Shallow Thoughts I spend an inordinate amount of time trying to optimize for efficiency in my life. There are limited hours in my day and limited years in my life, so I try to get the most out of it. Work

Shallow Thoughts The harvest has begun. We have the following planted in our garden now: 1 Orange Frost Satsuma (citrus fruit) 1 Sun Sugar Cherry Tomato 1 Husky Red Cherry Tomato 3 Okra 1 mild halepeno

Corn on the Compost I derive entirely too much pleasure from being able to husk fresh corn directly into my compost bin: I went with the GeoBin which was pretty cheap and easy to set up, and I'm pretty

Shallow Thoughts If anyone ever asks you the best way to train grip strength, the answer is "pulling weeds": I have no idea what this weed is called, but it's in the grass family, so it can't

Shallow Thoughts I have no idea what this bush/tree is, but it grows well in North Texas and I'm lucky that one of the prior owners of my house had the foresight to plant it: The flowers are gorgeous,

Shallow Thoughts Last weekend I bought some sausages from a local butcher, and I ALWAYS have beer with sausages. They're really just made for each other. It was just one beer, but the following morning

Shallow Thoughts I cashed in some credit card reward points for a Home Depot gift certificate and decided to spend it on a project to add a stepping stone path to my lawn and fix all the ugly spots around

Shallow Thoughts Things are FINALLY starting to get back to normal in my household. According to Steemit, I was on a beach at Kiawah Island South Carolina 24 days ago, enjoying some much-needed time off

Shallow Thoughts For the first time in forever I took a REAL vacation with my family. . . we flew to Kiawah Island in South Carolina to get away from our daily grind in Texas so we can relax and unwind

Shallow Thoughts There are so many things I could write about. . . it's amazing how much life can happen in 4 days. I'll have to spread each story out to give them all their proper due, but for now, something

Shallow Thoughts Hell week continues, though tomorrow it looks like I'll be getting a break. It's nearly midnight as I write this, and in 10 minutes I'm gonna look exactly like my dog: Deep Thoughts I'm

Shallow Thoughts I picked up a few items at Walmart today and went to the express checkout lane when I was done shopping. There was only one person in front of me, and she was already paying, so I figured

Shallow Thoughts I bought a chuck roast from Costco on Sunday but didn't have time to smoke it. I didn't want to freeze it or let it spoil, so I fired up the Big Green Egg early this morning and did the

Shallow Thoughts I didn't get to see much of Austin from the ground today, but it certainly looks pretty from the air: I'll have to come back someday with the family on a proper vacation and take in the

Shallow Thoughts Spring is officially here, the first daffodil in the garden has bloomed! In other new, my kids raced each other across a field today. . . it was no contest: Sleep Thoughts I'm spending

Shallow Thoughts Living in sport-crazy Texas, I've heard horror stories about how loud/obnoxious/mean the parents on the sidelines can become when they are "cheering on" their children. Like

Shallow Thoughts As part of their grand re-opening, the Kroger in my neighborhood had T-Bone steaks on sale. For anyone who isn't familiar, the T-Bone is a combination of a a small tenderloin and a large

Shallow Rivers The rain has FINALLY stopped, and I saw a nearly full moon on a perfectly clear night: That's a stark contrast to the 3-inch river that was running down my street last night during the last

Shallow Thoughts Today's workout was hard. I had pulled pork nachos with a beer for dinner and told myself I would just double up the workout tomorrow (which never works). After putting the girls to bed

Come on Wired, you can do better! This conjured a perfect mental image of an army of Konami developers doing this: Daily Stats Cash: 13.0% Core: 74.8% Explore: 12.2% Workout: Kenzai Kettlebell Day 16 +