Business leaders need to think about their energy level

Energy Levels At Work

Energy level would seem to be a fairly important concept in business. We spend a lot of time being busy and a lot of time in meetings, and as you rise up a chain, those things only intensify. The problem is,… Continue Reading

Take care of your friends when you’re all drinking

Take care of your friends when drunk

When you get drunk, bad things can happen. Sadly, they often do. If you’re out with friends, take care of them, even if it means an earlier night for you. Continue Reading

Red River Rivalry is dead. Long live the Red River Rivalry.

Red River Showdown

Since 2000, the Texas-Oklahoma football game — the Red River Rivalry, Red River Shootout, Red River Showdown, or whatever you’d like to call it — has featured both teams ranked 12 times. In 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2008, both teams… Continue Reading

Holy hell, J.J. Abrams wrote Regarding Henry

JJ Abrams Regarding Henry

You can find some weird stuff trolling the Internet. Back when Breaking Bad was ending and I decided to Google around Vince Gilligan a bit more, I learned he was a writer for Hancock and Home Fries. (No joke.) 

Here’s a story about unnaturally long sex

Shared this on my associated Tumblr back in summer 2013, but felt like moving it over here too. This doesn’t involve me. It involves a friend of mine from the high school era. This is retold because, eh, why not… Continue Reading

What the hell is going on with hotel prices?

This morning, I found a receipt in my laptop bag from a hotel in downtown Seattle (that shall remain nameless). For two nights of staying there about a month ago, the cost was $1500. I recently got a plane ticket… Continue Reading

Minneapolis is the most cursed sports city

Whenever these lists come up, it’s always Cleveland (usually No. 1), Detroit, Buffalo, etc. You can make a case that D.C. is having a rough time of it now in terms of “closing the deal.” I’d actually make a different… Continue Reading

What are the best U.S. cities for public transportation?

Public transportation ridership rose 37 percent from 1995 to 2013, and it seems to be a concept that millennials want out of any city in which they put down roots. Since millennials will be the primary U.S. home buyers for the… Continue Reading