Kent Fackenthall

  • A Challenge Within a Challenge

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    Maybe he’s an enigma, a mystery wrapped in a riddle.” – Elaine Benes“He’s a mystery wrapped in a Twinkie.” – Jerry Seinfeld All Twinkies aside, day 11 into my #SpringThawChallenge and I’m feeling good about my progress. With the exception of a minor derailment last weekend – we’ll chalk it up to my depression over the…

  • #SpringThawChallenge: The Weigh In

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    Ah, so here we are at the threshold. Did the weigh-in this morning. Was a time in my young younger days when I was skinny as a whip and ate whatever I wanted. Then in the younger days, I discovered beer and the couch. Got married and tried – and sorta succeeded – to sort…

  • My #SpringThawChallenge

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    Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time browsing over at darebee.com. It’s a great site that offers simple workouts, tips, motivation and meal ideas to help you achieve your fitness goals and it’s all presented in a clean, clear, easy to understand way. And it’s free. You can donate a buck to help keep…

  • New Merch and Design Work

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    I’ve been pretty busy lately with design and web and there’s quite a bit to show for it. There’s three different places you can currently find and purchase merchandise featuring artwork I’ve done for the Bike Commuter Cabal, an informal bicycle commuting group on Google+. First up, I launched a Redbubble store to sell t-shirts,…

  • The Return of Green Day?

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    Ok, so pursuant to a thread last week on my Google+ page about Green Day records, for the past week I’ve been checking out their latest ‘trilogy’ for lack of a better word, Uno! Dos! Tré!. I remember being nonplussed when they started releasing these. I have to admit that my first reaction was, they’re…

  • Surly Pugsley First Ride Impressions

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    So back in October of last year I officially put in an order for a Surly Necromancer Puglsey. Having wanted one for years, I’d finally managed to save up the scratch to get one. My goal was to bomb it around all winter, but also to hopefully commute through most of the winter up here…