Music, unlike most other art forms, has a unique ability reach the masses in ways that writing, painting, drawing, insert-art-here cannot. Everyone listens to music. Everyone is moved by music. And as such, everyone has opinions on music.

Your boy got a ton of reading done during the month of August. A fair mix of heavy reading, some introspective shit, and just good fiction. Oh, and some Hemingway. Always some Hemingway. Here’s the August Reading Romp.

I’ve never thrown up during a workout. During high school our coaches always tried to get us to throw up during football, basketball, or track practice. And especially during summer workouts, when you’re training in the 100 degree Texas heat.

For most of my short time on this gigantic rock hurtling through space, I have not been an early riser. I have detested mornings. I have viewed them with a contempt that was typically reserved for only truly terrible things in this world. Things like people who don’t say thank you when you hold the door open for them.

The 1940’s were a revolutionary period in history. We were in the middle of the Second World War, Joe DiMaggio had his 56 game hit streak, Captain America was born, and last but certainly not least, M&M’s were invented.

By the way, fun fact: During the war, M&M’s were only available to soldiers.

Pretend for a second that you’re the coach of one of the best teams in the world. You’re like Phil Jackson, Tom Landry*, and John Wooden all rolled into one. You’re like the Dumbledore of the coaching world.

Last week we took a journey together in hopes that we’d return with a bit more understanding about carbohydrates, what they are, how they can help us, and hurt us. Carbohydrates can hardly be explained and understood in the course of one article alone, and I realized there were quite a few other questions that I left unanswered.

Disappear with me for a moment, will you? We’re heading to an alternate reality. An alternate world named Elysia. Elysia is a place where it’s always a sunny spring day. A city in which everyone likes to take a stroll in the evening, where the streets are filled with lovers staring into each other’s eyes, and it’s absolutely disgusting to witness.

July wasn’t the prolific month of reading that June was, partly because I didn’t travel as much, which removed a lot of down time. However, I still got quite a few great books in that I’m excited to share with you guys. Here is the July Reading Romp.

At 4:01am EST my alarm goes off. It’s one of those annoying electronic alarm clocks that has an obnoxious buzzer that unfailingly rips you straight out of the dream land you were in just mere seconds ago. It’s as plain as can be, with red electronic numbers and only a couple of settings.