Monthly Archives: June 2016

Twitter Stickers

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Twitter has added Stickers for your tweets!  How fun is this?  Begin tweeting a photo like you normally would. Then tap on the smiley icon to begin adding stickers to your photo.  Add as many as you like, and then tweet it for the world to enjoy.  And for the best part, you can tap on any Sticker in a tweet to see who else has been using that same Sticker.  If you want to see all of the Smiley Sun Stickers that have been tweeted by the universe, you can do it.  I might get lost in this search capability for a while…

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Wildlike

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I am feeling yucky for the past few days.  Down with a cold and a nose that won’t stop running.  What can you do but drink lots of fluids, take your vitamins, get some rest, and turn to Netflix to help pass the time.  Wildlike is a film that resonated with me.  It is about a girl, recently sent to Alaska to live with her Uncle, who can no longer trust anyone to look out for her best interests.  It is a slow burn of a movie that gets you wrapped up in her predicament – not to mention the most beautiful Alaskan scenery.  Check it out if you have the patience for an independent film like this.

Pinballz II

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On a rainy Saturday afternoon, what better to do than to drop into Pinballz Arcade?  Of course I would search out my favorite coin pushing game – Wizard of Oz.  Today I was skilled or lucky, as I left the joint with lots of prize cards.  They have all sorts of vintage games to play here and it is easy to get lost in the fun for a few hours as the storm clouds pass by.  If you are in Austin, check out one of their three locations and have some fun!

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Yard House

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My crew from work ended up at Yard House this afternoon for Happy Hour.  This is a nice new addition to the Domain within a short walk from Whole Foods.  They have yards, half yards, 130 different taps, drinks other than beer, and good food.  My beer of choice was the Clown Shoes Clementine Belgian style White Ale.  We enjoyed our time here today, and I recommend you check it out if you are a beer lover.

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Sing Street

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I thought that this film was brilliant.  Of course, I am a fan of John Carney, the director.  “Once” is one of my favorite films, and “Begin Again” is a good flick to check out on Netflix.  For this movie, a teenager with a life full of problems meets a girl, falls in like instantly, and invites her to participate in a music video for his band.  The only problem is that he doesn’t have a band, but needs to create one fast to continue this connection with the girl of his dreams.

“No girl can ever truly love a man who listens to Phil Collins.”

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No Baggage – The Book

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I read this book written by Clara Bensen.  I think I had high hopes based on the description from her website.

“Newly recovered from a quarter-life meltdown, Clara Bensen decided to test her comeback by signing up for an online dating account. She never expected to meet Jeff, a wildly energetic university professor with a reputation for bucking convention. They barely know each other’s last names when they agree to set out on a risky travel experiment spanning eight countries and three weeks. The catch? No hotel reservations, no plans, and best of all, no baggage.”

I had hoped for an awesome travel story, but instead got short descriptions of some of their adventures and long stories about their life philosophy.  It seemed like for them, travel was a race across countries with the intention of annoying the native population as much as possible.  And what great lovers of travel would actively look to cut their vacation short by actively seeking out a flight that leaves a day earlier than planned?  Travel should be about marvelous experiences that show up unexpectedly, and not about being drug along by one of the most annoying people on the planet.  I think for her next book she should travel alone and enjoy the little things that make other countries full of wonder.