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Here Are A Couple Friends and I Playing in a Tournament Recently
Posted in ...Until Someone Gets Hurt, Variety Pack on July 19, 2011| 3 Comments »
Here’s A Great Reason to Stop Reading This Blog
Posted in Variety Pack on January 21, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Snow Day
Posted in Variety Pack on December 13, 2010| 1 Comment »
A lot of people have snow days today. I’ve done some reading in the past few days of Snowflake Bentley and his work of photographing over 5,000 snowflakes in his lifetime.
“Under the microscope, I found that snowflakes were miracles of beauty; and it seemed a shame that this beauty should not be seen and appreciated by others. Every crystal was a masterpiece of design and no one design was ever repeated., When a snowflake melted, that design was forever lost. Just that much beauty was gone, without leaving any record behind.”
Here is some of his stunning work:
Here is great blog posting with more background and great pictures by Snowflake Bentley.
Busted Dreams
Posted in Variety Pack on December 9, 2010| Leave a Comment »
ONE DAY CONTEST!
Posted in Variety Pack on December 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »
There’s a drawing going on over at the TBAP Fan page today for a one-year subscription to Golf Digest. It’s a super-simple entry, and you can give the prize to anyone in the U.S. Come on over:
To Be a Pilgrim Fan Page
What to Buy Your Man For Christmas
Posted in Variety Pack on November 29, 2010| 1 Comment »
Everything you need to know is concisely laid out in the Art of Manliness’ Holiday Gift Guide. Click; don’t balk on over there.
Think Before You Buy
Posted in Variety Pack on November 22, 2010| Leave a Comment »
‘Tis the season…
Indexed
Life and Death of a $1 Bill
Posted in Variety Pack on November 10, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Variety Pack on November 8, 2010| Leave a Comment »
After years of writing eBay properly without a struggle, I now without fail always write FaceBook before I correct it to write Facebook.
Anyway, if you would like, TBAP is now available on a feed through Facebook (wrote it wrong again…really). It’s there simply for your convenience or to make it easy to share with friends or to empower your fandom. Enjoy it here: To Be A Pilgrim
Also, you are welcome to come see the more personal, insightful side here.
I Have a Very Sweet Wife…but
Posted in Variety Pack on October 30, 2010| 1 Comment »
How Could I Pass a St. Crispin’s Day Without Posting This Video
Posted in Poetry, Variety Pack on October 25, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Taking the Plunge
Posted in The Things of This World, Variety Pack on October 13, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Following-up from this article a few days ago (Project Manhigh and the Stud Who Skydived From Space), this was another fascinating read about skydiving from space.
Nick Piantanida’s ambition was too much for living an ordinary life. With practically no resources or connections, Nick set out to break Joe Kittenger’s records.
Nick had no back-up plan for his life. He was determined to make it big with a record-setting jump and to parlay that success into a good life for his family. Even though he faced rejection after rejection and numerous setbacks, his enthusiasm and belief in his eventual success never diminished. The idea of failure never crossed his mind. He would find a way to make it happen.
He failed.Skydiving From Space II is a really good read.
The Best Book Report I’ve Ever Seen
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means..., Variety Pack on September 27, 2010| Leave a Comment »
This is a fantastically, creative summary of the book Where Good Ideas Come From (releasing next week). The presentation is outstanding, but so is the content.
This is an All-Purpose Blog
Posted in Variety Pack on September 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The new CPR is much less intimidating. It might be worth your time to watch this; you could save a life. This would be a good video to go viral.
Really? Mr. Rogers on TBAP, Ryan?
Posted in Variety Pack on July 16, 2010| 1 Comment »
Yup.
I’ve seen three or four very interesting videos about Mr. Rogers lately. I don’t know that he was godward, but there are many Christianly features about him.
This video is a really interesting look at a moment in time, critical to public programming, when he won over a skeptical Congressman.
Winning a War on Junk Mail
Posted in Variety Pack on July 8, 2010| 1 Comment »
JECA has gone from 20-40 lbs. of junk mail per week, down to usually 1-2 lbs. per week by an act of simple persistence. Since September I have marked EVERY piece of unsolicited junk mail as “Refused” and returned it.
This picture shows the last two weeks’ worth.
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Also, I didn’t place the irritation/extra burden on my carrier. I returned all items to the return boxes at a Post Office.
The Declaration of Independence
Posted in Variety Pack on July 2, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Have you ever read it? Have you ever had it read to you? Find out why we separated from England.
Wow. I Normally Don’t Care, But Here’s My Second Favorite Car Commercial
Posted in Variety Pack on June 18, 2010| 3 Comments »
Two in one week! Here is my favorite car commercial I posted a couple of days ago, and then I saw this one today that’s in second place.
Six Year Perspective on Gas Prices
Posted in Variety Pack on June 17, 2010| Leave a Comment »
I Love Niche Marketing
Posted in Variety Pack on June 8, 2010| 1 Comment »
This guy is the go-to source for specialty soda and a posterboy for small business.
How to Forecast Weather Without Gadgets
Posted in Variety Pack on June 2, 2010| 1 Comment »
In Blog Years, We are About 60…
Posted in Goings On, Variety Pack on May 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »
But in real time, TBAP turns 4 today. No themed-cakes or ice-cream shooters. No sparklers. No rigmarole. Not even a photo to pull you into the surrealism.
Thanks for taking the ride with me; it’s been a hoot.
Yup. This Type of Stuff Geeks Me Out
Posted in Variety Pack on May 8, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Lotsa useful information here. Aren’t you glad I’m honest enough to bring you the whole array of weird AND wonderful?
Virtual Knee-Surgery
Posted in Variety Pack on May 5, 2010| 2 Comments »
This is one of the best links I have ever posted.
My grandma got a new knee last week. I could have saved her thousands of dollars and done this in the comfort of her parlor if I had known about this beforehand.
Perform virtual knee-surgery (gory pics are avoidable).
Well, I Could Do That!
Posted in Variety Pack on April 29, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Here is a fun sequence of three (in-a-row) botched throws back to the pitcher from Monday’s night’s Brewers/Pirates game in Milwaukee. Gregg Zaun was having spasms through the inning that kept the infielders hopping.
More from Big League Stew
Red and the Pledge
Posted in Variety Pack on April 21, 2010| 1 Comment »
Good stuff.
Nate Wilson Was on the Today Show Yesterday
Posted in Variety Pack on April 17, 2010| Leave a Comment »
He was chosen to present his book to Al Roker’s book club. Here’s the link and video.
And here is his book: 100 Cupboards
Amazing On-Bird Video
Posted in Variety Pack on March 10, 2010| Leave a Comment »
What happens if you attach a camera to a peregrine falcon and a Gos hawk…and live to tell about it.
Nature War
Posted in Variety Pack on March 9, 2010| 1 Comment »
Whatever You Do, Do Heartily
Posted in AMUSEMENT: "Muse" Means to Think and "A" Means..., Variety Pack on January 5, 2010| 1 Comment »
Like these Italian police officers did in the 1950s.
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