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Work on a Weakness

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  • 28 Mar

Yesterday at Reebok CrossFit Medfield, the warm-up for the day was “work on a weakness.” The idea behind this was to pick something that you weren’t good at and work on it to

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Sears: Total FAILURE – Part 2

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  • 19 Dec

Back at the end of October, I wrote a blog post detailing the absolute unmitigated FAILURE of Sears to make good on its delivery of three appliances to my home. While blasting this

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Pity Parties

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  • 02 Oct

By Jon F. Merz Ever been to one of these? It’s where something doesn’t go right and someone decides that the universe is against them and gets all “woe-is-me, my life totally sucks.”

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Couple of Quickies…

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  • 06 Aug
Couple of Quickies…

I’m back from vacation well-rested and ready to get cranking again. Today, however, is devoted to painting my sons’ bedrooms. I started one yesterday and will finish today. That Monday adrenaline

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Create Your Opportunities

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  • 17 May
Create Your Opportunities

By Jon F. Merz I was reading a great post by my friend and fellow ninja Chris Penn the other day about taking the long view and how the ninja masters of old would often

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Dear General Electric

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  • 20 Mar

Dear General Electric, Earlier today I had an MRI to check out a section of my intestinal tract. That necessitated me being placed into one of your lovely machines for nearly an hour.

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“Finding Bigfoot” is My “Jersey Shore”

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  • 15 Feb

I had an epiphany of sorts last night. I’m battling the flu and so a lot of my time lately has been spent in front of the TV taking it easy. I hate the

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A Fog of Fury: A Lawson Vampire Mission – FREE!

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  • 17 Jan
A Fog of Fury: A Lawson Vampire Mission – FREE!

So, as part of my drive to find a huge bunch of new fans for all things Lawson, I’ve decided to make A FOG OF FURY, the Lawson novellas that was released in the

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My Christmas List

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  • 21 Dec

Interestingly enough this year, a number of fans have written to ask what I’ve got on my Christmas list – that is, the things I’m hoping to receive. It’s a pretty short list,

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Day of the Ninja

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  • 05 Dec

I have to admit, this one caught me by surprise… (Go ahead, laugh at the irony. I’ll wait, lol…) Today, December 5th, is International Day of the Ninja. Seriously. I’m not quite sure

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