Category Archives: Life

The Deal

You know what’s happening right? I’m twittering too much. It’s why my pledge of a post / week has gone unrealized. I’m spending all my time posting tweets and not forming complete blog posts. Also it doesn’t help that I have zero time for Raishad. See, I have 3 weeks to implement a “smart” pedometer [...]

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Countdown

What other College of Engineering would send you a birthday card in the mail?

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A New Hope

Since last time, I’ve got a new sack and new buttons

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Galveston, 1900

Ike is all over the news. And in every article, the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 is mentioned. And in the reference, they all mention the same set of facts – Galveston was wealthy; the city was only 9ft above sea level at the highest; Isaac Cline tried to warn everyone, but they didn’t listen or [...]

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Labor Day, 2008

Things Learned Lamb cooks really fast Smoking a cigar is tiring Shiner Black is my favorite, and therefore the best Shiner Everyone loves Peter, Bjorn & John There is such a thing as too much chicken There is also such a thing as too much brats

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What I Did On My Summer Vacation

From July 22nd – August 1st I was on vacation. I took a plane and landed in Trinidad. Honestly, I was a little scared. It’d been 12 years since I was last in Trinidad. I can say this with certainty because the last time I was in Trinidad, Joe’s Apartment came out. I wanted to [...]

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Trinidad: The Economy

I was in Trinidad for the past 2 weeks. I’ll probably do a post sometime about the actual trip, but for now here’s the grocery bill from the time I was at the beach house. The exchange rate is about 1 USD = 6 TTD (1 USD = 6.00200 TTD) My cousin said she could [...]

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Unity Bag

Bag Badges Buttons Originally uploaded by rincewind1013 Barack Obama and Jesse Jackson, in better times, on my bag.

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White gold! Texas Tea! Sweetner!

Here’s a tip View Larger Map At the intersection of I-20 & Great Southwest, gas is amazingly cheap. $3.87 cheap. I’m not sure how it’s possible. But it’s been that way for the past week. I suggest if you’re in the area, take advantage of the situation. Speaking of gas, I found more evidence that [...]

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If I Were Filthy Rich…

I would travel to to London on Sunday November 16 to see Sun 16 November – TMWRNJ Reunion Special – Many of the cast of the cult BBC 2 show get together for the first time on stage for almost 10 years. Please be aware that most of these people will be doing their current [...]

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