Archive for June, 2009

Is flirting wrong?

Let me preface this by saying, I am the most flirtatious and charming guy you will ever meet. I don’t say that to brag, but to explain my nature. I have been a flirt since I was a small boy – it is my nature. I aim to be charming with everyone – from a [...]

Movie catch-up time

I’ve fallen woefully behind in my movie reviews, so I’m not gonna waste any time – let’s jump right in. Since this is going to be a very long post, I thought I would list the ones that I reviewed up front so you can decide which ones you want to read. They range from [...]

I will be close, but may come up a bit short

Six months and 36 pounds ago, I didn’t really have a goal for my weight loss – and in the grand scheme of things I still don’t. I sorta pegged 200 pounds as a preliminary goal and put the deadline of June 21st (for personal reasons) as a target date. I am four pounds away [...]

Reflections on a biking boo boo

I crashed my bike the other day – okay, crash may be a bit hyperbolic. I did have a mishap, but it was nothing serious. I was heading up a sketchy hill with a lot of loose gravel and just as I was thinking, “I should clip out,” I was on the ground before I [...]

Worth Quoting

“Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow.” – unknown

A nice trip through Texas history in Goliad

Mom, Avis (her sister) and myself took a trip out to Goliad, Texas today and it turned out to be a nice little jaunt. First, we headed over to the Presidio La Bahia, the mission where nearly 400 Texan captives were gunned down in cold blood by the invading Mexican army. This, along with the [...]

They’re no Toy Story or Cars, but could be much worse

I have to admit that when I saw the previews for Kung Fu Panda, I was not at all inspired to see it. Hey, I dig the animated/CGI children’s movie genre, but this one just didn’t do anything for me. Then, in a moment of boredom while being unable to locate anything decent on Netflix, [...]

Chris-isms

“Life is awesome… and it sure beats the alternative!”

These clothes make everyone look good!

I’ve managed to keep dropping the weight despite some trips to the “fattest city in America.” Houston, Texas. At last weigh-in, I was 208 pounds – a full 32 down from when I moved to San Marcos. I only recently started to actually do strenuous workouts. Up until now, it has all been about 1) [...]

Be prepared to lose your gamer friends/family soon

Yes, coming out this year is an immersive world that takes the Grand Theft Auto/Saints Row genre to the next level – APD: All Points Bulletin. Slated for release later this year, APB takes the bad-guy-shoot-em-up-free-roaming game setting and infuses it with ‘roids. No longer is it you against a world of computer-controlled mental midgets, [...]