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A New Season (Random Thoughts)

Lots has happened in the life of jduv--clearly the most crucial and exciting being that now there is a Mrs. Jduv. We were married in a frenzy; that day flew by faster than any other day in my life. Nevertheless we DO have pictures to reminisce over (long story), are settled in to our new apartment, and learning what it means to be a mural of Christ and His wonderful bride. So far so good.

Integration of two lives is much more interesting and lots harder than any software integration I have performed. I am obviously not going to approach it like that--the concepts are vastly different--but I have observed in my professional career that the hardest work usually centers around integration; I believe the same is true of marriage. As a matter of fact I currently think that marriage is nothing but a "continuous integration" of two people's lives until, as my wife says, "one of us goes out in a pine box."

Being married has also fanned the flame of my love of cooking. I usually tweet what my beautiful wife and I are planning on cooking for dinner, and recipes are available upon request if any of my twitter follows are curious. Unfortunately this has also fanned the flame of cookware lust--but I sincerely believe from experience that there's no better food than that cooked with quality cookware. Wal*mart make's a mean budget teflon pan, but it doesn't hold a candle to my stainless in a "caramelized onions" fight or any other for that matter.

It's September again--and that means riding . I love this month, as I have clearly stated that every September since the beginning of this blog. Check the archives if you don't believe me . I can't wait to get out on the road and explore the area which we live in. It's a little more populated than the areas I usually ride, but I'll figure something out. Look for runkeeper tweets if you're interested in any of that. I'm totally out of shape and haven't ridden at all in two plus months, so I may do a little time on the trainer before I get out on the road.