At the beginning of the year, I set a goal to read 100 books this year and write reviews of 1/3 of them. Today is the end of the first half of the year and I’ve read 75 books so far. I am rocking that part of my goal. Alas, I’ve only written about 18 of them (is that good…
Read More
It’s a Saturday Night
Yesterday, I spent seven hours driving down to San Antonio, canning several hundred cans and pouches of food, and then driving back. Saying it was a long day would be a serious understatement. I’d planned on Bart picking me up from the home of the family I’d driven down with, but they ended up dropping me off instead and, to…
Read More
Bart
I don’t talk tons about Bart here because I’m rather allergic to being publicly sappy, but I just called him to tell him that we got a new receptionist at my office and, well, he acted so interested about this most mundane of topics, that you need to know all the other awesome things about him. 1) Last night, we…
Read More
Answers
Root Beer – I’m pleased to see that every. single. person said “ROOT Beer.” In fact, Bart is the only person I’ve ever heard that puts the emphasis on the BEER. Hong Kong – This one was a little more split and many people mentioned that they don’t necessarily emphasize one word more than the other. I only slightly emphasize…
Read More
My Austin
Janet suggested that people copy the “My Town” feature from Real Simple where people talk about what to see, do, and eat in their hometown. She’s collecting the answers from anyone who cares to contribute and creating a page with the links of everyone’s personalized city recommendations. I love this idea and I definitely expect to check them out if…
Read More