Time to turn it around, Rob Lobster style.
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Bottling lightning
The last few days in my land have been marked by brief, yet intense summer storms. The lightning that laced the orange sky was so frequent as the storm receded that both Mme. Ross and I tried to get pictures of them, but our efforts … Continue reading Bottling lightning
Musical Monday — Looking Out My Back Door
Looking Out My Back Door by Surfer Rob Hey It’s me again Your little talking friend From the planet in your head I’d Like to propose a toast To the humble host Of all the crazy shit That’s been running through my yard It’s been … Continue reading Musical Monday — Looking Out My Back Door
Fill-up Friday — takin’ care of business
Click through to read Fill-up Fridays . . . because not being at work is no excuse to feel guilty!
Thirsty Thursdays: exploring the wave–particle duality of writing
Science and surfing crash together in the most unexpected ways — click through to read Thirsty Thursdays . . . because blogging is thirsty work.
“Help Not Wanted” — Rob’s Sunday Soliloquy
What happens when unemployment nears 100%?
Click through to read Sunday Soliloquy . . .
Hold the Crickets?
For a while there, everybody seemed concerned about their “carbon footprint.” Before we think to ask where that went, though, it seems people are becoming concerned with a new type of footprint . . .
It’s Not Magic: Mushrooms Can Change Our Experience
Here’s what I learned while working on today’s haiku —
I heard it coming and yet it caught me unawares!
So for the last several days I have been hearing talk on the local NPR channel about that famous speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. – the one titled “I Have a Dream.” I’ve actually learned more about that speech by hearing about it … Continue reading I heard it coming and yet it caught me unawares!
Morning Surf Report: a board review, running reasons, etc
I thought that it might be a good thing to share a few of the things that I find around the Internet while I’m being distracted from running and writing in the morning – things that I like, things that I feel like I should share with my readers and that I don’t really know if I could do justice for in just one post. Hence we have the Surf Report: a roundup of things I have to share with all of my wonderful readers.
Yesterday morning I got a surfboard review in my YouTube email and I decided to watch it. Now, I don’t really know Thing1 about surfboards except that they’re boards you surf on, but after this video I realized that:
- I now know a thing or two about surfboards
- There’s a whole bunch of lingo attached to surfboards that I don’t know
- There’s all kinds of parts to the surfboard
If you’re interested in learning a little bit about them then watch this:
Last night I read my email newsletter from the Oatmeal, a comic blogger that you may or may not have heard of (it’s likely you have seen some of his stuff around, if nothing else). It was just one epic comic in six parts about why he runs so much. I swear this comic is all about me in someone else’s hilarious words; please enjoy it and check out all six parts by using the next button at the bottom of each part or the supplied navigational index.
Here’s a fond hello back to the good-ol’ days:
Well, it might be a little easier to get some readers now! But from the analog evolution to the digital revolution did we lose something else, like all the time we spend distracted, watching videos, answering emails, listening to the new Vampire Weekend album on Spotify? Possible. Quite possible.
Finally, I would feel remiss if I didn’t at least show these off:
I want to thank my friend Rachel Folk over at All Night Knits for giving me these blog awards, and for being such a wonderful reader. Readers really are the best award a blogger and writer can collect, and I hope to be able to increase my readership as time goes by; to this end I will do my best to bring something interesting to the table every day.
Rob's Surf Report 