You may collect baseball cards. You may be a birder, coin collector or coffee mug junkie.

Or you may collect celebrities.

If you’re familiar with the Kevin Bacon Game or the six degrees of separation theory first theorized by Frigyes Karinthy in 1929, you know society is more closely intertwined than it often seems. The world has shrunk since 1929 because of social networking and globalization. In the past five years alone, you’ve probably noticed the shrinkage personally as you’ve unexpectedly bumped elbows not only friends, not only with strangers, but also with the famous.

Welcome to Star Kibble, a game I developed a few years ago. Star Kibble is played by seeing and photographing celebrities. [Read more…]

Do you make New Year’s resolutions? Are they usually focused on self-improvement, requiring physical exercise, food abstinence or cleaning out that garage?

Dang it, you need to make a resolution that will open your mind. Look at the city around you, begging to be explored.

If you need fresh ideas, here’s a list of 14 Austin resolutions for 2015 that will reward you with a uniquely Austin experience and expand your understanding of this weird, wild and wonderful city. I’m giving you one resolution a month, plus two bonus resolutions to make 2015 your best year in Austin yet.

#1 See the Bats

Austin bat viewing area on the southeast side of Congress Bridge

Watching the millions of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats emerge from under the South Congress Bridge at dusk is something akin to a religious rite. To see and feel them flit effortlessly within inches of your head as they snap up insects is ecstasy. [Read more…]