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Shoes over pants, Fashion passions and shopping dislikes

Monday, March 24th, 2008

There’s a reason why I have an obscene number of shoes. Whenever I go clothes shopping, I make a b-line for the shoes section.
It doesn’t matter what I’m there to look for, I’m hardly in the door when the shoe section starts calling me. Fortunately, I tend to shop mostly at Ross […]

Food for thought: What is your face saying?

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Earlier today, I wrote a post at Sax Appeal, another blog of mine, about how facial expressions are a very important part of stage presence that musicians often don’t think about. All too often, great players reveal mistakes that would have gone unnoticed by the audience had they not gotten a terrible look on […]

15 Random thoughts from SXSW

Friday, March 14th, 2008

I just got back from SXSW Interactive. O.k., I got back Tuesday — Wednesday if you count that I stepped through the door after midnight. Since then, I’ve been been using the last few days of spring break to recoup from a combination of jet lag, daylight savings, and a whole lot of […]

A library just for looks?

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

I came across Books by the foot through this post on The Consumerist. The idea is simple, you pay Strand Bookstore so much money per foot of books suitable for use as decoration (up to $400 for a foot of “antique leather” books). My first reaction was, “Wow, that’s such a rip-off! […]

Thank you, coupon fairy

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Thank you to whoever out there left that $2 off coupon on top of the steel cut oatmeal container at the grocery store. I can never seem to find coupons for stuff I actually buy, so I was thrilled to come across one just sitting on top of a container from my favorite brand. […]

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