When I was a kid, one of my absolute favorite books was Dr. Seuss’ Sleep Book, and my mom and dad would read it to me often to help me fall asleep. On each page of the book are different fantastical creatures from Dr. Seuss’ mind all sleeping in their various beds, each one more …

Dear Dick’s Sporting Goods and the makers of Orangina, I know I’m supposed to be a grown up and stuff, but could you do me a favor and just change your name?  Meet me half way, come on. That is all.

Check it out, I just posted my first post on a new blog that I’m part of: www.pizappa.com My specific post is here: http://pizappa.com/2008/02/27/anderson-valley-oatmeat-stout/  It’s a great blog, and now it’s even greater, because I’m on there.

It’s odd to think about all the little habits that we humans pick up over the years. We receive such an immense amount of external stimuli, all laced with little pieces of advice, and for some reason some never sink in, and some do. One odd piece of advice that has always stayed with me …

I challenge any of you to walk around with Feist’s 1..2..3..4 playing in your ipod and not eventually be walking to the beat.

Well for the first time in my life (I think), I’ve decided to give something up for Lent this year. And it’s alcohol. Now I didn’t choose to give this up because it’s an issue in my life, which really seems to go against the point of giving up something for lent (if something is …

So you might remember this post from a while ago: Technology Luck Well the bad technology luck fairy struck again a week and a half ago. I went to start my beloved laptop, and it refused to boot, and never did again. Long story short, turned out the hard drive died. But not to worry, …

So I’m at the East Bank Club (humongous, incredibly nice fitness club in downtown Chicago) right now because my cousin has, let’s say, connections, and she hooks me up. It’s an amazing club, and I’m getting spoiled rotten by it, since I come down and workout for a while, and then sit and work from …