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Wahoo! I have two interviews to talk about my date idea book. The first one is this Friday at 4:30pm where I will be on KFOR Channel 4 for my first live TV interview. On camera interviews are nothing new to me, so I’m not nervous. On Friday I will also be delivering copies of the book to Full Circle Bookstore, I.V.C., and Put A Cork In It.

The next interview is Sunday night with Ryan Drake and Allan Pellegrin on No Fun Intended. I’ve hung out with them in the past when I filmed Ryan for a demo reel project. I’m looking forward to having fun with them and being apart of the show. They’re going to let me have some vodka during the show too.

For you tonight, I wrote this quick article about five simple things I’ve learned that helped in improving my life in some fashion.

On a Saturday night, I was pulled over by a police officer and was politely informed that my tag lights and a break light were out. This lead to a trip to the auto parts store. While I was there, I asked about headlight cleaning kits. The guy there said that he heard that toothpaste is great for cleaning lights. (If they can clean teeth, why not?) I bought a tube of toothpaste for $2.50 and the results are amazing. I used about half a tube on each light and scrubbed in circular motions for about fives minutes. I took the before (to the left) and after (to the right) pictures of my lights for science.

This is something personal that I’ve noticed. Whenever I exercise in the morning before work, I have more energy and I’m generally in a better mood throughout the day. It doesn’t take much either, even a few pushups and crunches, and then I’m good. Adding a multivitamin helps too.

I have the tendency to forget names. It happens to all of us. When I’m meeting people for Uncovering Oklahoma, I’ve found that when I ask for their name again right before I leave, I can remember it better. The trick is remembering to ask for it at the end.

I don’t smoke, but I do like to step outside for a few minutes to meditate. When everything is going wrong at work, I recommend stepping outside for a few minutes for a Fresh Air Break verus a smoke break. Breath, relax, and maybe meditate too. When I go back inside, my head is much clearer and I’m sure yours will be too.

Well, it does… So does money.

I am happy to announce that Uncovering Oklahoma’s 2013 Date Idea Book is now available! This edition has undergone some major changes as the book has leaped from digital to print. The 48 page book features suggestions for over 100 date ideas throughout the state of Oklahoma.

Some of the changes include:
– New vertical page layout for print
– Guthrie date ideas
– Moore date ideas
– Route 66 date ideas
– Medicine Park & Wichita Mountains
– Plus more ideas for Oklahoma City, Bricktown, Tulsa, Norman, and Elsewhere

The book went a slight name change from date “guide” to date “idea” because during my travels when telling people about the book, they thought it was a guide book on how to date, which is not the case. Although, it will make you more attractive and fun with the knowledge of such great date ideas.

Interested? Download this free 10 page sample featuring Oklahoma City.

The 2013 Date Idea Book is available to buy through online retailers such as Amazon and will be in local shops soon. Whether you need creative first date ideas or date night ideas for married couples, buy a copy of the 2013 edition for love and adventure all year round. It’s the perfect Valentine’s Day Gift and it’s great for birthdays and anniversaries too!

Some facts about the book: If it wasn’t for Leslie, I don’t think the book would be as awesome so a huge thanks to her! It took me an extra week just to get the formatting right so it could be printed. Another thanks to Jaclyn Cosgrove who wrote some articles for it on some places I’ve never heard of before.

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In 2012, I traveled over 2,221 miles for business. Most of those were for Uncovering Oklahoma and the date book. Another chuck was for the [Wild] Improv Challenge. For 2013, I may end up traveling even more for the show to reach the far corners of the state. The next edition of the date idea book won’t be out for a long time – either December or January 2014 – as in order to add more content, I’ll have to travel to more places outside of the Oklahoma City metro.

I’ve dug Ego’s Street Magic Show out from my archives.

Ego’s Street Magic Show was an on going interactive sprite comic series that was started in the SoaH City forums. Follow SoaH City’s Mayor who puts on a street magic where anything could go wrong or awesome. Not even the creator of the series knows what’s going to happen because people keep adding to the story! People have raved such comments as, “for the win,” “I actually lol’d,” and “this topic was great, we need more of these.” But why listen to what they’ve said when you can read it for yourself!

Although it’s a sprite comic, it’s in with the short stories.