One of the first Blu-Ray discs I bought was the Godfather trilogy. I should write the $65 off on my taxes as it’s some of the best money I’ve ever spent for work.

I don’t plan on being in a situation where I hire employees again, but if I do find myself with a stack of applications or resumes in my hand and an afternoon of interviews booked, I now know the single most important question I can ask a potential hire. The question has nothing to do with the workplace, at least not on the surface.

She has no bio, no profile image, she follows no one, and has never posted a single Tweet. Still, more than 23,000 people follow her on Twitter with an average of 19 new followers each day. Tina Fey doesn’t use Twitter, but no one seems to mind.

I am a fan of the Boston Red Sox living in Texas. Red Sox Nation is everywhere so it’s not as unusual as it was pre-2004, but it’s still a bit odd. Ultimately, I’m asked where in Massachusetts I used to live. My answer of “Enid” draws a lot of blank stares. Allow me to explain.

“Can’t a man get a decent piece of toast any more?”

This was my question as I went on a search to find a toaster that wouldn’t leave me flinging scorched squares of sourdough across the kitchen. Kitchen Aid’s KMTT400 – the red and silver beauty pictured above – was the answer to my question.

I recently installed the Nishita WordPress theme for a new project I’m working on. The theme is perfect for this project and I’m extremely grateful to the developer, Brajeshwar, for taking the time to create it AND for making it available for free. Howvere, I ran into a problem when it came to the archive thumbnails. Here’s how I solved it.

Sitting down in a restaurant and having the waiter/waitress ask you, “Is this your first time to dine with us,” is not an unusual experience. What is unusual though is if you ever hear from the restaurant again when your answer is “yes”. Most often they tell you how the salad bar works, or that the peanuts are free and you can throw then on the ground, or some other operational aspect of the restaurant, but it could be so much more. Such a missed opportunity.

The pretty version of my interview with Cody Canada and Jeremy Plato is online now. Check it out here.

We celebrated our company’s Christmas party last night at a local restaurant. My wife and I went early so we could grab something quick to eat before everyone else arrived. As we waited for our meals to be served I thought about the next chapter of my life.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, mostly due to the fact that I have been interviewing many different people for the feature I’m writing for the next issue of the magazine. I have come to the realization that, with no journalism …

It’s that time of the decade where people are compiling all kinds of lists. Richard Skanse of Texas Music Magazine asked me to give him my top ten of the decade for a big list they are compiling. I balked at first, unable to come up with more than two or three, but when Richard reminded me that it was my favorite albums of the decade and not The Best Albums of the decade, it was no trouble at all.
I’ve spent this decade working in the Texas Music industry. Though …