That once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has come around yet again. The McRib from McDonalds, that lovely ‘pork meat product’ pressed into the shape of rib meat and slathered in barbecue sauce, is back. And I, being of sound mind and body, had to partake. Far be it from me to deliberate on […]
I have never been what you would call a ‘chubby guy’ and as such I have never had the pleasure of enjoying that ever popular American hobby: the weight loss diet. I have always been curious what would happen if I tried, what makes them so hard, and why does […]
Long have I dreamed of the days of giving up my car and subsisting on bicycle and mass transit alone for my transportation needs. When I moved to the Bay Area, my experience with transit in the area was through San Francisco; an American model of great (well, at least […]
Just like Communism, going for a run in the morning before work looks great on paper but works horribly in reality. You think, “Man, I can just get up a little early, get my run in, go into work a bit late (missing the morning rush hour) and stay a […]
I finally made my first visit to the lunch place in my office park, Specialtys, and it changed my expectations of what a lunch place should be. The key to their impressiveness is simply that they take the cashier out of the lunching process. It’s not so much that I hate […]
Well, I finally took the leap, became an adult, and registered my own domain. I welcome you to crupley.com! The intention right now is to just continue the blog along here (moved over from crupley.blogspot.com) and not really to change any of the functionality of it (sharing Chris-related news). I […]