(UPDATE: This post is still worth reading, but loyal reader Braden was quick to correct some of facts. Check out the comments at the end.)When Google Voice came out last year offering free local numbers, I instantly grabbed one each for both my wife and myself. She currently uses her...

I hate Comcast. Simply because they're a monopoly. It's like a girlfriend you desperately want to dump, but there are literally no other females on the entire planet.Still, I wanted to try. I wanted to cut the cord. But, it turns out they're prepared for this.You see, I wanted to unsubscribe from...

I am a member of Simply Audiobooks. For $15 a month, I get unlimited audiobooks mailed to my house, 1-at-a-time. I probably get through 2 a month, on average. It makes my commutes so much more enjoyable. It helps me get way more reading done than I would otherwise. It's...

I was recently involved in a food-value debate with a friend. He contended that his two frozen burritos for $0.35 each made for an unbeatable $0.70 lunch.This is only true if the only factors in the game are calories/dollar. And I would win strictly by carrying around a bottle of...

This is an actual conversation that took place in my household this morning."Ugh, I have such a bad headache.""Me too. Maybe I should plug the carbon monoxide detector in again?""Why did you unplug it in the first place?"Because it kept beeping!"On a daily basis, I defy odds with my living.

My freshman year of college, I remember having a frank conversation about sexual activity with a female friend. I, a long-time but only recently passionate Christian, tried convincing my female friend to abstain.Her response, "Why? It feels good."I was taken aback by the sheer honesty. I was used to a...

Stop getting mad that hip-hop songs are singularly about "going to the club." That's where they play hip-hop music. At clubs. It makes sense in context. It doesn't make sense when you're watching a Coke commercial in your living room as you protest the banality of rap.You can only stay...

One more music-related post before we go back to random-land next week.Whenever people used to ask me what our band sounded like, I never knew what to say. So, I'd say stuff like "it doesn't really sound like anything else," implying that we're SO incredibly original, that even to compare...

I really appreciate your patience these past two weeks as we tried to figure out what makes music awesome. This was extraordinarily helpful for me to think through before starting this next album this year.Now, I want to be clear that I don't believe these 7 flavors are THE 7 flavors. This...

Sweet and Sour as Contrast: An essential ingredient for a full-flavored song.The best example of this concept is the big trend in metal right now. Adding a more nasaly effeminate voice singing punk choruses in alternate to the main screamo voice. It's bizarre.Then why are so many bands following this...