At long last, after several months, I have finished reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. While reading The Fountainhead back in high school, I fell in love with Rand’s school of philosophical thought, Objectivism. I always meant to follow up by reading Atlas Shrugged but between college, startups, and the myriad other distractions in myContinue reading “Atlas Shrugged”
Category Archives: Culture & Content
The Big Lebowski
I can’t believe that June is almost over already; it has really flown by! It began with (although technically this was the end of May) dogsitting our friend’s awesome chocolate lab. We took her on long walks around the neighborhood and frequent visits to Houston’s many dog parks. Some couples are described as “baby crazy.”Continue reading “The Big Lebowski”
New Wii Games
Santa was good to us this year and brought us many new Wii games: Beatles Rock Band – words really can’t describe how awesome this game is. Those already tiring of the rhythm game genre might not be as impressed with it as I am but this is our first such game and wow, whatContinue reading “New Wii Games”
The End Of An Era
This weekend marked the end of an era. Oh sure, Michael Jackson died and that’s really too bad. Although I was aware of Michael Jackson throughout my childhood, I didn’t really get into him until my senior year in high school. That’s when JEB brought in the MJ HIStory album to play while we were announcing for women’s lacrosse games. IContinue reading “The End Of An Era”
Mixed Media
Last week marked several milestones for me regarding different forms of media: 1. I finished listening to the entire Jimmy Buffett discography chronologically and am now well prepared for the July 5th concert in London. Speaking of which, I still have an extra ticket for that show if any Parrot Heads are looking to join.Continue reading “Mixed Media”
A1A
I finished up Jimi Hendrix and have moved onto my favorite discography to work through chronologically: Jimmy Buffett! While I’m working on rewriting some of Poken’s legal paperwork I have A1A playing in the background. What an album! Not only does it feature some of my favorite Buffett songs of all time (A Pirate LooksContinue reading “A1A”
A Country Kinda Week
I’ve moved through “G” and “H” in my music collection. This has brought with it a high concentration of country music: Garth Brooks, George Strait, Hank Williams, Sr., and Hank Williams, Jr. Although I’m not a HUGE fan of country, it reminds me of Texas and that is comforting. I’m onto Huey Lewis and theContinue reading “A Country Kinda Week”
GNR Rocks!
What a week it has been: 12-hour days, no recovery from jet lag (I arrived Monday AM on the red-eye from Houston.), a dev team that seems to be gelling/productive, lots of new orders coming in (We hit 30,000 website hits/month today.), trying to master the present while also planning out the future (a quicklyContinue reading “GNR Rocks!”
New Year
Exactly one year ago Katie and I missed our flight from Houston to Newark and had to re-route through Zurich the following day. Today, not only did I not miss my flight from Houston to Newark, I miraculously received a first class upgrade even though I didn’t earn enough elite miles last year to maintain my ContinentalContinue reading “New Year”
Obama!
Washington DC is on fire. This town is ablaze with excitement after Obama’s victory last night. I was too jet lagged to stay awake for all the returns but he was ahead when I nodded off. Mom woke me up just after midnight for his victory speech, which was inspiring. I like John McCain (althoughContinue reading “Obama!”