Things have been absolutely insane for the past 30 days or so, which explains why I haven’t posted anything recently. I think there is light at the end of the tunnel, but I fear that it’s not going to appear until 2007. In time I hope to fill in the blanks a bit and get some articles posted that I’ve been working on, but until then here’s just a quick update of what’s been going on…
Category / random bits
On The Hunt For A New Stylist
I don’t know why it is, but in my experience with hair stylists, I’m unable to get a good cut after more than a year. Around that time, the cuts I get range from not-so-hot to down right bad. Eventually I give up and have to move on to someone else. It frustrates me to no end because I usually get a really great cut at the start of the relationship and I have to wonder what makes it go sour? Well, after my last haircut, it looks like I’m at that point again. What started out great is now as sour as curdled milk.
It’s at times like this that I wish I had hair like George Clooney. His hair style is more conservative than mine and it looks as if a barber cut it, but Clooney’s hair always looks great. If I could get away with that look, I’d run to a barber in a New York second. Unfortunately my hair is a bit too fine in texture and Clooney’s look wouldn’t translate to my head. In fact, I haven’t been to a barber since I was a child. The moment that I wanted to have my hair “feathered” back in the late 70’s and early 80’s, it was off to a hair stylist and I’ve been with one ever since.
The Bubba Miller Show Is Smokin’
I’ve written before how much I enjoy hanging out at Tobacco Road, especially when they’re having a cigar tasting like they did a few weeks ago. Enjoying a cigar amongst friends is the best smoke there is and friends are never in short supply at Tobacco Road. Unfortunately, having time to hang out there has been in short supply this year; however that may all be changing thanks to a new thing they’re doing every Tuesday evening — The Bubba Miller Radio Show on WSNR AM 560.
At the last cigar tasting, Mike, the store manager, mentioned something about a radio show broadcasting from there live, but I thought it was just some kind of radio promotional thing. You know, a one shot deal. About a week later, Tobacco Road sent out an e-mail giving all the details.
Amanda Congdon Hits Nashvegas
Yesterday, I came across this post on NashvilleIsTalking.com about how video weblog celebrity AmandaCongdon was coming to Nashville. If you’re not familar with her work, she was the original host of the hugely popular video podcast RocketBoom.
She’s now on to bigger and better things and her current project is called Amanda Across America. She is traveling across the country from New York to L.A. and creating all sorts of new media along the way. From Flickr photos, to blogging, to video podcasts, she’s interviewing interesting people and appears to be having a lot of fun along the way.
Tobacco Road Cigar Tasting — Ashton
Last Thursday there was a cigar tasting at my favorite cigar store, Tobacco Road. It’s just my kind of business — locally owned and operated, one-of-a-kind, great staff and great selection. Every other month or so, they host a cigar tasting. A distributer comes in, passes out a sample cigar, talks about their product line and offers an in-store discount. This was my third tasting for the year and as usual, it was a lot of fun.
Walking in, I waved hey to some of the guys and walked to the sample table. There was a small crowd gathering around and they were getting what sounded like the tail end of an explanation on the Ashton line. As I stood there, it dawned on me that one of the main reasons that I come back to Tobacco Road is the fact that I’m recognized by the staff and owner. I can’t say that everyone that works there knows me by name per se, but that doesn’t really matter. “Hey man.” is just as good as “Hey Mike. in my book. Cue theme song to “Cheers“, Where Everybody Knows Your Name.
Firefox Crop Circles
Came across this on /. this afternoon. The Oregon State University Linux Users Group created a 45,000+ square foot crop circle of the Firefox logo. Brilliant! Photos can be found here and a write up of how they did it can be found at this link. The best part is that the guys got full […]
New Photo Gallery Posted
I’ve been taking a few pictures as I’ve been migrating to my new MacBook. They’ve been posted to Flickr and you can find them at this link. I think I’m going to move my current photo gallery to Flickr as well, just to keep everything together. The hardest photo to post in the “Making The […]
The Humor Of Scalding Coffee
This morning, as I was perusing through my RSS feeds on Bloglines, I came across this issue of PVP Online — http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20060730 — which had be laughing hystarically. Why? Well, because it reminded me of my own “Drive Thru Trama” from three years ago. *Whew* I’m still crying from all the laughing. Pain is just so funny once everything heals. 😛
The Power Of Focus
Like I said in a previous article, I was fortunate enough to attend the GTD | Roadmap seminar last week, and I have to say that I had a bit of an epiphany. There were a ton of “ah ha” moments, but one of the things that stood out is that focus is important. Granted you have to be able to shift focus quickly in today’s fast-paced-information flood that we’re all living in, but regardless of how fast we have to shift our focus, we still have to focus nonetheless.
As I’m beginning to implement the various aspects of GTD, I’m noticing that since my brain has been set free of having to remember everything, I’m able to focus better. For example, when I’m working on a project, I’m able to stay on task… or when Holly comes home, I can really listen to what she has to say. In the past, my mind was running on all the other things I needed to be doing. So while Holly’s talking, I’m thinking about 100 other things left on my mental to-do list.
Now THIS Kind Of Advertising I Like
Hard to believe that something this cool and hip would come from the über-advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi and not some young urban gurerilla marketing upstart, but it seems that Saatchi & Saatchi is doing a unique ad campaign with Folgers. The campaign involves printing images of large cups of coffee onto vinyl and then […]