http://blog.johnmizell.com Devouring Global Resources? Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:28:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 John (& friends) have put together a collection of random media focusing on the ubiquitousness of simple good fun. Through music and video, interviews, and ambience, this podcast hopes to entertain you, just a bit. From around the world, johnmizell.com 帅巴 J no 帅巴 J john.patrick.mizell@gmail.com john.patrick.mizell@gmail.com (帅巴 J) John Patrick Mizell simple good fun Mizell, 帅巴J, California, Travel, http://blog.johnmizell.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blog.johnmizell.com http://blog.johnmizell.com/2010/02/02/gc22y57-steps-to-sinton-colorado http://blog.johnmizell.com/2010/02/02/gc22y57-steps-to-sinton-colorado#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:45:28 +0000 john http://blog.johnmizell.com/?p=1540 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2010/02/02/gc22y57-steps-to-sinton-colorado/feed 0 Here we are with 9 finds under our belt and a fast growing following within the house hold.  Before I know it everyone’s gonna be hunting around with little computers in their hands and I’m gonna loose out.  It’s time I take the next step.  Hiding one of these little buggers. It’s not hard, there [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2010/01/12/geocaching-day-2-fer-reals http://blog.johnmizell.com/2010/01/12/geocaching-day-2-fer-reals#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:30:04 +0000 john http://blog.johnmizell.com/?p=1463 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2010/01/12/geocaching-day-2-fer-reals/feed 0 Geocaching! After some exploration yesterday we really took hold of this new game/hobby.  So today we got serious, loaded up the GPS with new locations, and not only found eight more easy caches (because we’re still learning) but planted our very own here in town!  We put together a cool looking, twine wrapped, film-canister with [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2010/01/12/geocaching-rolling-with-anna http://blog.johnmizell.com/2010/01/12/geocaching-rolling-with-anna#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:25:45 +0000 john http://blog.johnmizell.com/?p=1576 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2010/01/12/geocaching-rolling-with-anna/feed 0 Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Bridge Town – that’s about halfway through the day, along the river walk and on our way to the RIVERSIDE cache in Colorado Springs, CO. Caches Found (day 1): GC19453: X – Show You Mine GC19454: X – Show Me Yours GC1VKWM: A Heavy Cache GC1DKMH: Urban Trails – Sinton Trail [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2010/01/11/geocaching-first-attempts http://blog.johnmizell.com/2010/01/11/geocaching-first-attempts#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:20:22 +0000 john http://blog.johnmizell.com/?p=1461 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2010/01/11/geocaching-first-attempts/feed 1 GC1jnam – FOUND IT! Our first geocaching experience goes, well, well! I visited www.geocaching.com, downloaded some spots (little treasure chests on my garmin) and jumped into the car. I don’t have any street maps on my machine so it was all by cardinal directions, yeah, bad ass. But once we were out of the car [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2010/01/11/geocaching-getting-started http://blog.johnmizell.com/2010/01/11/geocaching-getting-started#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:22:08 +0000 john http://blog.johnmizell.com/?p=1573 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2010/01/11/geocaching-getting-started/feed 0 It wasn’t Tuesday.  I think it was a Saturday.  It was straightforward.  I connected my brand new GPS to  my computer, downloaded a few way points, and put the GPS in my pocket.  About three hours later, after we’d done our errands for the day, I pulled out the shiny new dodad and looked for [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2009/11/08/easy-10-mile-sunday-run http://blog.johnmizell.com/2009/11/08/easy-10-mile-sunday-run#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:46:45 +0000 john http://blog.johnmizell.com/?p=1291 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2009/11/08/easy-10-mile-sunday-run/feed 0 Staying ready for the Colorado Road Runners Fall Series run, Christopher, Bernie, Kira, Anna, Holly, and I set out for a comfortable 10 mile (optional) run this Sunday evening through and along the SantaFe trail which winds north to south along the foot hills. This particular run took us north out of the city an [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2009/11/05/november-ride-exhaustion http://blog.johnmizell.com/2009/11/05/november-ride-exhaustion#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:38:08 +0000 john http://blog.johnmizell.com/?p=1267 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2009/11/05/november-ride-exhaustion/feed 1 Today I finally ventured out into the cold of Colorado for my first bike ride since driving my little road racer 1,200 miles from California on the back of the Volvo. Dawning my Chinese riding pants and socks, I also made sure to put on my sleeved Mizell Racing jersey because of weather. I packed [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2009/10/19/heres-your-receipt-mr-mizell http://blog.johnmizell.com/2009/10/19/heres-your-receipt-mr-mizell#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:28:13 +0000 john http://blog.johnmizell.com/?p=1147 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2009/10/19/heres-your-receipt-mr-mizell/feed 0 Friday: Becoming an REI Member $20 in and 20% off.  Now I’m entitled to all sorts of good stuff.  Hooray! Saturday: The Pikes Peak Hike, 14,110 ft Kira and I woke up at 3:30 AM and pushed ourselves over to the lodge where the rest of our nine had gathered, shoved ourselves into the minivan, [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2009/10/04/colorado-racing http://blog.johnmizell.com/2009/10/04/colorado-racing#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:13:36 +0000 john http://blog.johnmizell.com/?p=1117 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2009/10/04/colorado-racing/feed 0 The Pikes Peak Road Runner’s Fall Series. Race 1 was an introductory race to get acclimatized to the oxygen levels and the temperature of the fall in Colorado for me.  The race was 3.2-3.5 miles and the second third of the race involved running up Monument Creek, a shallow waterway filled with sand, rocks, and [...]