As we try to carve a unique place in the blogosphere, we’ve secured yet another rare achievement: the blog giveaway where everyone wins! This is possible, of course, not because we have pallets of ChicoBags to give away, but because only four people entered the giveaway. Those extremely fortunate Cool Readers are:
- Maria D. @ DownrightDomesticity
- steph w
- Johnny Jward Nells
- MusicalFaerie
Thanks to these Cool Readers for playing along! We hope that your sweet new ChicoBags will help you carry your books, groceries, stuffed hamsters, broken stopwatches, packets of Chick fil-A sauce, and Hannah Montana bobbleheads in a way that shows great respect for this beautiful earth that God gifted us with.
Lunch was a phenomenal piece of chicken and tomato pizza from Maffei’s. It may have been better than the one I had from Two Boots last night (Cool Mum will likely chastise me later for all of the pizza-eating).
One moment before devouring my slice today: I noticed a hair-thin string of what I thought was cheese. And then I realized that it may have been hair-thin because it was a hair. I put the thought out of my mind and went about my business of eating. However, the inspiration for this deeply moving blog post was already set in motion.
What do you do when you find a hair (not yours) in your food?
Last year, we talked about the ChicoBags (reusable nylon shopping bags) for the environmental non-profit that we founded, Take Care Now. Well, we finally brought a stash of them up from Florida, and we want to give some away in honor of Earth Day!
There are two ways to enter the contest:
1. Tweet this:
@arewestillcool is giving away free ChicoBags! Visit http://arewestillcool.com to enter!
2. Leave a comment about any way that you act as a steward of the environment.
It can be something as simple as “I recycle cans” to something like “I give people piggyback rides to work to reduce their carbon footprint.” It would be nice if it were true, I guess.
A tweet and a comment count as two entries, so be sure to do both! You have until Saturday, 11:59pm EST to enter, and we’ll announce the winners on Monday. Happy Earth Day!
As far as parties go, it was a pretty lame one. It was just guys. We sat around and played video games. And most of the time, I was downloading music on my computer. From the fervor (or lack of) of this party, you wouldn’t guess that I was getting married the next day. No strip clubs for my bachelor party; I think the most skin we saw was Princess Peach’s ankle.
I wasn’t downloading music because I was bored of my party mates. With our families at least an hour and a half away, our wedding was mainly a do-it-yourself affair. Cool Mum, known as Cool Fiancée back then (I guess I can call her Laura for these purposes), planned it all during our 3-month engagement in the midst of her senior year at the University of Florida. My role in the wedding: DJ (and groom). We were particular about the songs played during our reception, so instead of hiring a DJ who might play that were on our banned list (Electric Slide, I’m looking at you), we decided to set up my band’s sound system and play a series of CDs chock full of our faves. This was before MP3 players blasted onto the scene.
The wedding would be at an old brick-laden Methodist church in downtown Gainesville. We didn’t attend the church, but our church’s building was a warehouse lined with felt banners proclaiming the names of God, and Laura wanted something more traditional. The Methodist church was exactly that: wooden pews, towering stained glass windows, and a long center aisle from back to front, where she would begin a single lady and end up a cool wife. continued…
Hapless Cool Dad heartily needs your help with his hair!
I’m having a bad hair month. Since I started paying for my haircuts again (I’m giving Cool Mum a break from her styling duties), I’ve had less frequent haircuts. It’s been a couple of months since my last one, and the hair is the longest that it’s been in a while.
I feel like I should take this opportunity to try to do something with it, and I need your help. Check out this video:
So, if you could comment with links to hairstyles, like on celebrities or whoever, that might look good on me, I would really appreciate it! My hair is costing me cool points like it’s going out of style… because it is!