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The wife and boy have been on vacation on the east coast for almost two weeks now, so I was flying solo this long weekend. Still, it went by fast.

Friday night I went up to SF and caught up with Dr Jon, and heard all about his month long trip to southeast asia. We had the always delish Sushi Groove.

On Saturday, I learned that I’ve been using the wrong tennis grip for the past year. I was using the eastern forehand for every stroke, when I should be using the continental for serves and volleys. So I went out and served a few buckets of balls to get the hang of it.

At night, I joined Frank and his boys out at a Burning Man fundraiser at EndUp. Good times, as we reminisced about the good ol’ days at the EU.

Sunday was recovery day, then back up to the city for a third time to meet chef Rob and Al and Claire for another yummy dinner at Beretta in the Mission. Met Rob’s new lady friend also…will she last? Only time will tell. Tried to get ice cream afterwards, but three different places all had lines around the block so we gave up.

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• Pretty sure I reached 99% max heartrate in kickboxing tonight.1% more and dead. #
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• I'll shut up about the EVO after this: Techcrunch's scathing review. http://tcrn.ch/9tddqW #
• loved YouTube video on Boxee http://bit.ly/aQVcSn #
• realized my tennis grip and serve have been wrong for the past yr. ugh #

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• thanks frankie g for the deal on your EVO 4G #
• Day 1 with Android/HTC EVO: battery drained 1/3 by noon, stopped using, 2/3 by 5p. #
• it's slim pickins in the android market #

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after a mere 7 year hiatus, I’ve signed up to train at Fairtex Muaythai (Thai kickboxing) again. i’m fortunate that there’s a location a mere 2 miles from my office.

back in the day (2003), Dr. Jon and I trained at their original gym on Clementina Street in SF. workouts are exactly 1 hour long, and grueling every minute of the way. at various points in every workout you’d feel like you were going to keel over and have a heart attack. but there’s something eminently satisfying about punching and kicking the hell out of things, and there’s an incredible high afterwards.

that level of intense training was matched when my baby and i took shaolin kung fu class in NYC for a few months.

both times, i got incredible conditioning and felt fantastic. and both times, when i stopped i completely lost the benefits.

i just had my first class and feel pretty good about how i did and how much i remember. and yeah, i did feel like dying a few times. i hope i can keep it up.

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