Best Books
Countdown City
World War Z
The Power of the Dog
11/22/63
Best Nonfiction: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Turning Pro
Watched 88 movies
Best Movies
Silver Linings Playbook
Gone Baby Gone
About Time
The Impossible
It’s A Disaster
Side Effects
Blood Simple
Liberal Arts
Safety Not Guaranteed
Side By Side
Imposter
Flight
Kings Of Summer
Movies that messed with my head for days: Capturing The Friedmans, Compliance
Worst Movies: Upstream Color, A Serious Man
Watched 216 episodes of TV
Best TV
Breaking Bad season 6
Newsroom seasons 1 & 2
Arrested Development was mostly a disappointment
Couldn’t get into House Of Cards or Game Of Thrones like everyone else
Best Albums
Swingin’ Utters – Poorly Formed
Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
Off With Their Heads – Home
Plow United – Marching Band
Telekinesis – Dormarion
Biggest Purchase: 2005 Toyota Sienna
BIggest Holy Crap! Moment: Discovering the elusive buzzing sound in the house that lasted for weeks was a woodpecker pecking on a pipe on my roof
Most Satisfying Moment: Seeing my first short story published on Amazon
Best Purchase: Acer H5370BD Home Theater Projector
Most Embarrassing: Falling over at a stop light on bike while towing both my kids
Scariest Moment : Seeing my kid choke on asthma induced frothy, white sputum
Runner Up: Driving a rental car in downtown Sevilla, Spain
Saddest Moment: Watching Boulder flood
Biggest investment in time, smallest return: the delusion of making passive income from advertising on a niche content site – movingtobouldercounty.com
Firsts: played poker, sold a car on Craigslist, used an ear candle, ran out of gas on motorcycle at a stoplight, our backyard chickens laid their first eggs
Biggest Bonehead Move: Packing too much wood in van from Home Depot causing windshield to break when stopping at a light
Best Vacation: Trip to Spain & Germany
Most Frustration Inducing Project: Building a pergola in my backyard
Biggest Bummer: Hundreds of shirts for Minimalist Tees misprinted and ruined by incompetent screen printers
Biggest Point Of Pride: My appearance on this video at the Andrew WK Concert in Denver at the 1:29 mark
Best Moment: Becoming a foster parent to an awesome little boy