beard challenge, week three: looking homeless

This week has seen only slight changes in my facial hair.

beard challenge, week two: the daniel brière

My quest for a beard continues.  This week my facial hair is visible, if not impressive.  I would liken it to the playoff beard of one Daniel Brière, of the Philadelphia Flyers.

shiner project

I want to make a table top using Shiner beer bottle caps.  I don’t know what size, shape or design yet, but I have a general idea of how I want to go about it.

beard challenge, week one: the eight-day shadow

I cannot grow a beard.  I have a nearly-hairless, baby-smooth mug.  On the bright side, this means that I don’t have to shave every day.  I usually shave two to three times per week, but lately I have made a habit of only shaving on Sundays.  Nobody notices that I have not shaved until Friday or Saturday, when I finally start developing a visible shadow.

not to be shown up by my wife…

When my wife and I got engaged, we decided that we were going to work out and eat right so that we could lose some weight for the wedding.  That didn’t work out.  I am pretty sure that we gained weight before the wedding.  Well, about a week ago and seven weeks into our married life, Mel started eating like a healthy person: reasonable portions, balanced meals, the whole shebang.

never hope more than you work1

I enjoy my job quite a bit.  For those of you who don’t know, I am a sales manager at a Blockbuster² in Haltom City, TX.

the list

I recently spent an evening at No Frills¹ with Melissa and a couple of buddies.  This should come as no surprise to anybody who spends any amount of time with my friends and me.  We drank, we talked, and we took the conversation to a touchy subject for us: we acknowledged that we spend way too much time talking about things that we might like to do, but we never set any actual goals.  So it was decided that each of us would write a list of things that we want to do in our lifetime.  No rules or guidelines were set for these lists.  My list goes like this…

lectori salutem

I am hesitant.  But here I am, so I guess I am not obstinate enough to resist the constant pressure that I have faced lately at the hands of my BFF’s¹.  Now that I have knuckled under, I have to figure out what my purpose is here.  I have set a few guidelines for myself.  They are all pretty common among my friends’ blogs, but I am not attempting innovation.