If you told me “Alex, you need to be able to do 100 consecutive push-ups within six weeks,” I’d laugh and eat a Twinkie and then waddle away from you in a dismissive fashion. However, if you put your demands in list form like this web site called hundredpushups.com, I’d be compelled to start the [...]
Tagged Projects, WritingMy favorite part of walking around town so much is the Quality Thinking that happens. I’m not sure anyone else would consider it “Quality Thinking,” but I do. I get quite a few story ideas, or get un-stuck in the middle of a story, simply by going for a walk. Very similar to practicing guitar [...]
Tagged ProjectsBehold, the foundation of powerful mint juleps. A lot of bourbon plus simple syrup steeped with mint, and then more mint when everything goes back in the bottle. Here’s the recipe I followed if you’re interested. Basically, you mix all the stuff up, put it in the bottle, put the bottle in the freezer [...]
Tagged Food, Photos, ProjectsIt’s monsooning here in Nashville so I decided to fiddle with the blog some more. I recently changed the picture that was sitting atop the old version of the blog, and it didn’t feel quite right. I realized that I’ve been tired of the original WordPress theme for a long time — I’ve used it [...]
Tagged Projects, Site updatesWeekend news update: I’ve solved a Sudoku puzzle. That may not be important news to anyone else, but it is to me so I’m posting it on the Internet.
I don’t think anyone would argue with me if I said that numbers are torture. They are. So why make a puzzle composed of randomly distributed numbers [...]
What a quick week! I spent most of my time playing tour guide for new recruits, trying to convince them to come here next year. My number one reason: the Parthenon. How could you turn down a city with a perfect (and I’m employing a loose definition of “perfect”) replica of the Parthenon? You couldn’t. [...]
Tagged Music, ProjectsMy New Year’s Eve fireworks proved to be a lot of fun, and I didn’t get in trouble or lose any digits. I’ll have to write up a full report later. I definitely got my $14 worth, that’s for sure. I even have some leftovers for when I want to celebrate random events throughout the [...]
Tagged Ain't That AmericaI’m about to make another trip from Tennessee to South Carolina, and I’ve assigned myself a random project: I must listen to audio books along the way. Maybe not the whole way, but I want to make it through at least one recording of someone reading a story to me without tuning out after 4 [...]
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