Alan MacVicar Blogs

  • Put a Shirt On!

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    I used to run bare chested. I don’t anymore and if you are a man, I suggest you don’t either. Not sure how you feel about things here but I can unequivocally say that no one needs to see your man boobs flopping around as you run down the street. I will now double down.…

  • I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up

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    As I laid there on my back on the icy driveway, staring up at the stark, early morning winter sky, I was in shock. I had become the meme from decades ago, ‘I’ve fallen and I can’t get up’…at least not right away. Except I didn’t have a personal alarm system of a lifeline pendant…

  • My First Dry February

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    I can’t believe I did it. A whole month. Not one drop and let me tell you it was hard. I never thought I had the willpower to complete a whole month but once I started getting a few days under my belt, I built up some momentum – momentum that carried me through the…

  • Are You Winning?

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    Are you winning? I know this can be a meme (pronounced ‘meem’ Mom, in case you are reading this) but it is a question I have been asking myself for the past 9 days since I started listening to an audio book entitled ‘100 Wins in 100 Days” by Dr. Aziz. This is the third…

  • Visual Field Test – Modern Day Arcade Game?

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    Disclaimer:  At this writing, I am in no way receiving compensation or renumeration  from the Visual Field Test Group/Atari Group Ltd…this is a post that is purely for comedic enlightenment. As I left my eye appointment yesterday, I couldn’t help but think how lucky I am to have such a good optometrist. Or is he…