Category Archives: Personal

two years of wedded bliss

Posted on August 16, 2010 by mark

Today marks two years since Kara and I got married. My, how time does fly by! This type of occasion calls out for a typical “here are my thoughts on marriage” list, but as I was thinking about it, a … Continue reading →

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of bikes…

Posted on August 13, 2010 by mark

For those of you who miss the old-style blog updates where I ramble about my life, welcome back! I think I’ve put about 20 miles total on the bike so far…did a 5.5 mile ride just now. Some observations: Riding … Continue reading →

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my new bike

Posted on August 9, 2010 by mark

Oh. Ow. The reason for the pain is that I bought a bike, and just put the first 3 miles on it. This is a big deal because the last “bike” I owned had a motor, and before that, it … Continue reading →

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bicycle

Posted on August 2, 2010 by mark

I’m thinking about buying a bicycle. I’m not 100% sure if this is one of those things that I come up with periodically that I obsess about for a few weeks and then let go of; I’ll have to see … Continue reading →

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common touchpoints

Posted on July 19, 2010 by mark

My brother, Mike, is off in Germany and various other parts of Europe for a few weeks. It got me thinking about the “backpacking through Europe” phenomenon. I think it’s an important experience for three reasons. First, it’s obviously a … Continue reading →

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strengths and weaknesses

Posted on July 12, 2010 by mark

I’m with my main client company for an all-hands meeting for a few days, which includes one of the endless variation of personality assessment quizzes. This particular one is designed to assess five key categories of “strengths.” I don’t mean … Continue reading →

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plan, then deviate

Posted on July 9, 2010 by mark

The conclusion I’ve come to with the whole “personal discipline” thing is that you need to use structure to break up the massive task of being disciplined about everything all at once into small bite-sized chunks. So the challenge now … Continue reading →

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Back from Vacation

Posted on May 24, 2010 by mark

It’s official! I’m a newly-minted MBA! And what a wonderful graduation, and a great vacation! Highlights: plenty of Yuengling and Middleswarth chips in PA Mike walked in State College saw the site of Pickett’s Charge in Gettysburg drove by the … Continue reading →

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MBA Breather

Posted on May 13, 2010 by mark

MBA-A-Day is going on vacation so I can relax and celebrate getting my actual MBA, as of Friday, May 14th. I’ll be back with the rest of the articles after a well-earned rest. Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterRedditDiggPrintRSS

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bullets: 12/31/09

Posted on December 31, 2009 by mark

Just a few quick bullet-pointed updates: The fall semester is over! It was among the most valuable and enlightening semesters of my MBA…I wrote a full-fledged business plan, learned how to identify and evaluate new business opportunities, gave numerous short … Continue reading →

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