The 2nd annual Blog Action Day has arrived. I didn’t actually participate in the first one since the topic to cover was Global Warming and I’m not exactly convinced of the imminent threat we are to believe we pose to the ecological cycle of this large planet. Call me a cynic if you must. Almost…

‚óè If we’re really in a recession then why did I count seven (7) automobiles lined up in the Starbucks drive thru this morning at 10:10am? ‚óè My initial thought this morning when remembering that this is the first day of Fall? Please dear Lord, let it be Spring already. ‚óè Everyone in America got…

International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Arrr, now get t’ speakin’ pirate Aye, me parrot concurs.

My cousin Aspen works for Clovis Community College and just today I saw their school come up on one of Google’s blogs. Rock on Owls. Or Prairie Dogs. Or whatever your mascot is. If you would have been a little quicker on the Google Apps bandwagon, the bus might have actually stopped at your location.…

Dinner was interrupted this evening by a knock on the door and subsequent notice that about one third of the foliage in our front yard breathed its last. We have two large trees in the front yard and before today I couldn’t have told you if they were bonsai’s or apple trees. Turns out the…

More than one would probably make me look like a fringe reader. I’m not. But I do like this illustrated story about a man, his two sons, and their love for the NYC Subway system. In a small way, I can relate to the boys about their passion. I too, love the NYC underground transit…

That’s not a misprint. 600 stores: http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080701/starbucks_closings_urgent.html?.v=1 I think the economy is hurting. It could also be due to the fact that they open 4 stores on every major street corner in my town. That doesn’t seem like really good business sense.

Just took the Inbox Zero approach to clearing out the dead weight in my email client. Not quite at zero but getting closer and feeling less burdened by it on every delete. Just 5-10 more accounts to go.

Matt Harding has been pretty internet famous for a few years. In ’03 he quit his job and decided to travel for a while on the money he had saved. While out, a friend talked him into doing some dumb little dance that he would do while at work. Deciding it funny to themselves, he…

What’s the hardest part about being you?

I haven’t seen one thing worth buying yet. I don’t think anyone else has either cause the products aren’t moving.

It’s June 17th. A Tuesday. The day of the week that new music is always released. Time for you to go get the new Coldplay album. Now. And mark your calendar for the upcoming DC show and the Dallas show in late November.

I spent a couple hours this evening trying to learn a little more about what I do, how I currently do it wrong, and how I should spend more time learning how to get better at it. Since that title was a little long, they just decided to call it Refresh Dallas. I wasn’t sure…

Maybe this fruit might entice me to eat more vegetables: http://www.miraclefruitman.com/ NYTimes write-up of a party with the Miracle Fruit. “goat cheese tasted like cheesecake on the tongue and goat cheese on the throat” On second thought, I think I’ll pass.

It might be time to explore new career opportunities: Minor Leaguer traded for 10 baseball bats