http://www.christingom.com You'll Believe a Man Can Fly! Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:46:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, I purchased my first home and it's going great. Here is a photo. I'm currently working on setting up my home office and just painted my desk a slick black. Having lots of fun maintaining the backyard, too. Everything from mowing the lawn with my push mower to cleaning ... http://www.christingom.com/2008/bought-a-new-house/ On Saturday I went on my first balloon ride! If you've never been, I highly recommend the experience. The balloon ride lasted about an hour and a half. Since the wind was moving in different directions at different altitudes, we were able to land only a quarter mile away from ... http://www.christingom.com/2008/balloon-ride/ I've been looking at houses now for a couple of months. I'm not in any hurry and my Realtor and I have been looking at all kinds of houses. Many of the tips about buying houses say that you'll have to look at a good dozen houses before you really ... http://www.christingom.com/2008/buying-a-house/ Here I am at a Phoenix coffee house. http://www.christingom.com/2007/picture-of-me/ I was in San Francisco recently for the Web 2.0 Expo with the Viddler team, and while there Viddler hosted a little party with a few people and someone named Cindy Li took my photo. I thought it was a pretty cool photo, so decided to post it here. The ... http://www.christingom.com/2007/a-cool-photo-of-me/ There was a homeless guy at the gas station today. I had stopped to get gas after setting up some servers, and was surprised when he ran over to meet me. He asked if I really was Superman, and asked to shake my hand. I was wearing my Superman t-shirt and ... http://www.christingom.com/2007/in-which-superman-meets-a-fan/ Here's a quick video tour of our office in Phoenix. http://www.christingom.com/2007/tour-of-the-tornado-design-office-in-phoenix/ I have discovered something about myself that I find quite interesting. I'm really passionate about creating residual income. I've figured out that it's one of my core beliefs. As a core belief, it is also something that I strive to persuade my friends into achieving. I think that most people in this ... http://www.christingom.com/2007/residual-income-just-do-it/ I just took the Superhero Quiz and it agrees with the popular consensus. I am Superman. Superman 80% Robin 57% Green Lantern 55% Supergirl 52% Spider-Man 50% Iron Man 45% The Flash 45% Hulk 40% Wonder Woman 37% Catwoman 30% Batman 30% You are mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others. Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test http://www.christingom.com/2006/i-am-superman/ This is a note to let you all know that I already have a 2007 Lighthouse Calendar. Yup, I got mine a few weeks early this year. It's only December 18th and I have mine already. Lucky me! So if you had this on your list to purchase for me, ... http://www.christingom.com/2006/gifts-i-already-have/ Well, it's been half of a year since I told any good stories here on my site. I haven't really had any good ones. It seems that the more I work, the less stories I have. If I go out and do something I have a million stories to tell. I've ... http://www.christingom.com/2006/introvert/ This one is from December, 2005: Years ago at my old job at marchFIRST we were all ushered into a small conference room one busy morning and it was announced that we would soon have a new boss. Since our current boss was also in the meeting it made for an ... http://www.christingom.com/2006/caught/ I hear that the new Superman movie doesn't really shine. We all know why, of course. It's because they didn't get me to play the part. Even I could have predicted that! http://www.christingom.com/2006/in-theaters-now/ Around 10 o'clock this morning I was returning from a meeting when I decided to get a bite to eat. An early lunch! Much better than eating at 4 pm (like I tend to do). I had never tried this one coffee shop over on Washington by the freeway, so ... http://www.christingom.com/2006/my-thursday/ This is an old one from November 2005: Five years ago when I had a real job I woke up early one morning and came into the office. I had prepared a couple of fun April Fools pranks which I had for some reason decided to pull in the middle of ... http://www.christingom.com/2006/spring-cleaning-in-the-elevators/ This is a story I wrote back in October 2005: Down the street at La Grande Orange grocery store they have these wonderfal Spanish Latte's that I love to get however I have one slight dilemma when I order my drink... "What's your name?" "Chris" "Last initial?" "T" Several minutes go by as I wait ... http://www.christingom.com/2006/i-have-a-spanish-latte-for/ This is an old one from September 2004: So this morning I wake up and do my normal routine before heading in to the office. On the way to work I say to myself “you know, a nice cafe vanilla would be a great way to start the day.” So I ... http://www.christingom.com/2006/shaving/ My super sluth senses tell me the hot dogs have been rotating for hours. I don't care, I could eat a boot I'm so hungry. I'm a detective on the hunt. I've come looking for trouble and trouble's found me. It's about 4 o'clock and I've just stopped for gas. As ... http://www.christingom.com/2006/the-gas-station-clerk/ The other day I had a few spare minutes and so I stopped at the Borders Bookstore on Camelback. I ended up surveying the newly revamped coffee shop on the second floor overlooking the main lobby. The new coffee shop is a Seattle's Best and I ordered an iced coffee. ... http://www.christingom.com/2006/wave-to-the-cameras/ If you are sick or recovering from being sick with the common cold or the flu or any of those types of virus' that spread around, I have some simple guidelines you should be following. You might feel better but you look awful and you're contagious like a bacteria culture. Translation: ... http://www.christingom.com/2006/please-follow-this-protocal-when-you-are-sick-thank-you/ "Are you recording this phone call??!" -- A question from my sister when I called her one day. http://www.christingom.com/2006/my-sister-doesnt-trust-me/ I ran across this photo today which must be from the mid 80s. That's me in the middle with my dad and sister. I'm pretty sure we're at Lake Pleasant in AZ. http://www.christingom.com/2006/when-i-was-a-kid/ I only saw the movie Tron (1982) for the first time a few years ago. I'm sure it's famous for only one reason: it was the first movie to use computer generated graphics. I certainly don't remember it for the great script. This weekend while sailing at the lake I was ... http://www.christingom.com/2006/i-just-got-back-from-a-weekend-playing-tron-i-mean-sailing/ It occurred to me this evening as I was eating dinner out with my parents that a fun question to ask would be "what was your favorite breakfast, lunch, and dinner last year?" I was specifically thinking of food you ate at restaurants, but if you cooked your favorite meal at ... http://www.christingom.com/2006/the-best-meals-of-2005/ BAMM! That's the thought that goes through my head when I take pictures with my external flash attached. It's like I'm firing a lightning bolt. Within my fingers I control an instrument that fires a burst of light on my subjects and captures amazing pictures. Occasionally I find myself at a ... http://www.christingom.com/2006/why-taking-pictures-with-a-flash-is-better/ It's Superman! The man of steel! Greetings folks. I'm excited about finally having an opportunity to blog. Most people think I'm just a character drawn on paper. What they don't know is I really exist and I live in Phoenix. Speaking of activities. Just the other day I pulled out some ... http://www.christingom.com/2006/faster-than-a-speeding-bullet/ Chris is a walking password index. He can remember login information for virtually any site he has worked on in the past 5 years. His expertise lies in Ancient Egypt. Specifically he has amassed a wealth of knowledge about Ancient Egyptian Monarchies (just in case he's ever asked to be ... http://www.christingom.com/2006/the-superman-brand/