My brother moved to Portland over three years ago. He always had a mixed review of living in the city and once my trip was over, I understood everything. There's something really odd about the "weirdness" of Portland. In short, we are all weird but Frank is the wrong kind of weird for Portland. There he's actually considered a "bro". When he told me that this happening to him, ... Read More
Archives for July 2018
Summer in Texas
Ian and I met Bob around the same time while training at the jiu jitsu gym. With whom we immediately became embroiled in a three way rivalry. For years, I chased Bob on the mats vowing to one day D'arce him into submission. When he told us that Toyota was moving their North American headquarters to Plano, Texas we knew we had limited time to train together in CA. On a whim, ... Read More
Chuck Liddell vs. Mortals
I haven't really met that many celebrities in my life and Chuck Liddell wasn't someone who I thought I was gonna geek out over; and I didn't. However, he was super cool and now I'm his fan. Matt, one of our training partners at the gym is his friend and set up a Sunday open mat for Chuck to come by and train. Of course there are no photos of myself rolling with Chuck but ... Read More
