The Third Secret to Extreme Happiness
This week I’m exploring the secrets to extreme happiness based off a list of the happiest, most gratifying, most joyous, most awestruck experiences of my life. You can read more about the premise here, the first entry in the series here, and the second entry here. The third category I’m going to analyze is whether or not other [...]
Transformers: Exactly What Meets the Eye
Okay. I love the idea of watching giant robots fighting on the big screen. That’s all I ask of a Transformers movie. I was sorely disappointed by the first film because even though robots were fighting, there was so much camera movement, quick cuts, and human-eye angles that I couldn’t tell what was going on [...]
New Page
I’ve added a new page to the blog that I plan on updating pretty often. It’s called “TypeTribe,” and it’s about the process behind creating the web-based business I’m starting. What is TypeTribe? Stay tuned to find out. For now, check out the new page, particularly if you’ve ever thought about starting a web-based business.
DMB
Just got back from my first David Matthews concert. Pretty amazing stuff. He ended strong with a huge performance of “All Along the Watchtower” and “Stairway to Heaven” combined together. Nancy and I, completely sober, were greatly amused by the swarms of high schoolers around us. There was one girl dancing in front of us [...]
Stubborn Little Bubbles of Care
I read a must-read article today about Israel’s oldest newspaper giving its journalists a day off and asking 31 of its nations top authors and poets to write the articles and reports in their sted. The result, apparently, was a beautiful mashup of literary news. Here are some quick clips taken directly from the article; [...]
Management Tactic #51: How to Hold a Beer
Okay, smart guy, you think you already know how to hold a beer. Go ahead, tell me how. Nope. Nope. And no, definitely not that way. That’s just gross. When you’re at a social event, there are two things you need to know about holding your beer: Make sure it’s a bottled beer. Sure, [...]
The Wire: Season Six: Who's That Lady?
I have a special entry for you today, written by Nancy without provocation or prodding of any sort. I don’t think I’ve ever read anything quite like this. Enjoy it in its unedited form below. Hey there. Nancy again. So this is top secret information. I trust that you won’t tell anyone. So HBO has [...]
Even More Loyalty Than Before
In a blog entry a few months ago, I wrote about how a company called Crap, I Missed It! had created a service that contacted you whenever your favorite band or author was coming out with a new album, concert, or book (among other things). It’s a great service, very cool, works like a charm. [...]
The Shadow Hare
This weekend, I became aware of a real-life superhero. A vigilante. A justice of peace on the streets. His name is Shadow Hare. Shadow Hare roams the streets of Cincinnati, enforcing the law with legal weapons (mace, pepper spray, etc.) and even making citizen’s arrests. He considers himself a symbol for justice and a living [...]
10 Notes From a Newly Deflowered Derby Virgin
A friend of mine in St. Louis travels to her parent’s house in Louisville every year for the Kentucky Derby. Her family hosts a bunch of people, whomever wants to go, feeds them, packs them on a rented schoolbus, and sends them off to the Derby. This was my first time going, so I’ve compiled [...]
Big Boys Don't Cry Pink Tears
I wrote a post about skinny ties last week that bemoaned the state of my “normal” tie collection (Skinny Ties: Thanks for Making My Entire Tie Collection Obsolete). As a result, I got some requests for photos of the ties that I mentioned in that post. Behold:
Mythical Animal Fight Club, Round 1
I’m exhausted, so I’ll keep this short and simple today:
Beyond Measure
Trevor just sent me this photo of me digging a hole for his fence a couple of weeks ago. His girlfriend was so impressed by the “girth” of my “tricep” that she pulled out measuring tape. So ask yourself: Do I intimidate you?
My Friend Will Do Your Chores
A friend of mine is taking part in a project where he and a few classmates start up a business in 48 hours. I agreed to post his business idea below. I don’t have any roommates, but I could see this being invaluable for people who do. Name one person who hasn’t had a tough [...]
Skinny Ties: Thanks for Making My Entire Tie Collection Obsolete
Dear Skinny Ties, I would like to formally “thank” you for making my entire tie collection obsolete. It’s final. You’ve done it. 58 feet of silk and polyester, all dead to me. It started with Jim on The Office, then continued with Barney on How I Met Your Mother. Then, of course, the titular Chuck [...]
Toast
One loyal reader, John A., did the smart thing and signed up for the Mozy backup service today. So as promised, below is the exact poll that John requested. Life and death don’t hang in the balance of the results of this poll, but I’m curious about the results nonetheless.
My Favorite Novelists*
*Tonight I’m hosting book club at my place, as I do every two months, and it got me thinking…who are my favorite novelists of all time? Immediately I thought of two brilliant novels I’ve read recently–Acacia and The Hunger Games–but I didn’t think it was fair to consider novelists for whom I’ve only read one [...]
He Is Published
I made my fiction publishing debut today in the prestigious Strange, Weird, and Wonderful e-zine. If you’re hoping to curl up in front of the monitor for a little while with my story in hand, it’s available as a free PDF on this website. My story is “Lambs for the Slaughter.” I was recently informed [...]
I Want to Go Where the Wild Things Are
I know, two movie posts in one day, unheard of…but I had to post this. The song that was chosen for the trailer (Wake Up by The Arcade Fire) for Where the Wild Things Are is pitch perfect. Nailed it. I have a feeling this is going to be a truly transporting movie–transporting to another [...]
I Survived Being Lost in the Rainforest: A Survivor’s True Tale of Survival Against All Odds
On Thursday, March 12, 2009, I strayed from the path of a Puerto Rican rainforest and became lost in the woods. Several hours later, I emerged from the woods emaciated, naked, and savaged by lice and dandruff. I am a survivor. This is my story. I had been staying at a resort in Puerto Rico [...]
How to Gain My Loyalty
I recently became loyal to two websites for the same reason, so I thought it worthy of sharing. The first is a site called Crap, I Missed It! The concept is something I wrote about in the blog a long time ago: a service that reminds you when your favorite band is coming out with [...]
Twin Day
Three years ago at the publishing project management company I used to work for, my coworkers and I were enjoying lunch together in the meeting room (it was a small office). Halfway through my sandwich, I looked over at my coworker, Tracy, and realized that she and I were wearing similar outfits. “Hey, we match,” [...]
Who the Hell Is Nancy? Part 4
I’m back by popular demand (and by popular demand, I mean one person told Jamey that he liked my blog entries so I decided to write an entry every once in a while)! I’m going to provide what the masses want and if the masses want more Nancy, the masses will get more Nancy. Or [...]
Floodlights + Camera = ?
A friend asked me to accompany him today as he visited two condos. He’s thinking about buying one of them, and he wanted my opinion since I went through the condo-buying process a few years ago. Both condos were in very nice neighborhoods; both were upscale units that would appreciate well. One had been vacant [...]
