Monday, November 24, 2008

New category - Stuff I'd Like To Have


Hans,

New category alert. I think I'll start posting Stuff I'd Like To Have. Not so much material things. Just a list of life stuff that I should work on.


Item 1. The best bibliography of the best biographies of the Presidents.


Hans, please work on this after school. You have until January 31, 2009 to get this done. Don't procrastinate. Start early. Thanks, man.

How to tie a tie



I wear mine (double) Windsor.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

did a decent run today

25 minutes.
It's a start. Will try to lift later. Looking forward to seeing you guys.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Don't ever look like a bag in these pictures

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Sunday, November 16, 2008

Fashion posts - dress shirts - Nordstrom Smartcare classic dress shirt

Nordstrom Smartcare classic dress shirt
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Fit - Fit feels great.
Collar - Looks great, feels great
Fabric - Looks great, feels great.
Ranking - Number 1. Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
And these shirts are the least expensive of the three.

Fashion posts - dress shirts - Brooks Brothers


Fit - These shirts fit great. Numba one super fit. The fit feels great. Love the fit.
Collar - Collars are good. The feel good and they look good. Much better than Jose Bank.
Fabric - The fabric looks great in that it holds its wrinkle-free properties and it the fabric feels great. The big problem is that these shirts pit out VERY quickly. And of course, once a shirt pits out, donezo, ruined. What can you do with a pitted out dress shirt? Nothing. Maybe wear it to the beach.
Overall ranking: #2 until it pits out

Fashion posts - dress shirts - Joseph A Bank



Franz,

It's taken me several years, but I've finally figured out what dress shirts I like (although I haven't tried custom-made shirts. yet). If you'd like the benefit of my trials, keep reading. First, I like the wrinkle-free shirts. They look great, they feel great, and they're cheaper (over the long term), than non-wrinkle free ones, especially if you're sending them out for laundry. So far, I've tried the ones from Jos. A Bank, Brooks Brothers, and Nordstrom.

Joseph A. Bank Travel Dress Shirts .

These shirts are surprisingly expensive, compared to Brooks Brothers and Nordstrom. Obviously, you want to try to get them on sale. Sign up for their email blasts, and you can occasionally get them for half off or two for one.

Fit - The fit is ok. They're a little too baggy to look really great.

Collar - Collar is ok. I'd like the the collar to be a little.... I don't know, longer? The collars feel ok on your neck, but just ok.

Fabric - The fabric is pretty durable and it takes awhile before the shirt pits out. Bonus. Unfortunately, the wrinkle-free treatment wears out quicker than the other two. And I've blown out the elbows of a couple of these shirts.

Overall ranking: #3

My legs are sore

And it feels great. I went for a good run Friday and also today.

How you been? How's your puppy? I heard he bit Pop pop. Haha. Rocky, right? Or is it Rosco?

I'm multitasking right now. I'm watching this HBO show, True Blood. I really like it, but I just figured out that I really don't like the main character, Sookie. She's really annoying.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

The long awaited fashion posts - shirts

Hans,

I cannot wait to meet your dog. I really want one, but I just can't have one right now. Wisconsin was fun, until the end.

Glad to hear your workouts are going well. I was off for awhile, and then I ate crap up in Wisconsin, but I'm back eating well and lifting and doing cardio, and it feels great. That's very creative to use your barbells while on the computer. Keep it up.

Ok, fashion post. Man, I'm not feeling it. I'm gonna ditch it for now, ok? Sorry man.

So.

Read any good books lately? How's your German class going?