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

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Here’s a story about a time I went to see Pixar’s “Up” super drunk

Up came out in the United States on May 29, 2009. I had been planning on seeing it in New York City with one group of friends — essentially my core friends at the time — but another group of friends (rather,… Continue Reading

A minor and a major at work? Might be a good idea.

What if your job had one thing you focused on MOST of the time (major) and one thing you used to pursue passion? (Minor) That’s how we set up education. Could it foster employee engagement? Continue Reading