In leu of sitting down for an hour and writing a post yesterday, I sat down for three times as many hours and refined my Bookmark collection. It’s this kind of riveting work that brings me readers from all over my immediate circle of friends, I know. But really! It’s almost not as boring as it sounds.
You’ll now find a page on my website titled “Bookmarks”.

A quick question to my readers, is “Bookmarks” still a part of the zeitgeist? (A follow up question – is zeitgeist too pretentious? Even for me?) Or am I acting completely oblivious to the progress in web surfing throughout the past ten years?

Regardless, these links have been obsessively collected, sorted, and refined over a number of years, and include things a lot of my friends and family ask me about. So, if you want to learn some of the more valuable things I’ve discovered regarding Cooking, Computing, Mental Health, Photography, Travel, or many others, give the page a visit and see if you find anything that interests you. It’s really great information and comes from all over the internet.
Speaking of my many hobbies, I’ve been thinking of a title for my blog. You’ll notice right now in the banner, it just says “Christopher Eckman” as the title. The motto below it I’m in love with, in fact my “still-in-the-running for America’s next top best friend” Danielle, had it inscribed on a custom decanter for me for Christmas last year. She’s one of those people that make gift giving miserable for everyone else. Either way, “Passion, Fearlessness, and Butter” stays. But what I really want to know is,

What do you all think about “Chris of All Trades” as my new blog title?

It would get across the point that this blog is supposed to encompasses all of my creative endeavors, and I’m okay with the connotation of master of none, which my lifehacker bookmark about being a Jack of All Trades has revised to master of at least one. Something to think about. I’m open to any suggestions!
You’ll notice that I’ve started doing another new thing, which is that when I ask you guys a question I will put it in the

Quote Style

I know this style is more commonly used to emphasize important parts that are already in the text, but the shocking lack of comments on my last few posts has motivated me to motivate my readers to reach out. So, whenever you see one of those neat quotie thingies, it means I want to hear from you guys… please remind me I’m not just putting stuff out into an endless void… unless I am. Then that’s okay too I guess.
Lastly, Blue Apron is celebrating Cinco De Mayo this week and tonight I get my box so I’m going to document my adventure into Pulled Chicken Mole Quesadillas and Hand-crafted Margaritas. I should have a delicious post for you before the end of the week so even if Blue Apron doesn’t deliver in your area, you can try out the recipe with me. And if Blue Apron DOES deliver in your area, I have a bunch of free trials they gave me for my readers coming in the next post. If you guys come across anything new you want to try – recipes, DIY projects, activities – whatever, let me know either in the comments section or e-mail and we can make it part of the blog. I want this experience to be about exploration as much as anything else, and although going it alone is fine with me the whole point of the blog is to share the experience.
I hope everyone is battling this rainy week with some cozy reading and comfort food – as soon as it’s gone we’ll be out in the full swing of summer again. Just pretend you’re living in Seattle or something! As always,

Chris