You have to love a good old-fashioned gas price war. That is what has been going on (at least in Central Texas) between Wal-Mart and H.E.B. First, they have both been consistently trading off as the lowest priced gas (according to my favorite smartphone app – GasBuddy.) Now, they have brought out the big guns [...]
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Some Wars do have Winners!
August 9th, 2011 
Chris Doelle 
Posted in Business & Money, Culture, Philosophy, Social Media, Travel & Entertainment 
Tags: discount card, gasoline, h.e.b., heb, price war, wal-mart, walmart 
No Comments »Finally! I have found the BEST CHICKEN FRIED STEAK!
August 6th, 2011 Chris Doelle Longtime friends know that there are two culinary treats I investigate every chance I get. No matter where my travels take me, I test the local barbecue and chicken fried steak. In my quest for the absolute best of each, I have found my Mecca for barbecue (I have a best for each of the [...]
Posted in Business & Money, Entertainment, Food, Friends & Family, Health & Fitness Tags: barbecue, barbeque, bbq, central texas, chicken fried steak, foodie, gristmill, new braunfels, steak No Comments »Just Days Away from “The Boys of Fall”
August 3rd, 2011 Chris Doelle That’s right, two-a-days have started across the state and soon they will be strapping on the pads and knocking heads all around Texas. This affects me in many ways: This is Dallin second year in HCRA football (youth league) and he will be the starting tailback this year. It is going to be a great [...]
ChrisCast 07-26-2011
July 26th, 2011 Chris Doelle While in Bryan, Texas I stopped by The Creative Space
ChrisCast 07-14-2011
July 14th, 2011 Chris Doelle Some 7on7 action as Lone Star Gridiron covers the 7on7 State Tournament in College Station, Texas.
Posted in Business & Money, Entertainment, Football, Health & Fitness, Video Tags: 7 on 7, 7on7, chris doelle, chriscast, college station, Football, high school, lone star gridiron, texas, Video No Comments »Netflix = NetFAIL
July 13th, 2011 Chris Doelle Yep, you knew it was going to happen. Intent on making the move away from their original business model and the cost of storing and mailing discs, Netflix has separated the disc mailing business from the online streaming biz. I got this email: Dear Chris, We are separating unlimited DVDs by mail and unlimited streaming [...]
ChrisCast 07-08-2011
July 8th, 2011 Chris Doelle A new concept in web design from http://www.pdfwebsites.com
Posted in Business & Money, Electronics, Internet Coolness, SEO, Social Media, Video Tags: pdfwebsites.com, Video, web design, web hosting, youtube No Comments »Worth Quoting
July 6th, 2011 Chris Doelle “Strong is what you have left, when you’ve used up all your weak.” – Saucony shoe ad
Talk about a trip back in time… The Bryant Pond Press
June 15th, 2011 Chris Doelle Back in the mid 90′s (seems like so long ago) the neighbors and I started a small run community flier/newspaper. The kids planned the paper, wrote the stories, distributed the thing & even sold subscriptions. It was a lot of fun and I think it really helped bring the neighborhood together. I was cleaning out [...]
Posted in Blogging, Business & Money, Entertainment, Friends & Family, History, Wayback Tags: bryant pond press, chris, chris doelle, education, family, flier, flyer, fresh media works, fun, houston, http://www.freshmediaworks.com, magazine, marketing, media, neighborhood, newsletter, newspaper, rockenstein, social 1 Comment »
Spammers are at least more entertaining now
Remember the day when you would get a spam comment on your blog kinda like, “Great post,” or “well said,” and a link to some fast-cash-now scheme? Because the spam catching plugins are getting so much better, these doofs are forced to make their automated postings sound more real. The problem? When you have a [...]