Journaling of an overly curious makerhttps://lastcoolnameleft.com/en-ushttps://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2025/2025-lewisville-punkin-chunkin/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2025/2025-lewisville-punkin-chunkin/A Day of Flying Pumpkins and Flying Fun What do you get when you combine medieval siege engines, autumn gourds, and a beautiful lakeside setting? The 2025…Sun, 30 Nov 2025 23:55:34 GMTprojectengineeringprojectseventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2025/disco-kilt-a-journey-of-sparkles-leds-and-scottish-pride/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2025/disco-kilt-a-journey-of-sparkles-leds-and-scottish-pride/Build a wearable LED disco kilt for dancing, parties, and festivals. Complete guide to materials, LED wiring, sewing, and power management for mobile LED costumes.Thu, 16 Oct 2025 21:15:07 GMTprojectprojectsdancepersonaldragonconled wearablesdiynoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2023/gitops-for-presentations/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2023/gitops-for-presentations/Yes, I work for Microsoft. No, I do not like PowerPoint. Here’s my alternative with the source code which I’ll explain here. For a live example, check out…Fri, 04 Aug 2023 16:57:07 GMTengineeringdevopspresentationsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2023/managing-azure-subscription-quota-and-throttling-issues/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2023/managing-azure-subscription-quota-and-throttling-issues/As Azure customers and partners build bigger and more complex solutions in their subscriptions, you might hit quota and throttling issues. These can be…Wed, 21 Jun 2023 19:51:07 GMTengineeringazuredevopsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2022/aks-private-link-service-private-endpoint/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2022/aks-private-link-service-private-endpoint/This walkthrough shows how to setup a Private Link Service with an AKS cluster and create a Private Endpoint in a separate Vnet. While many tutorials…Fri, 11 Mar 2022 18:44:47 GMTengineeringazurekubernetesnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2021/when-how-and-where-to-use-clusterapi-capi-and-clusterapi-for-azure-capz/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2021/when-how-and-where-to-use-clusterapi-capi-and-clusterapi-for-azure-capz/This article explains why, when, and how to use self-managed Kubernetes clusters in Azure for testing custom scenarios. Kubernetes has gotten so large and…Mon, 16 Aug 2021 23:20:07 GMTengineeringazurekubernetesnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2020/how-i-built-a-super-cool-led-lanyard/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2020/how-i-built-a-super-cool-led-lanyard/DIY LED lanyard build using WS2812B strips and Raspberry Pi, with parts, power lessons, and assembly tips for wearable conference projects.Wed, 26 Feb 2020 21:41:56 GMTprojectengineeringprojectstravelled wearablesws2812braspberry pidiynoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2019/creating-a-dev-env-with-azure-functions-for-python/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2019/creating-a-dev-env-with-azure-functions-for-python/Azure Functions (one of the many Serverless Platforms inside Azure) allows you to use Python as your runtime environment. This is great; however, it…Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:08:28 GMTengineeringazuredevopsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2019/roboclippy-combining-20-years-of-internet-rage-into-an-adorable-package/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2019/roboclippy-combining-20-years-of-internet-rage-into-an-adorable-package/The internet’s a weird place. We already knew that, yet it keeps finding new ways to amaze me. Someone thought it would be a novel idea to incorporate…Thu, 04 Apr 2019 20:34:34 GMTprojectengineeringazurepresentationsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2019/ark-azure-kubernetes-service/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2019/ark-azure-kubernetes-service/As much as Cloud Providers tout their availability and uptime, disasters happen. It's inevitable. And it's usually up to you to be prepared. There are…Fri, 11 Jan 2019 21:41:31 GMTengineeringazurekubernetesnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2018/the-journey-to-kubernetes/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2018/the-journey-to-kubernetes/I created this article with the intent of explaining the migration journey from deploying a legacy application with manual steps to an automated…Wed, 25 Jul 2018 18:45:18 GMTengineeringkubernetescontainersnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2018/how-to-ssh-into-a-private-kubernetes-agent-node/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2018/how-to-ssh-into-a-private-kubernetes-agent-node/WARNING: SSH'ing into an agent node is an anti-pattern and should be avoided. However, we don't live in an ideal world, and sometimes we have to do the…Thu, 31 May 2018 16:38:01 GMTengineeringazurekubernetesnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2018/from-the-ashes/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2018/from-the-ashes/This week, I found myself in one of the most unique and challenging situations of my life. And now that it’s all over, I find myself in tears. Not…Sun, 04 Feb 2018 16:04:00 GMTprojectseventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2017/kubecon-cloudnativecon-take-me-to-the-river/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2017/kubecon-cloudnativecon-take-me-to-the-river/Emerging civilizations naturally gravitate towards beds of water. Growing up in lower Louisiana, the Mighty Mississippi was where my ancestry settled. It…Mon, 11 Dec 2017 02:53:59 GMTengineeringkubernetescontainersnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2017/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-containers/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2017/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-containers/I was recently invited to participate in the Microsoft Partner blog where I shared my love of containers. I'm especially passionate about container…Mon, 13 Nov 2017 22:55:22 GMTengineeringcontainersdevopsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2017/letsencrypt-on-azure-app-service-for-linux/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2017/letsencrypt-on-azure-app-service-for-linux/Azure App Service for Linux is a pretty neat offering from Azure. You get all of the DevOps features you want (A/B Testing, Hosted Application, Tiered…Mon, 14 Aug 2017 16:21:33 GMTengineeringazuredevopsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2017/fulfillment-of-a-childhood-dream/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2017/fulfillment-of-a-childhood-dream/Like most children of the 80's, I loved playing with LEGO. By mixing and matching bricks, you could physically manifest your imagination. My first LEGO…Sun, 23 Jul 2017 21:25:46 GMTengineeringazurehumornoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2017/build-2017/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2017/build-2017///build is a developer-centric conference Microsoft hosts every year. Since I never expected to work for Microsoft, I wasn't even aware of //build. So,…Sun, 14 May 2017 04:26:26 GMTengineeringazureeventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2017/tinkering-with-oracle-db-in-a-container/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2017/tinkering-with-oracle-db-in-a-container/TL;DR: Size matters. After Oracle's surprise announcement of their containerization of Oracle DB, Oracle WebLogic and a few of their other core…Fri, 28 Apr 2017 04:09:10 GMTengineeringcontainersprojectsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2017/dockercon-2017/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2017/dockercon-2017/After hearing about it for years, I was fortunate enough to attend DockerCon this time around. Since joining Microsoft as a Open Source Technical…Thu, 20 Apr 2017 19:41:07 GMTengineeringcontainerseventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2016/i-work-for-microsoft/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2016/i-work-for-microsoft/Laziness, Impatience, Hubris The great Larry Wall claims that these are the three great virtues of a great programmer. And I whole heartedly agree.…Tue, 06 Dec 2016 19:43:48 GMTengineeringazureprojectsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2014/reflections-in-the-mirror/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2014/reflections-in-the-mirror/I've decided to journal again, not because I need something else to do (Father, Husband, Principal Developer @ Yahoo, Scrum Master, President and Founder…Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:54:44 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2011/to-our-friends-family-and-those-in-between/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2011/to-our-friends-family-and-those-in-between/This is the time of year I electronically dust off the addresses of friends and acquaintances, old and new, and ask myself over a cup of hot chocolate,…Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:47:42 GMTtraveleventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2011/lego-star-destroyer-hanging/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2011/lego-star-destroyer-hanging/A long, long time ago, LEGO announced their new Collectors Star Destroyer. It was their largest set at the time and I being a long time LEGO maniac, I had…Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:28:57 GMTengineeringprojectsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2009/techno-geek-arama/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2009/techno-geek-arama/Jason, Neil and I were invited to speak at the PHP track for the Tulsa Tech Fest It made for a fun road trip as well as a really good lesson learned for…Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:07:11 GMTpresentationstravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2009/im-33/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2009/im-33/Do we get special presents for palindrome years? 32 was a good year. Got married, went to Jamaica, moved into a kickass position inside Yahoo!,…Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:55:02 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2009/mysql-scaling-and-me/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2009/mysql-scaling-and-me/Yesterday, I did something I do only about 2-3 times a year, but would like to do more. I lead a Tech Talk which went very well. It was a discussion on…Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:37:06 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2009/ummm/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2009/ummm/I don't have anything special to say. HAPPY NEW YEAR!Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:10:51 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2008/if-i-were-to-have-a-restaurant/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2008/if-i-were-to-have-a-restaurant/I attended a friend's Anniv. of the Repeal of Prohibition party on Friday. It was awesome with all of the costumes, libations, and even a secret password…Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:23:07 GMTeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2008/food-spirits-6/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2008/food-spirits-6/6 years is a long time to keep anything going. Especially an annual event. True, by the time the next year rolls around, you've forgotten how much work it…Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:26:01 GMTeventshumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2008/flash-drives/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2008/flash-drives/On Monday, for the first time ever, I bought a flash drive. Considering that I also still don't have a DVD burner, many of my friends could consider this…Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:46:57 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2008/yup/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2008/yup/Yes. I'm married. It happened. It's become obvious to me that a number of people still relate to me as my old party/bachelor-esque lifestyle. "I thought…Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:33:45 GMTeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2008/and-were-back/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2008/and-were-back/I truly have some of the most amazing friends. I don't know really know what I would have done without them. And now that I've discovered what they've…Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:02:07 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2008/still-got-it/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2008/still-got-it/For Kathy's Birthday, we went to see Eddie Izzard. I was concerned since I heard that he wasn't as funny outside of his original attire (read: In a…Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:32:40 GMThumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2008/wedding-site/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2008/wedding-site/The updates...they are a-flowing. I've created a Wedding Website to answer all of your questions.  Like when we actually decide on a date, color and…Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:44:11 GMTeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2008/bout-damn-time/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2008/bout-damn-time/No big hooplah. No major fanfare. Hell, it was about 3 weeks after it happened before I told anyone.  Most people still don't know. Katherine Denise…Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:35:05 GMThumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2008/im-a-survivor/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2008/im-a-survivor/Another company, another round of layoffs. And I'm still here. Regarding all of the speculation of getting bought out from MS, News Corp and who knows who…Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:02:47 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/happy-holidays/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/happy-holidays/and Me!Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:03:44 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/thats-my-car/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/thats-my-car/Here's a picture of my car, on Google Maps, behind the old Yahoo Building in Deep Ellum. Wheee! And for more wackiness: Drunk monkeys! I also want to…Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:29:16 GMThumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/in-spite-of-adversity/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/in-spite-of-adversity/They make movies about people fighting for what they believe in. There's usually some battle anthem with an emotional score and actors playing out well…Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:27:12 GMTpresentationsdancepersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/air-guitar-champ/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/air-guitar-champ/Air Guitar Champ Originally uploaded by Strange Muse Air Guitar Nation. Simply a beautiful movie about the spirit of humanity through the hidden bedroom…Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:40:45 GMTdanceeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/i-want-to-live-everywhere/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/i-want-to-live-everywhere/THAT bridge Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss Every time I come back from Denver, I rave about how I want to move there. After Germany, it was the same…Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:14:43 GMTdancetravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/no-pant-muse/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/no-pant-muse/It's dang near impossible to go two years of living without noticing some changes to your habits/lifestyle. Oddly enough, I realized one of these updates…Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:35:48 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/all-good-things/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/all-good-things/Today, I start my new job at Yahoo! I'm nervous. I'm excitied. I'm anxious. I'm happy. I'm scared. I want to make an impact. My biggest concern for…Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:25:05 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/of-good-times-friends-and-dances/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/of-good-times-friends-and-dances/Rollercoaster rides happen all the time in life. I've gotten to the point where I can see mine coming, so I have some time to either tense up, or throw my…Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:33:37 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/standards/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/standards/When you go outside your routine, you often expect to see new ways of doing things. However, when you embark on a journey to completely remove yourself…Thu, 17 May 2007 15:43:38 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/yea-stuttgart-i-made-it/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/yea-stuttgart-i-made-it/After traveling from country to country, mostly staying in the same location for only 1 night, it's amazing how peaceful familiarity can be. It doesn't…Wed, 16 May 2007 15:43:12 GMTdancetravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/sometimes-france-piss-me-off/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/sometimes-france-piss-me-off/If you want to see a beautiful city with centuries of culture and history, Paris is your place. Last night, Kathy and I went to see the Eiffel Tower at…Sat, 05 May 2007 15:42:39 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/losing-your-girlfriend/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/losing-your-girlfriend/As they say, breaking up is hard to do. But one thing that's worse than losing your significant other is losing your significant other in Paris.…Sat, 05 May 2007 15:41:50 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/italian-fatigue/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/italian-fatigue/Cinque Terra deserves all of the underground praise that it gets. It's 5 coastal cities, originally settled by monks, which provide stunning views of the…Tue, 01 May 2007 22:36:35 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/busted-dreams/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/busted-dreams/I love Legos. I've never stopped loving Legos. On the hypothetical deserted island, I'd have a crate full of Legos. In fact, it's pretty disappointing for…Tue, 01 May 2007 22:34:47 GMTprojectstravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/german-pigeonholes/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/german-pigeonholes/As you can imagine, Germans are quite concerned with their image. Their BMW and Mercedes-Benz are beautiful pieces of machinery that are known for their…Tue, 01 May 2007 22:30:18 GMTtraveleventshumornoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/hamburger-hotties/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/hamburger-hotties/I went to this fast food burger joint called Max. I only saw women behind the counter, and they were all gorgeous. The surreal thing was that it was…Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:10:36 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/now-i-dont-feel-as-bad-about-2-years/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/now-i-dont-feel-as-bad-about-2-years/In talking to the Sweed in my night sleeper, I found out some very interesting factoids about Swedish couplehood. We talked for a while and he mentioned…Sun, 22 Apr 2007 21:47:22 GMTeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/all-aboardthe-night-train/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/all-aboardthe-night-train/After spending the night with my newfound Dutch friend, Henk, I learned how perfect Ikea fits into the European home. Amsterdam is a beautiful and…Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:14:40 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/berlin-bug/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/berlin-bug/As is common with many exchanges, I walked out of it with a smile on my face and sick the day after. I was glad to get out of London, quick trip to Paris…Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:05:14 GMTdancetraveleventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/london-lindy-exchange/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/london-lindy-exchange/My second International Exchange has been a great adventure. Although, there are some differences which struck me as odd. One I wish I would have learned…Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:54:09 GMTdancetraveleventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/modesty/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/modesty/Even inside Europe, there seems to be different levels of modesty. Currently, I'm sharing a room with an English woman and a guy from Amsterdam, Hank.…Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:53:16 GMTtravelhumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/email-blog/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/email-blog/I've had a few people ask me what I thought about the different cultures. Here's a compilation of their questions/answers: --What do you see about…Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:33:52 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/the-man-european/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/the-man-european/Even though it can seem expensive, there's something to be said for the Eurorail Pass. Rick Steves calls it "Forced Luxury", as you can only get it in 1st…Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:43:44 GMTprojectspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/no-beer-for-me/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/no-beer-for-me/If 10 years of Texas hadn't converted me to a beer drinker, then I figured 2 weeks of Ireland and Scotland, would be my last shot. Nope. At least I got…Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:55:52 GMTdancetravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/my-mum-would-be-proud/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/my-mum-would-be-proud/On Easter Sunday, I visited not just 1 church, but 3 of them! She doesn't need to know about the pub afterwards, but I think she'd be more at ease with me…Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:14:08 GMTtravelhumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/blessed-sleep/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/blessed-sleep/Last night, I spent the night in the Staff Room as there were no more beds. This is a pretty disorganized hostel as the manager doesn't have a book and…Sat, 07 Apr 2007 11:54:34 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/those-crazy-frenchies/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/those-crazy-frenchies/I arrived in Glasgow (Still in Scotland) after finding a hostel w/ wireless Internet (Yea modern world!). The walk there proved to me that Scotland does…Fri, 06 Apr 2007 03:48:35 GMTdancetravelhumornoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/a-bit-o-catchup/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/a-bit-o-catchup/I've barely been here a week and already so much has happened. Good lord, this is not a boring adventure. (I never took a shower until the 5th day.) After…Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:09:33 GMTtraveleventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/highlands-of-scotland/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/highlands-of-scotland/Nothing brings people together like being confined in a small environment, all with the same goal. Korean, Russian, Romanian, Canadian, and even a Texan…Sun, 01 Apr 2007 04:21:38 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/edinburgh/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/edinburgh/Edinburgh is gorgeous. Although, a bit cold, even for this Coonass who likes it like that. Backpacking is an amazing experience where you get to learn a…Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:29:55 GMTtraveleventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/kamikaze-uk/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/kamikaze-uk/At some point, I'm sure I'll actually get to see Europe. But currently, it feels like I've done nothing but travelling. 8+ hours by plane to London, 8…Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:51:47 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/i-have-arrived/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/i-have-arrived/Airport Castle Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. I've made it to London! What's next? Dunno.Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:55:57 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/i-turned-31-the-other-day/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/i-turned-31-the-other-day/Kathy and Me Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. Traditional social standards tell me that I should have had a beautiful day in the park with my kids and…Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:49:52 GMTeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/mezzjelly-funk-soul-blues-and-good-times/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/mezzjelly-funk-soul-blues-and-good-times/Bring on the Funk Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. As a white guy, why do I love the Funk so much? Maybe it's because it's got a hard bass. Maybe…Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:37:40 GMTdanceeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/daim/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/daim/A Picture Share! Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. I bought it for the name. As in "DAIIIIM, girl. You lookin' hawt. He's gonna twist open the…Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:49:47 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/im-going/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2007/im-going/Europe in 2005 15.jpg Originally uploaded by goldmember@gmail.com. Ok, after years and years of telling myself that if I ever got laid off from Nortel, I…Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:58:41 GMTtraveleventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/punch-a-nun/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/punch-a-nun/How good can good food be? A question recently pondered by myself right after my recent Food and Spirits party. And I think I found the limit. After…Sun, 12 Nov 2006 02:48:27 GMTeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/a-picture-share/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/a-picture-share/A Picture Share! Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. Caution! Runaway Bikes Zone. -- From River Legacy Park in Arlington, TXSun, 27 Aug 2006 20:22:03 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/may-pole/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/may-pole/It worked! Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. What's May without a Pole Dance? What started out as a joke between Neighbor Dan and I about how we should…Tue, 09 May 2006 23:46:07 GMTdanceeventshumornoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/silent-hill/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/silent-hill/0020 Originally uploaded by JoJo4Art. Creepy freggin' movie! But good. But creepy. And a bit too much at two parts. You'll know if/when you get there.…Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:54:33 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/and-thats-how-i-want-to-rent-dvds/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/and-thats-how-i-want-to-rent-dvds/Leon (Good Movie) Originally uploaded by notequal. From a Kiosk in a Grocery store where I pay Per DVD/Per Day. $1.08, please. (Jarhead was great.) And…Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:44:51 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/30-in-binary/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/30-in-binary/30 in binary Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. "What's it like turning 30?" "I was giddy for most of the day. I was just unconditionally happy through…Mon, 03 Apr 2006 07:05:18 GMTeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/tagxored/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/tagxored/tag, tag, tag, tag, tag, and tag Originally uploaded by mjutabor. Matty got me. Four jobs I've had Popeyes (cook, cashier, fluffer) Shrimp Boat helper…Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:44:26 GMTdancetravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/pdx-not-just-an-airport-code/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/pdx-not-just-an-airport-code/I wouldn't know what to do either Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. I've never seen a city so involved with it's airport code. Not that I know which came…Thu, 09 Mar 2006 09:26:41 GMTdancepersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/25-boobies/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/25-boobies/3rd boobie Originally uploaded by Malingering. Definitely not awesome. On my way to pickup a space heater AFTER winter finally hit us (Yea Winter!), I…Tue, 21 Feb 2006 05:34:06 GMThumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/c-is-for-carbon-dating-good-enough-for-me/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/c-is-for-carbon-dating-good-enough-for-me/blaukraut bleibt blaukraut Originally uploaded by mjutabor. I got the following email from Kathy today. I would say that I'm scared, but it was recently…Fri, 03 Feb 2006 07:27:28 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/stop-procrastinating-tomorrow/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/stop-procrastinating-tomorrow/today's fortune Originally uploaded by lil aNNa. The title is a fortune that G claims he got. I would fight him, but I one time got one with nothing in…Tue, 31 Jan 2006 06:27:08 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/growing-vs-falling/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/growing-vs-falling/Summit Plummet Originally uploaded by bobscrazyblog. Not out of resolutions, but more out of revolutions, I've noticed changes in myself. All seem to be…Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:07:59 GMTeventshumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/katrina-that-bitch/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2006/katrina-that-bitch/Gone Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. We always view national tragedies in horror, but it rarely sinks in how gruesome they are until we see them…Fri, 06 Jan 2006 01:02:52 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/some-coonass-is-gonna-get-the-boot/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/some-coonass-is-gonna-get-the-boot/Utterly Texan Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. But not in a "Survivor" way. They're actually going to get this boot. Kathy helped pick out this ... this…Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:02:20 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/mike-theres-a-cat-in-the-garage-dont-run-over-it/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/mike-theres-a-cat-in-the-garage-dont-run-over-it/1 Day Cat Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. While on a complete high from watching Doom in all of it's B-movie goodness, there was a freezing, yet…Wed, 14 Dec 2005 03:57:41 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/strip-white-elephant-party/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/strip-white-elephant-party/mensshirtL2 Originally uploaded by jen-rocks.com. So, I'm chatting away with Miss Sam, of Weyandt's affection, and discussing a possible X-mas party.…Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:11:10 GMTeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/turkey-in-a-bag-babye/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/turkey-in-a-bag-babye/Turkey in a Bag, babye! Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. I made a turkey in a paper bag that was so juicy that it de-winged itself upon removal.…Tue, 29 Nov 2005 06:03:34 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/random-people-incidents/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/random-people-incidents/Tis the season, yo. It's time where we all get jollified and make conversations with strangers. In the past 24 hours, I've had two that just made my day:…Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:25:38 GMThumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/i-binge-and-purge/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/i-binge-and-purge/Chicken Elmo Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. So, I successfully completed my "Stick it to the Man" Tour with a buttload of pictures and some new…Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:05:47 GMTdanceeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/sittmt-boston-babye/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/sittmt-boston-babye/Boston Chowda Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. After a long train ride, it's always great to be greated by a welcoming female. Who's hot. And a redhead.…Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:31:50 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/stick-to-to-the-man-tour-day-5-6-chicago-toronto-new-york-boston/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/stick-to-to-the-man-tour-day-5-6-chicago-toronto-new-york-boston/Chris Sleeping Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. Canada. That Maple Leaf place. America's Attic. (You don't go up there very often, but when you do,…Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:17:58 GMTdancetravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/stick-it-to-the-man-tour-day-3-4/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/stick-it-to-the-man-tour-day-3-4/Sears CN Tower Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. After a much needed rest and some good work put in, I finally got the full "Stupid Lack of Parking…Mon, 15 Aug 2005 14:14:37 GMTprojectsdanceeventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/stick-it-to-the-man-tour-day-3-stl-chicago/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/stick-it-to-the-man-tour-day-3-stl-chicago/Dressed up Chopper Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. Escaped St. Louis w/o much incident. (I had no idea that STL had the "Bowling Museum" Crazy.) Made…Sat, 13 Aug 2005 05:50:48 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/stick-it-to-the-man-tour-day-2-tulsa-stl/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/stick-it-to-the-man-tour-day-2-tulsa-stl/Car-Fi Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. After MUCH delays and suffering from an overdose of Orange Cone-age, we finally made it to St. Louis where I got…Sat, 13 Aug 2005 05:49:15 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/stick-it-to-the-man-tour-day-1-dallas-tulsa/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/stick-it-to-the-man-tour-day-1-dallas-tulsa/Kum and go Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. Got to Tulsa. Highways here look like my kindergarden drawings. Hwy 75 turns to 69 then to Indian Turnpike…Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:04:36 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/stick-it-to-the-man-tour/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/stick-it-to-the-man-tour/eve Originally uploaded by rebekka. I was recently VERY annoyed by the process which I had to go to get the VPN software for my new iBook to let me into…Tue, 09 Aug 2005 09:40:36 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/2222/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/2222/We're so white! Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. Ok, so I knew my car was cool. I mean, it's a Mini Cooper. Decent gas milage, a stylish look, and "A…Fri, 29 Jul 2005 08:30:27 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/his-name-be-borat/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/his-name-be-borat/iBorat Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. And he likes the Sexy time. My 3 foot LEGO Star Destroyer met it's match yesterday as it fell from on top of the…Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:58:21 GMTprojectspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/a-friendly-game-of-chess/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/a-friendly-game-of-chess/a friendly game of chess Originally uploaded by Optimus Prime. Shot Glasses for Chess Pieces...What a brilliant idea! And for extra craziness, what if…Fri, 08 Jul 2005 20:44:23 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/attack-of-the-50-mm-ipod/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/attack-of-the-50-mm-ipod/iPody Dude. Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. BIG UPS! to Ruby for accessorizing one of my favorite toys. 9 Guests last weekend, half of which I never…Sat, 02 Jul 2005 22:42:43 GMTengineeringcontainerseventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/pagooooooooo/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/pagooooooooo/PAGOOOOOOOOO!!! Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. Conversation while picking up the Mini between Jeff (sales manager/old swing dance instructor) and I:…Wed, 01 Jun 2005 20:52:20 GMTdancepersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/whoomp/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/whoomp/stretch Originally uploaded by lounytoon. is the sound that the Universe makes when it bends to my will. And I think that I've been having that one track…Fri, 27 May 2005 05:35:08 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/my-garbage-can-overflow-ith/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/my-garbage-can-overflow-ith/New York Sanitation ;)- Originally uploaded by khoogheem. ...but I sure didn't do it. And my neighbor's can was pretty empty. So, now I'm suspicious about…Fri, 20 May 2005 16:06:02 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/head-and-shoulders-for-potential-roommates/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/head-and-shoulders-for-potential-roommates/"Coast is clear - go for it!" Originally uploaded by BombDog. To help stop flaking. Like calling at 1:30PM when you're supposed to move in at 2PM to bail.…Tue, 03 May 2005 06:56:27 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/jazz-fest-babye/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/jazz-fest-babye/Jazz Fest Logo Thingamabob Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. Road trips are funny things. You never know what's going to happen or where the…Thu, 28 Apr 2005 04:57:34 GMTeventshumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/cheap-thrills/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/cheap-thrills/Blurry Blues Originally uploaded by SnoopyKiss. Some day, I'm actually going to go to St. Louis and check out the city instead of Blues dancing till 4AM.…Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:24:53 GMTdancepersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/i-want-my-mini/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/i-want-my-mini/My finances can be best described as: Feast or Famine. Frugal. Frugal. Frugal. SPLURGGGGEEE!!! Such as this past week where I've been living off of…Fri, 08 Apr 2005 23:14:36 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/it-happened-again/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/it-happened-again/I'm starting to wonder if guys have just started taking multi-tasking (peeing and giving directions) to a whole new level. I'll keep my those actions…Fri, 01 Apr 2005 02:25:17 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/urinal-noise/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/urinal-noise/Coming from a guy who has a national reputation for licking people, one can imagine that it would take something fierce to really gross me out. I also…Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:03:55 GMThumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/single-but-not-alone/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/single-but-not-alone/After going through enough 100+ people parties, there comes a time where one realizes that there is a core group of people who are not just your party…Thu, 24 Mar 2005 01:13:43 GMTdanceeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/care-to-imply-a-game/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/care-to-imply-a-game/Session Start (discostu2000@hotmail.com:Leigh): Wed Mar 16 14:58:21 2005 Leigh: "I put my hand up on your hip and when I dip you dip we dip" Tommy: "I get…Thu, 17 Mar 2005 01:04:26 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/death-of-electronics/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/death-of-electronics/Strange things are afoot at Chez Falgout. It started off with my web server eating through 3 different power supplies in 4 days before I gave up and…Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:50:42 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/vegas-expectations/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/vegas-expectations/I love it when my expectations of things get thrown away and then replaced by even mo'betta things. Like going to see the Stratosphere in Las Vegas.…Fri, 11 Mar 2005 06:02:20 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/1-new-year-2-instructors-8-peeps-537-meters/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/1-new-year-2-instructors-8-peeps-537-meters/In the persistent quest to better my dancing ability and fix my Overly Caucasion Syndrome, I attended the Paul and Sharon workshop this weekend. I picked…Tue, 01 Mar 2005 08:29:30 GMTdancepersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/fluffy-bunny/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/fluffy-bunny/7 Marshmellows. 1 Mouth. 6 Fluffy Bunnies. All that with an interesting movie, friends, and hot tub popcorn makes a Tommy happy. Yarr! --Snoopykiss. The…Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:30:22 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/toss-your-own-ferret/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/toss-your-own-ferret/So, this weekend, I felt like disappearing and since I had a friend in Tulsa who was celebrating his B-day, I knew my destiny. 4 hours and one speeding…Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:33:28 GMThumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/21-and-gay/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/21-and-gay/Have I stressed enough how much I love my friends? My very diverse set of friends. Well, at least as diverse one can be while living in a city pretty much…Sun, 06 Feb 2005 09:36:19 GMTeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/i-know-kung-fu/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/i-know-kung-fu/Ok, not yet, but I'm getting there. I signed up at Master Lee's White Leopard School where they teach Kung Fu and Tai Chi. And I'll have to admit, I'm a…Fri, 04 Feb 2005 00:35:14 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/lindy-grasnow-with-parental-units/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/lindy-grasnow-with-parental-units/Of course, thanks for everyone who helped organize this wonderous event. It kicked much arse! Unforunately, I had too much fun and my body's making me pay…Fri, 28 Jan 2005 02:27:36 GMTdanceeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/still-havent-found-what-im-looking-for/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2005/still-havent-found-what-im-looking-for/My life always seems to play itself out in themes. The current theme seem to be "Recovery." Unfortunately, my week long excursion with the Lovely Miss Aya…Wed, 12 Jan 2005 04:35:28 GMThumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/how-not-to-spend-x-mas/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/how-not-to-spend-x-mas/I questioned whether I should go home to Cut Off this year. I'm allergic to my hometown (all the mold and mildew of the swamps). I don't keep in touch…Mon, 27 Dec 2004 07:05:58 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/things-you-learn-when-you-travel/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/things-you-learn-when-you-travel/Blurting out "Speaking of Jesus" is quite an effective way to transistion between two completely unrelated subjects. If ever there is a position which…Tue, 21 Dec 2004 06:28:56 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/turning-a-new-tree/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/turning-a-new-tree/Greetings Tommy-party enthusiasts, Over the years, I've thrown countless parties, all with amazingly great success. And I owe that to my friends, my…Sat, 04 Dec 2004 19:42:56 GMTeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/i-got-game/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/i-got-game/After a devastating blow to the ego, my mind will often wonder off into the dark land of depression and solidute, wondering if I'm doomed to have all of…Sat, 04 Dec 2004 19:00:18 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/once-times-twice-times-five-times/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/once-times-twice-times-five-times/For the longest time, I waited for the world to change, so that I could be happier. I knew that I wasn't happy where I was at, and my frustration was…Tue, 30 Nov 2004 05:00:11 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/deep-thoughts-by-tommy-falgout/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/deep-thoughts-by-tommy-falgout/After discovering some recently upsetting news, I asked two friends for some advice and counseling. I went into the conversation with much anger,…Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:34:34 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/mrrreee-of-the-dead/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/mrrreee-of-the-dead/After a 3-4 week Movie Night hiatus, we started the holiday season off right with Amityville last week and then Dawn of the Dead this week. This post is…Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:33:39 GMTprojectspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/exchangesi-think-theyre-healthy/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/exchangesi-think-theyre-healthy/Long time...no post. Yeah. I know. This is me being concerned. So, when life seems to hit you all at once, what do you do? Take a weekend vacation to…Tue, 05 Oct 2004 08:38:11 GMTprojectsdancepersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/of-fat-fingering-ipods-and-snarfing-sushi/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/of-fat-fingering-ipods-and-snarfing-sushi/Within the last 6 hours of my stint in Portland, I'm in the back seat of Barb's (who must have cast some type of spell on my Lee to make him so smitten by…Sun, 29 Aug 2004 04:41:04 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/http-referers/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/http-referers/Aside from finding out how much traffic I actually get on this side, one of my favorite things to do is see how people discover this site. This is done by…Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:34:42 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/midgets-and-siblings-and-portland-oh-my/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/midgets-and-siblings-and-portland-oh-my/Pop: Portland. Yup, that's where I'm at right now. You steal my best friend long enough, I'm bound to fly up there and visit him. While waiting for my…Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:07:36 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/so-like-wanna-go-to-prom/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/so-like-wanna-go-to-prom/High school. 4 tortureous years, drenched in loneliness, angst and depression. Something I never wish to repeat. Amidst the teenage awkwardness, there's…Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:19:22 GMTdancepersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/tommys-marriage-service/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/tommys-marriage-service/It's always great to learn something about yourself. Especially when it deals with your impact on other people. I just had a theory of mine soundly…Sat, 12 Jun 2004 19:17:50 GMTdanceeventshumornoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/w00-and-yea/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/w00-and-yea/It had been a while since my last Exchange, so when it came time for Tulsa's, I knew that I had to be there. I also brought along Lee and Miss Heather who…Fri, 28 May 2004 07:53:34 GMTdanceeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/ok-now-its-funny/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/ok-now-its-funny/The weekend that kept getting wackier still lives! It started with seeing an X and getting insanely jealous. That was later calmed down by attending The…Thu, 06 May 2004 09:50:34 GMTeventshumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/itunes-from-god-to-gastly-in-1-hour/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/itunes-from-god-to-gastly-in-1-hour/Since I still hadn't conquered my blues, I thought, "Hey! Maybe if I buy stuff, I'll feel better." I've heard women do that, so I decided to try it out…Thu, 29 Apr 2004 09:15:37 GMTdancepersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/defensivedrinkingcom/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/defensivedrinkingcom/The process for getting the absurd speeding ticket (65 on the Tollway) has been stretched out to the point where if these were gym shorts, they would no…Tue, 27 Apr 2004 07:58:30 GMThumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/would-you-like-an-apple-pie-with-that/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/would-you-like-an-apple-pie-with-that/I've got so many great taglines to use in my jorunals, but so little content. This latest one sparked my imagination after a fairly reenactment of this…Tue, 20 Apr 2004 02:16:43 GMTdanceeventshumornoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/the-best-exchange-eva/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/the-best-exchange-eva/Another month, another exchange. (Although that ratio is a lot lower this year.) I've made many decisions in my now 28 years of life. Some have brought me…Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:03:56 GMTdanceeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/2nd-annual-food-and-spirits-party/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/2nd-annual-food-and-spirits-party/Yet another weekend proving that I have the coolest friends this side of the universe. About 100+ people stopped by my house this Saturday to check out…Tue, 16 Mar 2004 21:18:30 GMTdanceeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/fat-lindy-lindy-gras/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/fat-lindy-lindy-gras/I wish I had more to say about Lindy Gras right now, but it's pretty late in the night (or early in the morning) and after postponing this post for so…Fri, 20 Feb 2004 10:01:19 GMTdanceeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/im-popular/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/im-popular/I went through my site stats today and found something amazing. I had 140K+ hits to my site last year. January's not even over and I'm almost at 10K hits,…Wed, 28 Jan 2004 08:01:10 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/okie-smakka/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/okie-smakka/Another weekend, another party. This time, it was a bit more personal focused, than an all out, Crazy Go Nutz time. Some Okies thought that they could…Wed, 28 Jan 2004 07:59:59 GMTdanceeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/happy-w00t-year/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2004/happy-w00t-year/Last year, I resolved to: "Not make any New Years Resolutions." I'm not sure if I either totally succeeded, or completely failed. So, this year, I decided…Tue, 13 Jan 2004 07:49:22 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/i-threw-a-party/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/i-threw-a-party/Wacky antics ensued. I want to shout out to a few people who helped make this last party such a huge success: DJ FU! Who kept the tunes raging and the…Mon, 22 Dec 2003 09:18:53 GMTeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/i-miss-not-having-a-life/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/i-miss-not-having-a-life/So many great games out there. So little time to play. Lee tells me about Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and how great it is, how I should play…Tue, 16 Dec 2003 04:44:33 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/thats-me-in-the-closet/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/thats-me-in-the-closet/Too many things have happened since I've last posted for me to describe in any great length, so here's the 5 minute ramblings: Most of the Falgout Family…Fri, 12 Dec 2003 07:04:42 GMTdancetraveleventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/when-w00t-goes-wrong/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/when-w00t-goes-wrong/One of my small pleasures in life is the art of subtle humor. My friend Matt Mussleman is the supreme king of such humor. I, on the other hand, tend to…Thu, 20 Nov 2003 06:04:13 GMThumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/my-resolve-has-failed/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/my-resolve-has-failed/On many different levels. One of which was that I didn't even notice that my site's been down for quite some time because my ISP (Comcast) changed my IP…Sun, 09 Nov 2003 21:31:23 GMTdanceeventshumornoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/the-auction-party/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/the-auction-party/At one of my last parties, I realized that I had thrown enough parties designed to get wild and meet lots of cool people. I wanted to do something new.…Mon, 06 Oct 2003 08:24:12 GMTdanceeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/stlbx-2003-dance-till-youre-blue-in-the/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/stlbx-2003-dance-till-youre-blue-in-the/Apparently, it was that time of the month for me. I was a bit late; however, that was ok; because I was able to resolve some personal issues since the…Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:21:00 GMTpresentationsdanceeventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/hey-thats-my-uncle/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/hey-thats-my-uncle/http://www.msnbc.com/news/967824.asp?0cl=c3&cp1=1 Imagine my shock when I got a short message from my mom with the above link asking me to check it out…Sat, 20 Sep 2003 20:50:48 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/marylandwash-dc-it-aint-dallas/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/marylandwash-dc-it-aint-dallas/After taking enough trips for dancing/swing related events, I decided to do something completely different: Accept an invitation to go to Baltimore/Wash.…Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:57:33 GMTengineeringdanceeventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/kerrville-why-would-i-want-to-go-there/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/kerrville-why-would-i-want-to-go-there/A while back, my good frirend Teel told me about this place called Kerrville. Being somewhat perceptive, I noticed that Teel seemed to like this place a…Thu, 04 Sep 2003 17:07:01 GMTeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/some-ramblings/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/some-ramblings/While I was at Kerrville, I did some pondering. And some stream of consciousness work. It's amazing what will come out of your head at 5AM. These are the…Thu, 04 Sep 2003 04:49:49 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/not-one-of-those-water-off-a-ducks-back-qualities/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/not-one-of-those-water-off-a-ducks-back-qualities/There are those things that you can shake off, given enough time and perseverance. They're usually things pertaining to your ego, identity or self-esteem.…Thu, 28 Aug 2003 07:46:51 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/its-not-even-2am-yet/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/its-not-even-2am-yet/Ok, I'm upset. Pissed. Fuming. Raging. Why you ask? Because I just dropped and screwed up one of the most expensive pieces of equipment I have here at my…Fri, 22 Aug 2003 08:36:51 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/they-cant-say-that-on-television/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/they-cant-say-that-on-television/Oh yeah..I forgot some of the quotes that I either overheard or instigated during the exchange: "Let the a$ slapping begin!" Our waitress at Minnies -…Fri, 15 Aug 2003 00:15:08 GMTdanceeventshumornoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/a-delicate-combination-of-fast-music-blues-and-all-out-insanity/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/a-delicate-combination-of-fast-music-blues-and-all-out-insanity/As Seattle has been one of the most talked about Lindy Exchanges out there, I pondered...who am I to pass up such a great opportunity such as this?…Thu, 14 Aug 2003 09:34:44 GMTdancetraveleventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/outagebad-seattle-exchangegood-obey-my-dog/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/outagebad-seattle-exchangegood-obey-my-dog/As some might have noticed, my site has been down for a while. This seems to happen right after exchanges. Which is, of course, the worst time for it to…Tue, 12 Aug 2003 23:04:44 GMTdanceeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/the-avalanches/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/the-avalanches/Earlier this week, I found out that one of my favorite bands, "The Avalances" was playing at the Red Jacket on Friday. "Oh my Gosh! I've gotta get all my…Mon, 11 Aug 2003 02:26:49 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/jeromys-gettin-married/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/jeromys-gettin-married/I've always known that I'm surrounded by some of the greatest people on Earth. I think that God has blessed me in many ways by providing me with friends…Tue, 05 Aug 2003 02:26:07 GMTeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/joseph-and-the-technicolor-strangeheart-colored-coat-amazing/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/joseph-and-the-technicolor-strangeheart-colored-coat-amazing/Sometimes, there are those days where the World just seems to come at you with no rhyme or reason and you have no idea why. Well, this wasn’t one of those…Sat, 02 Aug 2003 22:36:55 GMThumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/if-it-makes-you-happy/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/if-it-makes-you-happy/Thankfully, there's lots of things in this world that makes me happy. One of which is helping Lee to update his site so that it has all of the articles…Sat, 02 Aug 2003 01:42:11 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/vle-2003-hey-it-rhymes/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/vle-2003-hey-it-rhymes/Some hobbies are expensive. Some cheap. Others, like swing dancing are cheap, but if you really want to go crazy with it, they can get really expensive.…Fri, 18 Jul 2003 07:34:58 GMTdancetraveleventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/any-party-that-lasts-20-hours-is-a-good-party/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/any-party-that-lasts-20-hours-is-a-good-party/You know, I really wish that I could say that I had full control of the God and Goddess party yesterday, but I'll have to admit...there was no holding it…Mon, 07 Jul 2003 07:16:49 GMTeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/restplease/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/restplease/They say that God/life will never throw anything at you more than what you can handle. I agree to that; however, in this past week, I think that I’ve…Thu, 12 Jun 2003 04:19:36 GMTdanceeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/5-years-already/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/5-years-already/Didn't I move to Dallas just a few weeks ago?Didn't I start working for Nortel the day after that? Didn't I just buy my house?! Then what the heck is this…Wed, 28 May 2003 08:37:51 GMTdancetraveleventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/lots-o-stuff/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/lots-o-stuff/So, I've realized that I haven't posted here in a while, and I think that's because I usually spend a lot of time working on getting all sorts of links in…Mon, 05 May 2003 09:02:22 GMTdanceeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/best-quotes-updated-22704/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/best-quotes-updated-22704/My friends say the darndest things. Thankfully, I usually have enough sense to capture them down and the put them on the internet. Now the latest quotes…Mon, 14 Apr 2003 01:58:45 GMTprojectsdanceeventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/coincidence/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/coincidence/WARNING: This post links to some pretty graphic stuff. Don't say I didn't warn you. A while back, a friend of mine, Matt Musselman told an interesting…Wed, 09 Apr 2003 07:19:44 GMThumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/lots-happening-just-not-posting/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/lots-happening-just-not-posting/Bonsoir tout la monde, A heck of a lot has been going on since last I posted. US has gone into war, Melissa and I took a vacation around Texas, my B-day,…Fri, 28 Mar 2003 07:52:06 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/food-and-spirits-party/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/food-and-spirits-party/Being from Louisiana, food is a major topic of conversation with me and my friends, and I constantly hear, "You know, I make the best " Well, I gave those…Tue, 25 Feb 2003 08:53:24 GMTdanceeventshumornoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/lindy-gras-2003-this-aint-your-average-exchange/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/lindy-gras-2003-this-aint-your-average-exchange/Now that I have been exposed to the deep, dark underground that is Swing Exchanges, I will admit that I have become addicted. On Feb 14-17th, I danced and…Wed, 19 Feb 2003 09:58:35 GMTdancetraveleventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/lindy-gras-a-cometh/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/lindy-gras-a-cometh/For those still not aware of my new habit of going to Lindy Exchanges, get used to me mentioning them. I should be hitting quite a few this year. The…Fri, 14 Feb 2003 06:27:01 GMTdancetraveleventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/no-shit-shit/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/no-shit-shit/The above conversation was an excerpt from a conversation I had with a drunk kid one recent Sunday morning when I told him that I told him I graduated…Sat, 08 Feb 2003 01:58:28 GMThumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/good-bad-movies/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/good-bad-movies/One of the traits I feel I'm blessed with is the ability to laugh as most any situation. This comes especially in handy with bad movies. I'm not talking…Sat, 04 Jan 2003 23:06:09 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/so-far-so-good/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2003/so-far-so-good/New Years are always interesting times. Finding out that Dick Clark is still alive, people are coming off of the X-mas hussle and bussle, there are more…Fri, 03 Jan 2003 08:04:25 GMTdancetravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/make-it-stopmake-it-stop/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/make-it-stopmake-it-stop/Going to visit the family is, of course, always a pleasant thing to do. Have home cooking from mom, chat about the future with dad, kid around with…Sat, 28 Dec 2002 06:48:22 GMTdanceeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/merry-christmas/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/merry-christmas/Normally if I don't write anything in a while, it's been because not much has happened; however, it's been quite the opposite as of lately. About a month…Thu, 26 Dec 2002 07:09:44 GMTdanceeventshumornoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/an-interesting-night-dancing/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/an-interesting-night-dancing/As of yesterday, it had been way too long since I had been dancing. And I was itching to change that. SO! I donned my new chapeau, which I picked up at…Fri, 06 Dec 2002 09:23:18 GMThumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/what-im-thankful-for/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/what-im-thankful-for/I realized that I am not only surrounded by some of the greatest people on Earth, but those people are also great cooks. This attribute comes in quite…Sat, 30 Nov 2002 00:22:52 GMTeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/falgout-family-food-festival/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/falgout-family-food-festival/Every so often, my parents realize come to visit me in Dallas. And every so often, my place gets cleaned like it never has been before...my laundry is…Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:31:01 GMTtraveleventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/movie-night-updated-111603/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/movie-night-updated-111603/On Sunday, May 26, my life changed. I found out that I was not whole and complete because I had missed out on a major part of American culture: Movies.…Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:50:22 GMTdanceeventshumornoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/saturn-adventures/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/saturn-adventures/As many of you know, I own a Saturn Sports car, and love it profusely. I've been through a lot with it, and still hold it, like all things I care for,…Tue, 19 Nov 2002 08:47:08 GMTdancepersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/a-few-of-my-favorite-things/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/a-few-of-my-favorite-things/Jean Reno and Luc Besson. You put these two guys together and you know only good will come of it. The latest installment of their blessing to the rest of…Sat, 16 Nov 2002 09:53:30 GMTtraveleventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/a-new-level-of-manhood/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/a-new-level-of-manhood/Grr...I was almost finished writing this post and I accidently hit the back button and lost all of my work. Grrrrr.... Anyway, I was in the middle of…Tue, 12 Nov 2002 09:00:13 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/new-lady-in-my-life-and-8-mile/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/new-lady-in-my-life-and-8-mile/In the past 10+ days, I've had quite a few things open up for me. One of which was the meeting and dating of Miss Melanie Rusk. Raised in Midland, Texas,…Mon, 11 Nov 2002 09:30:34 GMTdanceeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/studio-54-partytotal-success/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/studio-54-partytotal-success/I'll write about the amazing Halloween event later, but I've gotta get the Studio 54 party out on paper (be it electronic, or whatnot) while it's still…Sun, 03 Nov 2002 12:17:58 GMTeventshumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/those-special-words-that-mean-so-much/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/those-special-words-that-mean-so-much/In this society of uncertainty and insecurity of ones future, there are always those little things that managers can say to you that have you realize that…Wed, 30 Oct 2002 09:57:28 GMTprojectstraveleventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/will-you-be-my-ho-tonight/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/will-you-be-my-ho-tonight/First off, the title is the beginning of a very interesting story that goes against everything mom brought me up learning. It started off with me going…Sun, 27 Oct 2002 11:31:29 GMTdancetraveleventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/leftover-party/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/leftover-party/A good friend of mine, Amanda, and I heard of a really interesting idea. It's called a Leftover Party. The name's not too appealing, but the idea is…Fri, 25 Oct 2002 07:33:32 GMTeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/countdown-to-hallowween/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/countdown-to-hallowween/Many years ago, some friends of mine and I created a monster. This monster has become known throughout the globe as Disco Stu. Disco Stu, some say, is my…Thu, 24 Oct 2002 03:27:08 GMTtraveleventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/hanger-dance-and-fox-and-co-party/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/hanger-dance-and-fox-and-co-party/My evening consisted to two totally awesome parties on completely different ends of the spectrum. I started at the Fox and Co Investment party, where I…Tue, 22 Oct 2002 09:42:03 GMTdanceeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/the-transporter/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/the-transporter/If you're already seen any of his movies, (5th Element, The Messenger, The Professional, Le Femme Nikita), then hopefully you already know this. However,…Fri, 18 Oct 2002 00:47:48 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/goodbad-influences/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/goodbad-influences/You know how there are those good influences in your life? And those bad influences on you? And then there's those "Good Bad" influences. Well, my friend…Mon, 09 Sep 2002 02:29:40 GMTeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/my-car-toga-party/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/my-car-toga-party/So many events...so little time that it happened in...I'll try to be as brief as possible, but good Gaud!...So much happened. It started off with a…Mon, 26 Aug 2002 02:28:55 GMTtraveleventshumornoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/dating/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/dating/It's been a while since I've updated this place. Not much has happened, except for an occasional date. Which brings me up to an topic: Dating... Growing…Sun, 25 Aug 2002 02:27:37 GMTprojectseventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/the-snoopy-kiss/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/the-snoopy-kiss/Ever had one of those days where everything went your way? Where you were on top of the world? It seemed like for 24 hours, your guardian angel was the…Mon, 22 Jul 2002 02:25:14 GMTdanceeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/god-bless-technology/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/god-bless-technology/I keep telling people that I haven't been up to much lately; however, as I've just finished writing an email to a good old friend of mine, Tino Dai, I…Tue, 16 Jul 2002 02:23:51 GMTprojectspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/the-perfect-joke/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/the-perfect-joke/Ever have one of those moments where people present you with the perfect setup for the perfect joke and you deliver the perfect punchline flawlessly which…Sun, 09 Jun 2002 02:22:27 GMThumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/squid-attack/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/squid-attack/So, it's been a while since I've played a prank on anyone, and tonight was the night to make up for the lost time. Matt Mussleman (No really, that's his…Sun, 26 May 2002 02:21:39 GMTeventshumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/speak-of-the-devil/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/speak-of-the-devil/Sometimes, I wish that this "journal" wasn't online for everyone to see. And I also know that if I really wanted to, that I could have a separate online…Sat, 30 Mar 2002 02:20:45 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/more-b-day/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/more-b-day/I don't have a really smashing opening for this entry, so I'll just say this. I had an AMAZING time for my birth-weekend. It started out with a pub crawl…Mon, 25 Mar 2002 02:19:33 GMTeventshumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/birthdays/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/birthdays/Birthdays. You get one once a year. And after a while, you get numb to them, and I've heard that at some point, you actually start dreading them.…Sun, 10 Mar 2002 02:14:02 GMTeventspersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/marys-married/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/marys-married/You can find my picture album for this, here. The prize winning photograph. Yesterday, along with about 70 other people, I witnessed the marriage of…Mon, 04 Mar 2002 02:11:52 GMTdancetraveleventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/better-sunday-things/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/better-sunday-things/Yes, there are things to do on Sunday, but they always seem really boring for me. Have you ever noticed that as much as you want to get your butt out of…Tue, 26 Feb 2002 02:10:35 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/v-day/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2002/v-day/Much Love, everyone...much love.Fri, 15 Feb 2002 02:09:42 GMTpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/pics-of-london/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/pics-of-london/The pictures from London , some exporation of the nightlight of Paris with dad (including the Moulin Rouge) and Interlaken w/Bern are now up! Story coming…Tue, 11 Dec 2001 02:07:01 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/interlaken-part-2/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/interlaken-part-2/NOTE: Pictures are not up yet. Check back in a few days. That's also why the entry is short, because I use the pictures to remember what I've done. My dad…Tue, 04 Dec 2001 02:06:11 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/another-coonass-in-paris/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/another-coonass-in-paris/Today, miracles of miracles, M. Barney "I don't need to travel." Falgout landed in Ch. de Gaulle airport to visit his son and explore Europe. There were a…Fri, 30 Nov 2001 02:05:30 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/belgium/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/belgium/Once again, I decided to make game of this crazy world and venture off into the unknown by myself. I had the best time going by myself to a hostel, so I…Tue, 27 Nov 2001 02:01:51 GMTengineeringcontainersprojectsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/thanksgiving-in-europe/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/thanksgiving-in-europe/If you haven't read yesterday's jounral entry, please do so now, because otherwise, you might be lost... I sure am glad that I went to the Thanksgiving…Sat, 24 Nov 2001 02:00:55 GMTtraveleventshumornoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/thanksgiving/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/thanksgiving/As the previous entries describe, last weekend, I spent it in Interlaken (which means between lakes), Switzerland which is in the middle of the Swiss…Fri, 23 Nov 2001 01:59:56 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/pre-balmers-time/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/pre-balmers-time/Fortunately, I got my pictures up... Unfortunately, I'm sick. I'll explain the pictures soon...to sum it up, I stayed in a youth hostel for $30 a night…Wed, 21 Nov 2001 01:58:40 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/mr-list/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/mr-list/Amsterdam pictures are up!!! (Check out: Itchy Bitchy, and my new hero, who's diary I am now reading: Anne Frank) So far all of my trips have been to the…Fri, 16 Nov 2001 01:57:46 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/speeding-on-the-autobahn/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/speeding-on-the-autobahn/More pictures! Innsbruck and Salzburg, Struttgart and the Porche Museum, and Venice I recommend reading the story first, tho. Normally, I would give a…Tue, 06 Nov 2001 01:57:01 GMTdancetraveleventsnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/chamonix/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/chamonix/Yes!!!! My pictures are finally uploaded! (Chamonix, Paris, Italy) This past weekend, I ventured out to the French Alps at Chamonix, France. It was an…Tue, 30 Oct 2001 01:42:31 GMTtravelhumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/couscous/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/couscous/One thing I realized I left out from yesterday's log was that on Wednesday, I went to a Couscous restaurant. Couscous is considered an original French…Sat, 27 Oct 2001 01:38:18 GMTdancetravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/get-lost/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/get-lost/For those of you that just want the answer to this question without having to read the whole story, here it is: GET LOST! Now here's the story: Wednesday…Fri, 26 Oct 2001 01:37:32 GMTdancetravelhumornoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/the-strangest-thing/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/the-strangest-thing/It has taken me a while to get over the homesickness, frustration over how to handle life and all of it's issues; however, I think that I'm over the big…Tue, 23 Oct 2001 01:36:34 GMTprojectsdancetravelnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/paris-stuff/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/paris-stuff/Last night, I had dinner with some friends who went exploring Rome at the same time Hemang and I went exploring Siena. On Tuesday morning, we had heard…Sat, 20 Oct 2001 01:35:46 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/sienna/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/sienna/This morning, I came back from my trip to Italy. It was an interesting, frustrating, tiring, majesticly beautiful, and bad luck weekend. We started off by…Wed, 17 Oct 2001 01:34:07 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/the-world-will-miss-you-bill-jemison-iv/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/the-world-will-miss-you-bill-jemison-iv/Yesterday, I discovered my favorite part of this buisness trip so far: The laundry service. Hemang and I are planning to go to Italy this weekend, so he…Wed, 17 Oct 2001 01:33:24 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/indian-incidents/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/indian-incidents/Yesterday was definitely and interesting day, worthy of a story. Check out: Indian Incidents for more info. On the train ride to work today, I realized…Sat, 13 Oct 2001 01:31:40 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/i-forgot-my-palm/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/i-forgot-my-palm/Hemang and I bought tickets for this weekend to go to the small villas in Italy. I can't wait! This is what I've been looking forward to...not the big…Fri, 12 Oct 2001 01:30:16 GMTdancetravelhumornoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/coonass-in-paris/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/coonass-in-paris/So! I finally made it to Paris. This is just a quick note before I head off and do some real work in Nortel. Thank you all for your support and I will…Tue, 09 Oct 2001 01:27:20 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/dreams-fulfilled/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/dreams-fulfilled/Every now and then a dream pops into the mind. Usually, the dream is killed off through cynicism and resignation..."You can't do that." "You don't really…Wed, 03 Oct 2001 01:26:05 GMTtravelhumorpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/the-start-of-it-all/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/the-start-of-it-all/So, This is the beginning of it all. Soon, there will be discussions about the trips and adventures in foreign and distant lands. (France, Cancun,…Sun, 12 Aug 2001 01:24:34 GMTtravelpersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/long-time-no-writey/https://lastcoolnameleft.com/blog/2001/long-time-no-writey/Hi everyone. I know it's been a long time since I've written; however, I am planning to make updates to this journal regularly. The main reason I write…Fri, 09 Feb 2001 02:07:52 GMTdancepersonalnoreply@lastcoolnameleft.com (Tommy Falgout)