Monthly Archives: February 2011

February 8, 2011 – Another RIDgifting.

Here’s yet another t-shirt someone brought me from a vacation of theirs that I’m RID-gifting today. This shirt makes me think about people who aren’t in my life anymore. Old friends who, for whatever reason, didn’t seem valuable to stay … Continue reading

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February 7, 2011 – *.

Today, I RID myself of my Barry Bonds “*” shirt. It celebrates when he hit his record-number of home runs. The * indicates he might have, just might have, had a little help. Today, as I RID this item, I … Continue reading

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February 6, 2011 – Sing it sister.

Chalk this up as another RID item as something I thought I SHOULD read, rather than something I WANTED to read. Not so much. Not more. I hope the next person who receives this book WANTS to read it. And … Continue reading

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February 5, 2011 – Getting ready for TED!

We’re getting closer to this year’s TED conference, so I thought I’d RID this t-shirt, which a friend gave me to commemorate my TED speaking gig last year. Not a long entry today, really…not really a lot else to say … Continue reading

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February 4, 2011 – Again with the pants?!?!?

Yeah, I realize I’ve gotten RID of a few too many pairs of pants lately. And suffice it to say, they don’t exactly make for interesting reading. So, this’ll be the last pair…at least for a while. Enjoy the day … Continue reading

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Plastic memories.

“When collector Thomas Lindblad discovered a simple red mug, he was inspired to say the least. Some 15 years after his first encounter, the Nordiska Museum  in Stockholm Sweden has recently opened the Plastic! show which uses Lindblad’s collection of … Continue reading

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February 3, 2011 – And indeed I am.

My plan, during this period I have between jobs, was to go on a long roadtrip. But alas, the weather in North Texas hasn’t cooperated…I’m snowbound in DFW along with the Packers and Steelers. So…I give this book, a fitting … Continue reading

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February 2, 2011 – a RID to the independent music store.

Today I RID this t-shirt, from Seattle’s best independent record store — Easy Street. I often find myself, when I have extra time, wandering the racks at great independent record stores. I lament that so many of them have gone … Continue reading

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February 1, 2011 – Another pair of pants.

And here is yet another pair of pants for the RID project. Truth be told, I bought these pants to celebrate when I’d lost a bunch of weight. The problem was…while they were the right size, they weren’t right for … Continue reading

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