If you haven’t listened to Okkervil River, do yourself a favor and purchase the album Don’t Fall In Love With Everyone You See. My favorites on that album: Red, Kansas City, My Bad Days, & Happy Hearts. This is one of those albums that you can listen to cover to cover. And in my opinion, [...]
Archive > June 2008
LevelTen Design @ Whirlyball Dallas
Last night LevelTen Design sponsored our monthly activity event at Whirlyball Dallas (in desperate need of a new website). What seemed destined at the beginning to be an event with only 4 participants making the best of it, turned out to be one of our best nights together. I had never laughed so much in [...]
We Are Fortunate Fools
I came into work this morning and walked past the NYT like I do everyday. And like everyday I catch a glimpse at the front page and of the headlining story & photograph. Today the headline and picture had me searching for more. Below is the front page and the caption follows:
“Suffering Great and Small: [...]
Currently Reading
I picked up the book “Animal Farm” by George Orwell after the Borders books clerk had been in disbelief that I hadn’t read it. She had approached me earlier when she saw I had a Vonnegut book in hand. She told me about her first Vonnegut (”Breakfast of Champions“, mine too) and proceeded to tell [...]
The Impressionists @ The Kimbell Art Museum
My last trip to Chicago I went to The Art Institute of Chicago. What an amazing collection they had. By far one of the best galleries/museums I have been to in the states.
This is very exciting that the AIC has put them on loan to the Kimball.
Do not miss out on seeing Paris Street; Rainy [...]
Petition in support of bicycling in North Texas
The mission of BikeDFW is to provide a unified voice to advocate for changes in attitude and public policy that will improve and promote the safety, convenience, and acceptance of bicycling within the DFW metroplex and North Central Texas communities. Come be a part of making it happen!
Sign the petition to support bicycling in North [...]
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 | See a free documentary tonight at Studio Movie Grill
Tonight at the Studio Movie Grill in Addison, AFI Dallas will be presenting the “Best of Fest“. Admission is free and you’ll get the chance to win free prizes by entering yourself in the door drawing. Here is the schedule for tonight’s Best of Fest:
5:30pm
Family Day Highlight JUMP
7:30pm
Target Filmmaker Award Winner for Best Documentary [...]
Currently Reading
Along with the book Choke, Jon Hall also let me borrow “Hell’s Angel’s” by Hunter S. Thompson. This guy had lived one crazy life and not to mention he also went out with quite a bang (really, I didn’t mean for that to be a pun). Thompson wrote about how the Hell’s Angels went from [...]
Trip to Kansas City, MO
Kansas City
View my pictures from Kansas City. We had an awesome time. What a quaint city, I was considerably surprised. Our two days was packed full: Royals game, Sigur Ros concert, Boulevard Brewery tour, and going out in the Power & Light District.
Dallas Peace Center | Dinner Lecture with Col. Ann Wright
Dallas Peace Center is the oldest and largest peace and justice org in North Texas. Their mission is to educate the community in a positive, non-violent and grassroots approach. They have partnered with other peace groups worldwide to promote public awareness about international relations, including Big Three Oil Boycott to End the War, and North [...]
Sigur Ros | New album out June 23
Sigur Ros’ new album releases next Monday. I’m going to their concert in Kansas City this Thursday. I think I’m more excited about the concert.
You can listen to the full album on their website:
http://www.sigurros.com/main/streaming.asp
It’s perfect.
They also have some pretty kick-ass pictures on their website which will be released with their new album. [...]
Blog post on how to be interesting.
http://russelldavies.typepad.com/planning/2006/11/how_to_be_inter.html
My favorite:
“1. Take at least one picture everyday. Post it to flickr. The act of carrying a camera, and always keeping an eye out for a picture to take changes the way you look at the world. It makes you notice more things. It keeps you tuned in.”
Who Inspires Me
“Matt was a very poor student and never went to college. When he got older, he was pleased to discover that no one actually cares. Matt doesn’t want to imply that college is bad or anything. He’s just saying is all. There’s other ways to fill your head.”
For some reason this always stuck with me. [...]
Currently Reading Slaughterhouse-Five
I’m currently reading Slaughterhouse-Five. This is the second Kurt Vonnegut book I’ve read. The first one, “Breakfast of Champions” was brilliant writing, and if you haven’t read it, you must. Towards the end I couldn’t stop smiling and saying out loud “oh, shit” as he creatively places himself in the bar as the “creator” of [...]
