Because some really cool kids made this: a Calculus Rap. Calculus. Rap. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gefCBV_HYWE] Nerdom over and out.
Author: Lyssa
Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival
Making it to 25 is a huge milestone–while I was pretty sure I’d see 25, I had some friends I was worried about. The Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with some really cool events and a really cool deal–tix to Sunday Faire are only $25! If…
Lovely on the Catwalk
Join Lovely Austin Boutique for their debut fashion show featuring exclusive “Lovely-Style” ensembles from cutting edge and trendy to vintage and timeless. While I’ve yet to visit the cute boutique on S. 1st street, check out this fantastic description one of the owners gave me: We’re aiming for “Couture Consignment” and attempting to take the…
Scaled Nights Out
Many people would call CrossFit an inside joke. Though it is simply a style of working out, its gyms and clients are notoriously cult-ish, while the sport itself has its own terminology — WOD? AMRAP? RX? — and the people who play large roles often become highly characterized versions of themselves (for example, see the…
Grounded in Music’s New Kids Recording Studio
My affinity for Grounded in Music, the nonprofit that brings music education back to kids, is no secret, as I’ve covered the organization here many a time. Equally transparent is my affinity for Jack Ingram, who hugged me yesterday. It was a side hug, and just for a picture, BUT STILL. He and Patty Griffin…
Raising Money for Haiti
Austin, being the philanthropic, giving city we are, has already seen many benefits and fundraisers in the short week since an earthquake rocked Haiti to the core. Here are a couple of places I’ve donated and a few benefit events coming up this week. Thirst No More’s PAKs Austin company Thirst No More has been…
HARDCORE – there’s a new gym in town …
Classes begin TODAY at new indoor bootcamp-style HARDCORE studio, which offers 4 different classes geared toward training women to get, well, hard cores. Last week I had the pleasure of trying out original Hardcore and Hardcore Stretch, and I thoroughly enjoyed both. HARDCORE™ They say: A low impact yet high intensity workout for women. The…
Analyze This: Twitter Edition
According to AnalyzeWords‘ sweet website, here’s my personality based on the last 636 words I tweeted: Spacy/Valley Girl High?! ME?! DON’T THEY UNDERSTAND SARCASM? Ha, while they’re at understanding sarcasm they should also learn to spell spacey. Technically “spacy” is correct, but who spells it like that?! PS, dictionary defn: 1. Stupefied or disoriented from…
LivingSocial – new social coupon site launching soon
LivingSocial is a new Daily Deal site–think Groupon–that will launch any day now. Aren’t you glad you know me so you can know about it ahead of time?! Each day, LivingSocial members will receive a deal with discounts of 50% or more at local restaurants, bars, salons, spas, theaters, events, and more. When you see…
Shameless Self Promotion: Texas Social Media Awards
I’ve been nominated (thanks, someone out there!) for the Statesman Texas Social Media Awards. Anyone could nominate anyone, and a judging panel of Michelle Greer (@michellegreer), Addie Broyles (@broylesa) and Robert Quigley (@robquig and @statesman) will decide who the top 25 social media users are in the state. The top 25 will be chosen and…