke his finger

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What in the hell happened to me?

I use Google Reader to manage my RSS feeds. I occasionally use the "star" feature which lets me note specific interesting posts, or things I want to read later. I can later view these items like a…

Where am I?

Upon waking, the last two mornings I have had to take a few moments to gather my bearings... "wall, window, door way... our bedroom... oh, yeah, I'm home in England." It's the after effects of a lot…

So much for live blogging the adventure

I had plans of blogging the details of our epic canoe journey this weekend.  As you can see it didn't really happen.  Something about 20+ miles of paddling per day seems to kill ones motivation.…