Oats and Iron

Nick throws the hottest parties (via mattlehrer)

Hilary Hawke (above) on the banjo might come to my tea party tomorrow night and play a few songs in a small acoustic set. Scheduled for 7:30pm, stay tuned. Photo from her band’s MySpace page.

July 15

Update From my Mother in Arizona My parents are in Phoenix for a little vacation this week. Here are some highlights from an email that my mom sent to my sister and I this morning.

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My roommate is going to Egypt today! She gets flown around to speak at all of these conferences. Please note the Hype Machine shirt that Zoya designed and Noah photographed.

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Elaine: You are my lightning bug on a dark night.
Sam: You are my Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience.

July 14

My Job … A lot of people have been asking me what I do. This is a picture of a large business jet cabin. On the wall, you can see a black LCD monitor. My company manufactures monitors like that, ranging in size from 5- to 42-inches. We also build Moving Map computer processing units, DVD players, and audio/video amplifiers — all for business jets. I love my job and I get really excited thinking about all of the growth and opportunity in the business/private aviation industry.

But ultimately I am still working a computer, sending emails, and making telephone calls all day. It is not an active job (although I do stand up at my desk >50% of the time).

Some sort of conclusive sentence here about how to balance desk jockeying with kicking ass at the gym and eating right.

July 13

Strength Trainer 3-Station Power Tower … $129.99 at Amazon.com Prime
If I had to recommend one piece of home gym equipment… this would be it. You can do pull-ups and dips from your bedroom - amen.

July 12

“ There is also this phenomenal thing called Whirleyball that I think is only in about 3 cities in the world. It is a game where you are in bumper cars and have lacrosse-type sticks and try and throw a ball at a basketball-style backboard for points.

amandalynferri on things to do in Chicago
superamit This sounds like the most fun thing everrr!

oats (me) Big fan of this ‘sport’ — we had one in Atlanta. My parents threw me a surprise 18th birthday party here (one of my best high school memories). Since then we have had a few company team-building exercises on their courts.
My best suggestion is to be careful of the rafters, don’t hook it too high, and utilize forward- and back-passing as much as possible to guarantee a good angle of attack. The goals are completely flat and most responsive to direct shots.

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smfa: Nike - My Better is Better feat. Saul Williams soundtrack.

July 10

The 20 Healthiest Foods for Under $1 dalas emailed me this - guess why I like it