The “Birds-and-Bees” discussion with my dad didn’t prepare me for the changes I’ve seen over the past eleven days. FYI: I’m currently listening to the ‘Top Gun’ soundtrack.1 November, or “Movember,” is dedicated to increasing the awareness of men’s health risks, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men, by encouraging men everywhere to [...]
Continue Reading →If you’re anything like me, you missed last night’s lunar eclipse. Not because you gave up and went to bed early, or because you forgot. But, because last night you were playing ping pong in a friend’s garage, drinking tallboys, awaiting a once-in-a-lifetime event…then, cue cloud-cover and you get a backlit stratus eclipse. Weak. Austin, [...]
Continue Reading →If you eat all the marshmallows out of a box of Lucky Charms, do you get Lucky? or Charms? Neither. You get a sugar high and a box of tasteless shapes reminiscent of Alpha-Bits. Chew on that. What do Lucky Charms have to do with my post? Not a damn thing, so I’ll do my [...]
Continue Reading →Since that was probably the most bracketed title I have ever written, I must explain… Seatbelt Charades aka Seatbelt Chair-aides. It will make sense after watching the following PSA. / (tangent) I received this from a friend via email [Fwd:] and it was spot-on appropriate for two reasons: I’m having a party this evening, which [...]
Continue Reading →Join me tonight at GSD&M Idea City (828 West 6th Street) and prepare to join the fight against breast cancer in the second annual Mamma Jamma Ride. View Larger Map The ride is September 25, 2010. All rider levels are welcome and there are a variety of route distances. RSVP here, or just show up!
Continue Reading →Everyone that lives in Austin claims that it is non-representative of the rest of the lone star state. That may be partially true, but not completely. For instance, if you were to randomly sample a set of twelve people’s conversations, I guarantee at least seventy-five percent of those conversations would include any, if not all [...]
Continue Reading →Austin is such a progressive area when it comes to being Earth-conscious. I’ve changed a lot of my habits when it comes to recycling. I recycle everything. Hell, I even got made fun of the other day at work for drinking out of a mason’s jar (actually, it was a once-delicious jar of locally-made salsa). [...]
Continue Reading →Your environment can mess with you. (So can bullies and pain killers, but for the following combination of characters, we’ll focus on the meteorological aspects.) The importance of the Sun’s energy is vital to life on Earth – even if you’re a cave-dwelling cockroach, the Sun’s energy somehow helps support your life.[1] So, you can [...]
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