“I’ve seen you smiling in the summer sun I’ve seen your long hair flying when you run I’ve made my mind up that it’s meant to be Someday lady you’ll accomp’ny me Someday lady you’ll accomp’ny me Out where the rivers meet the sounding sea You’re high above me now You’re wild and free ah, [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Another milestone passed
March 30th, 2009 
Chris Doelle I crossed the 19,000 mile threshold just a few minutes ago and I have to say it felt good. This marks 19,000 total miles ridden on a bicycle since I started keeping track in 1983. I logged over 2,000 miles in 1985 alone so in 25+ years 19,000 is nothing special. Sure, these are tiny [...]
Strange days, indeed: How facebook has become a game-changer
March 27th, 2009 Chris Doelle Yeah, this is one of those posts that is purely observational and analytical – nothing about a new soft drink, a quirky website, or even a humorous anecdote that points out some stupid act on my part. Just thinking. I am still cogitating my way through this whole facebook explosion. At first I thought it [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Internet Coolness 
Tags: facebook, internet, social media, social networking, web 2.0 
No Comments »Amazingly Tasteless
March 25th, 2009 Chris Doelle The tag line on the new Cherry Dr. Pepper is “amazingly smooth.” I am here to say that this soft drink is so smooth that you can’t even taste it. I took a swig and swirled it around to get my reaction to the new drink and immediately came to a conclusion. I kept it [...]
Posted in junk food Tags: cherry dr. pepper, dr. pepper, flavor, new, soda, soft drink No Comments »Disturbing documentary
March 24th, 2009 Chris Doelle CNBC takes an in-depth look at how data is collected and used in their special: Big Brother, Big Business.
Posted in Movie Reviews & TV, Politics, Video Tags: big brother, big business, cnbc, data mining, identity theft, privacy 1 Comment »A “Real” surprise
March 23rd, 2009 Chris Doelle Most films are easy to peg. Sometimes the title, maybe the poster, and certainly a trailer, provides clues as to what you have in store. Every once in awhile however, you come across a film that is nothing at all like you imagined. Lars and the Real Girl is just such a film. The story [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews & TV Tags: film, lars, lars and the real girl, movie review, movies, real doll, review No Comments »Spoetzel Brewery, home of Shiner beer
March 21st, 2009 Chris Doelle During a trip to visit Mom, my brother Tim and sister-in-law Sandra took us over to Shiner for various activities going on in “The Cleanest Little City in Texas.” While there, Tim and I headed to the Shiner brewery for some free samples. I tried Shiner Blonde for the first time and it is pretty [...]
Posted in Friends & Family, Travel & Entertainment, Video Tags: pilsner, shiner beer, shiner blonde, spoetzel brewery, texas, travel 1 Comment »Chris-isms
March 21st, 2009 Chris Doelle “To stay the leader of the pack, you have to keep moving.” – Chris Doelle
Posted in Business & Money, Quotes Tags: action, chris-isms, leadership, quotations, Quotes No Comments »Texas Sports Hall of Fame – Waco, Texas
March 20th, 2009 Chris Doelle I stopped by the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Waco, Texas on the way home from Dallas.
