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Occasionally I will wake up in the morning and wonder what other people, people who don't exercise or plan out meals, think about. What does it feel like, not having these issues weighing on one's mind? Is it liberating? I don't know anyone who doesn't exercise. At least I don't think I do. That being said, there is a difference among exercisers. There are those who, like my in-laws, have decided that they need to exercise for their health, and so they do what's necessary to accomplish that. There are others who get exposed to the fitness bug and run (pun!) with it. And then there are those who, like myself and my brothers, were raised in a "culture of fitness". Allow me to explain. It all started in the womb. My mother never allowed her first two pregnancies to slow her down. She walked/biked, gardened, and only gained 18 pounds with me. When she was pregnant with my brother she tells the story of when she biked to church in freezing cold weather, me ...

Dear Progressive Home Advantage, You might remember me. I am the father of two young but adorable children who is a full time student with the adorable children's mother and a member of the national guard who fulfills all his obligations and makes payments on time and helps others and donates 10% of his income to either the poor or the church. I'm also the name on one of your smaller policies. A policy started on January 12 th for approximately $20k in insurance for a year, for a payment of $225? Something like that. I know it sounded a bit too nice. I should have known better. You see back on March 10 th my car was relieved of my book bag and several other bags containing items worth about 1/10 th to 1/20 th of my policy value. Trying to be high speed and reliable I thought I should report this as soon as possible and called that night for a police report. After doing that I was told by well meaning friends, "hey maybe your insurance will cover this?" So F...