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Things wordy, geeky, and webbyLinks: Post State Fair 2010 Edition
Friday, October 22nd, 2010 at 12:51 PM |Despite the $$$ of going to the State Fair, I’m glad my family went to the State Fair. (Minus our daughter who had a high school class. Ironically, she went to the fair that night.) Some of you may know about Texas Star, the giant ferris wheel. Well, it cost $24 for four of us to ride it! And that was the average cost for most rides. The cheapest — a fun house — cost $4 per person.
We couldn’t ask for better weather. It turns out this year’s fair made it into the record books with $37 million spent on food and rides. Well, yeah, price probably goes up every year. The previous record was $29 million. Attendance went up thanks to the perfect weather and the tribute to legendary Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Laundry exhibit. Paul and I wanted to go check out the exhibit, but the line was long and it was right before we left the fair with tired boys. (It turns out we picked the right time to leave. By the time I got off public transportation to walk to our car, my legs turned into lead.
Quick review of what we did: Watched diving show, rode rides (I did the Texas Star and a small, jerky roller coaster with my older son), checked out the cars in the auto show (The Dallas Auto Show is better) and walked for miles. Of course, we got a pic with Big Tex.
Oh, fried food? The only fried food we bought were French fries for the boys’ lunch. This year’s lineup just didn’t appeal. They also had the more appealing ones from previous years, but I opted to save the cash and my arteries. 
We also saw fried beds. OK, this was one company’s poke at fried food with its ad.
Brain food…
- Let’s try that again: It’s OK to fail. Better to attempt something and fail, than to never do it at all. [Link: Debbie Ohi]
- Getting Paid: 6 Standards to Set for Your Freelance Business: I’m against writing on spec.
- 1 Simple Way to Boost Productivity by 50%: This doesn’t surprise me. Revisit all the meetings you attend and see if they still have value.
- Stop asking for advice: Oh, no, no… you can still get help. Change the perspective…
- Do You Keep Your Work Computer on After You Leave? How to Put Your PC to Good Use While You’re Sleeping.
- Manifesto for a Freelancer with Family: I believe in and apply a lot of this. I need to work on some things, too.
For fun because we’re allowed…
- House of paper still standing after 90 years and The Ultimate Papercraft Project: Now you know what to do with all those newspapers…
- 50 Sandwiches to Eat before You Die: Types of sandwiches, not specific places. So it’s doable. I’ve been interested in the bahn mi since I first caught The Great Food Truck Race. The Nom Nom truck — the banh mi pros — dominated every single episode except the most important one.
- Timeline: Fabulous clock. It knows your time zone.
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Thanks for mentioning my blog post, “Stop asking for advice.”
I appreciate it.
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