Game On: Week of April 29
My recent column, where I reviewed Portal 2 and NASCAR 2011: The Game. Hat tip to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and a newcomer, Colorado Daily, for publishing. […]
Year: 2011
Getting Back in the Groove, v2
I had two goals for this year’s running of the TKPK5K (the local 5K that is run just a few blocks from my house). 1) Survive and 2) Beat last year’s time. You might think this an easy task but, you see, I had a big hindrance affecting both those goalsL I did zero training. […]
Man Card Member, No. 404431
I can never say no to a grilling challenge. I will freak out during all the prep and cooking, but when it comes out good I will sigh a huge sigh of relief and then typically relish in my victory over the food. And then I also devour it like the Fantastic Mr. Fox family. […]
Idiot of the Day
When Kelly and I went and saw The Pains of Being Pure at Heart in concert a few weeks back, we got there early enough to check out the opening act. I don’t remember the band’s name off the top of my head, nor am I going to hunt it down on the Internet because, […]
What I’ve Read: Earth
One of the benefits of being mauled financially by the IRS is it gives you tons of opportunities to do free things, like read books. And I’m on a tear this last month. My most recent conquest, the planet Earth. Well, at least, Earth as explained by the staff of The Daily Show. If you’re […]
Earth Day 2011
I’ve become a steady follower of 350.org, and when they absorbed local 1Sky into their network, I was sad to see a voice get absorbed into a larger body but excited nonetheless for 1Sky to get some much-deserved love from the climate community. Anywho … last weekend was PowerShift conference here in DC, and while […]
Earth Day 2011
It’s Earth Day, which means your favorite eco-preferred person (that would be me) is going to share some links and videos on things we can do to help protect this mortal coil we call home. First up, a cool animated short about water. Oh, and it’s narrated by Kristen Bell, who’s hot. So that helps. […]
Friday Funnies
A clip from one of my favorite journalism movies, Broadcast News. Great cast (Albert Brooks and the always fantastic Holly Hunter) and is a poignant satire of an industry I once wanted to be a member of. Then I went to college and saw what a joke TV news was, and wisely left it … […]
What I’ve Read: Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs
Now this is some writing I can get behind. I found Chuck Klosterman through listening to the BS Report. Simmons had him on several years ago to talk about sports and pop culture and I latched onto him quickly as someone I’d love to have a conversation with about just about everything but someone I […]
Game On: Week of April 15
My most recent column, where I reviewed MLB 11: The Show, MLB 2K11 and The 3rd Birthday. Hat tip to the Seattle Times for publishing. […]