I was a good boy this year. I did the preventative maintenance thing for my body. I ate a few fruits and vegetables, I lost a little weight, and I even braved the needle and got a flu shot. I was a pillar of good health. OK, it may be a bit of a stretch […]
ROB KRIDER
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Free is a four-letter word
Complementary costs
My parents are those people who purchased a house on a golf course, bought a golf cart, had custom golf clubs made, lived on the course for a decade, and never played a single round of golf. Nope, not even once. Even though they didn’t play golf, they did have the golf cart, which meant […]
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The ups and downs of dieting
Get the skinny on Rob’s weighty issue
Allow me to explain a particular moment I consider to be the greatest time in my life. I am talking about the moment when I have successfully dieted, exercised, and lost enough weight to fit into my favorite old board shorts. It is at that exact moment that life is great. It isn’t great because […]
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Green decades
Billie Joe has multi-generational Krider appeal
Back in 1993, I was 19 years old and I had it all figured out. I was going spend my life traveling from one concert to the next, partying and interviewing famous rock bands for Rolling Stone magazine. It may sound like I was being naïve, but I did have a backup plan. If things […]
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The dog sitter
Krider doesn’t wants pets–does he?
There aren’t a lot of animals or pets at our house. To get a bit more specific, there are zero pets. Looking at things scientifically, as in cause-and-effect, you would think if we didn’t have any pets, then we wouldn’t have any pet doo-doo in our yard. Unfortunately, that isn’t the case. Our neighbors are […]
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Hotel, motel, Holiday Inn
Camping isn’t for everyone
When I first met my wife, I was living in a dorm room. I was also skinny at the time. Unfortunately I didn’t have the self-realization to understand how incredibly lucky I was to be skinny; I feel as if I really took that time of my life for granted. As they say, hindsight is […]
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The tie makes the tyrant
Krider’s neck has gone to his head when it comes to his feet
I’m officially all grown up now. As much as I try, I can’t deny this fact any longer. I have reached the age and the stature in life where I must be a grownup. And being a grownup, with a grownup job, means I have to wear a tie to work. I need to look […]
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The tank is empty
Krider’s wife pushes the limits of the fuel gauge
I think my wife is intelligent. I think this because that is what she tells me. I have to believe her, because it does seem like a lot of times she knows stuff I don’t. She uses vocabulary words like integer (instead of just saying number), and she remembers that the symbol for sodium in […]
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Here comes the king
Krider has big ideas for his kingdom
I think my wife is so smart, wise, and fantastic that I honestly believe she would be a great queen. I only say this because if she were a queen, that would automatically make me the king. And I have big plans as king. First and foremost, I want to be the real king—not this […]
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V-Day
Krider remembers the Valentines of the ’80s
When I think of Valentine’s Day, I like to remember my grade school years, candy conversation hearts, and a makeshift mailbox scotch-taped to the side of my desk with red and pink construction paper decorations pasted all over the side. I loved it when my classmates filled my bag with sugary treats. Valentine’s Day meant […]
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That was then, this is now
If Krider isn’t careful, he may end up living in his car
Most people refer to historical dates as either BC or AD, but at my house we refer to things as either BN, Before Nissan, or AN, After Nissan. This is all based on the date when I came home with an $800 project in the shape of a 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R. The SE-R stands […]
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Surf or die
Was Krider ever the surf god he remembers himself being?
There are certain things you do in life that define who you are. For me, ever since I was a student at Cal Poly and a resident of the Central Coast, I identified with surfing. I still identify myself as a surfer, although anyone who has ever been with me in the ocean would probably […]
