Right now the tops of my thighs feel like an immense bruise. My upper arms are so sore I can barely lift them to type this article. Have I been in a fight? A car accident? No. I’m getting into shape for summer!

When I was younger, I could eat Big Macs and chase them down with a doughnut and vats of soda, then I’d hop on my bike and ride for hours. Unlike most people, when I went to college I lost 15 pounds because I walked everywhere with a twenty pound bag on my back. When I graduated in my early twenties and got a desk job, I found out I wasn’t blessed with a fast metabolism and the weight came on. About thirty-five pounds. Continue Reading

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Chances are, the answer is "not much." That's what we at CultureFeast.com discovered when we ran our domain name through the ultra sophisticated dnScoop. For those of you waiting with bated breath to know the value of our highly esteemed website, it's currently valued at a meager $12k. That's right. We're cheaper than a Chevy (God save us!).

If we are to believe dnScoop's estimations, Facebook and MySpace are each worth $1.2 billion, with Google at only $1.7 billion. Seems a bit out of balance. Yes, you're all wonderful companies hell bent on world domination, but Facebook is NOT in the same league as Google, is it?

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I have never been one to dodge and weave when it comes to my feelings on dating, marriage, and the opposite sex altogether. While it might serve others to be a little more reserved or allusive, that’s just not my style. There is no need to keep the emotional “walls” when being totally open and upfront serves as something of a tool to weed out those that couldn’t handle my life experiences. At the age of 30, it is becoming more and more commonplace to find myself sitting across the table from a lady with a similar emotional background. Honestly, if you’re 30 and not married or divorced then you will probably fall into the minority in the dating scene.

Which leads me to my point: I have spent the last couple of years dating and finding myself in short-term relationships. I have met a lot of women through the more traditional means (i.e. through friends, family,work) as well as the “new traditional” means (match.com and other various internet sites). Continue Reading

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I have been asked to envision what an Obama presidency would look like and to give my comment on that.  Now, for those of you new to reading my column you may not be aware of this but I am a fairly loyal Republican and I love John McCain.  In fact, John McCain is my number one friend on my myspace account even ahead of my wife (this is a short term thing I promise).
 
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Most of the time, I don't approve of actors becoming musicians.  It's usually ill-advised (are you reading this, Scarlett Johansson?) and feels more like an indulgence than a definite career move for the actor.  I have to say that there are some notable exceptions to the rule, and after listening to Volume One by She & Him, you can count Zooey Deschanel as one of those exceptions.

She & Him is comprised of Deschanel, who you may remember from films such as Almost Famous and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and M. Ward, who enjoys a successful solo singer-songwriter career in addition to his many collaborations with artists like Jenny Lewis, Norah Jones, and Bright Eyes.  Continue Reading

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IMDB is one of my favorite things in the world.  For those of you who are less movie trivia/knowledge inclined, IMDB stands for Internet Movie DataBase, and I, of course, have it bookmarked in every browser on every computer I use.  And it provides me with tons of interesting and pertinent information.  For instance, I did not know 21 was based on a true story until I looked it up on IMDB to check my facts for this blog.  You really do learn something new everyday.

21 was one of those films that I didn’t even realize was still in theaters, and by the time this blog gets published it might not be, but if you can find it at a dollar theater, it’s worth the dollar.  Especially considering that it’ll be $4.38 at Blockbuster if you wait until it’s out on DVD. Continue Reading

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You are sitting at home watching your favorite show, just as you do every week, waiting for the “wrap up” to occur, followed by previews of next week’s show, this is pretty typical and sounds familiar right? Oh and for those of you unfamiliar with the “wrap up”, that would be the last 10-12 minutes of your standard hour long drama in which they solve the case, catch the killer and generally save the day. Now the exception to the textbook “How to make a successful television show” story is usually the season finale.

Here is where we are usually left with a cliffhanger, the suspense of waiting all summer to discover “Who shot J.R?” and the like. Now frankly I get aggravated by the “to be continued…” that is inevitably shown on the bottom of the screen in little white letters while one of my favorite characters may or may not be dying in the car I just saw explode or if he/she was the target of the shot just fired.

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Ever have the urge to peak behind a closed curtain?  Ever put your hand on a restricted door to see if it’s locked?  Ever want to experience new cultures, see how different people live?  Maybe you’re like me.  Maybe you explore people.  Searching out the exceptional, the precious, the unique – the people that bring intensity and novelty to your life.  Diving into the ocean of community and searching out the treasure of a meaningful connection with an authentically rare person.  The kind of person who would test a locked door. 

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If you haven't heard that Apple will be releasing the 3G iPhone in June, you must be living under a rock.  Several major sources, including AT&T, have hinted and announced that the 3G iPhone is on its way.  The next big Apple conference is June 9th, 2008 otherwise known as the WWDC conference.  Most reliable Apple sources have confirmed that the 3G will be announced on June 9th, when Steve Jobs takes the floor at the WWDC.

According to Engadget, the 3G iPhone will also be cheaper than the original iPhone's price when it first launched.  The new iPhone will also have proper GPS capability installed in the phone.  The new generation phone is also supposed to support advanced IM and MMS features.  Several sources have also confirmed that testing has already been complete and therefor the release of the next generation iPhone is imminent.

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In this world of mass consumption, I think that there is a basic rule that people keep on forgetting, and it’s this: You are what you eat. This logic applies to life in many ways- from what people you choose as your friends, to what you put in your body. Statistics have proven that people who tend to hang around overweight people also tend to be overweight. People who exercise regularly tend to hang around other people who do the same.

This has really been my lesson for this week, mostly due to a happy hour conversation I had with me, my friend The Irishman and his friend Abby. We were in a bar downtown at about 4:30 in the afternoon and started discussing Abby’s past relationships and the complete lack of available men in the DFW area. She was on her second drink in less than thirty minutes, and complaining that all the men she dated were alcoholics. Continue Reading

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Of late, I seem to be having trouble with finding information for my posts.  Now don’t get me wrong, I have loads of sources.  In fact, the sheer amount of sources is the problem.  What with delicious, my RSS feeds, my twitter, my friend feed, Addictomatic, and of course the indomitable Google, I find myself lost in a bewildering and overwhelming information forest.  It the opposite of the old adage “can’t see the forest for the trees”.  I can’t see the trees for the forest! 

There has been a lot of buzz of late about “information diets”, and I never really understood until now.  In order to swim in this surging information stream, you have to be able to tame the currents.  I have begun to find my own ways of taming the currents:

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