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Travel

From Shogun to Powder

This ski trip actually began in 1980 while I was still in grade school. The original airing of the original Shogun (the day I’m writing this it was announced that the star of that mini-series Richard Chamberlain has passed away) really caught my attention and indeed fascination. This led to me some years later purchasing the book Shogun by James Clavell and reading it and it was very riveting – I do recall finishing the second half of the book in one weekend – only getting out of bed for the most basic of life necessities! […]

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Health, Fitness, and Nutrition

Save the Knee!

Easy Kneesy When us skiers hear the word joint, what do we think? No, not weed! The joints I most often hear about when it comes to skiing are the hip and knee joints. Both […]

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Après Ski

Spam Counter-Attack!

I recently installed a couple of pieces of software to help classify visitors based on their past activity related to spam propagation. As you may be aware, spammers use a number of different tactics. One […]

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The Sharp Edge

Lame Take From A Bit Slayed

Bryan Curtis writing in the Daily Beast notes: Those of us who dislike downhill skiing—who find it goofy and preposterous, and inferior to every Winter Olympic sport up to and including curling—were paying close attention […]

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Photography

The Day Dream Comes True

I captured this photo on Saturday March 2, 2013. Day Dream — Sunny, Still, and Temperature in the Zone Nothing was wrong with the weather. The sun was out, the air still, the temperature in […]

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The Wisconsin Skier is a ski and cycling fanatic who loves to share his passions for the activities by writing about them! Come along and join him on his active adventures!
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