Thoughts, ponderings, reflections.

50 words or less: "thoughts" is the personal blog of Kevin D. Hendricks and has covered writing, pop culture, technology, spirituality and navel-gazing since 1998. Kevin does writing and editing with his company, Monkey Outta Nowhere, and in case you couldn't tell these thoughts reflect his personal views.

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Archive for the ‘Style & Fashion’ Category

I Salute You, Mustache Men

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Health, Style & Fashion | 1 Comment »

Today is the last day of November, which means it's the end of the Movember charity drive, an event where men agreed to go clean-shaven and then grow mustaches for the month of November in order to raise money for ...

If This Were a Craft Blog

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 Posted in Style & Fashion | 2 Comments »

A few weeks ago I realized that every single pair of jeans I own had ripped knees. And I'm not talking about the cool, threadbare spot at the knee that's soft, comfortable and somehow stylish. I'm talking about gashes that ...

2 Weeks After Shaving the Head

Sunday, June 29th, 2008 Posted in Just for Fun, Style & Fashion | 1 Comment »

Two weeks ago I shaved my head. I just let everything grow back, but after a week I had to shave my neck and face for a wedding. So the mustache, goatee and the rest of my head are two ...

Bald Video

Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Just for Fun, Style & Fashion | 3 Comments »

You can now watch me be bald: The Bald & The Beautiful (short version) from kevinhendricks on Vimeo. Video by Josh Lewis! The long version offers the mullet, the biology teacher and the mustache: The Bald & The Beautiful (long version) from kevinhendricks ...

Shaving My Head

Saturday, June 14th, 2008 Posted in Just for Fun, Style & Fashion | 4 Comments »

A few months ago I sent out letters challenging people that if we could raise $2,000 by June 15 I'd shave my head. As of today we've raised $3,935. So I'm bald. A total of 38 families donated to the effort ...

Technicolor Newspapers and a 1934 ‘Monkini’ Swimsuit

Saturday, August 18th, 2007 Posted in Newspaper Clippings, Style & Fashion | No Comments »

This is one of my favorite discoveries from my odd little stash of 1930s newspapers. There are several pages of poorly colored photos, like a Technicolor version of the newspaper. I scanned two full pages from a 1934 issue, one ...

Church Marketing Sucks T-shirts!

Monday, November 20th, 2006 Posted in Style & Fashion | No Comments »

Ever since I started working on Church Marketing Sucks I thought it would be so cool to have CMS T-shirts. Well, that day has arrived. We're selling Church Marketing Sucks T-shirts. There are five unique designs (I love the dinosaur), but we're ...

My Shoes are Keen!

Thursday, July 6th, 2006 Posted in Style & Fashion | No Comments »

On a fun note, my shoes are Keen! I blew a big chunk of my birthday money on these shoe-sandal hybrid things, the green Newport H2. They're open and airy like sandals, but they have the traction and closed toe ...

Portrait of the Self-Employed

Friday, January 28th, 2005 Posted in Style & Fashion | 3 Comments »

Hair cut: ? Overdue. Old Navy orange hoodie: $7 You can never have too many hoodies. Monkey Outta Nowhere t-shirt: $17.99 Expensive, but self-promotional. Levi's jeans: $5 They're too long, but at that price who cares? Vintage Vans (c. mid 1990s): $40 Most comfortable pair of shoes I own, ...

Red Room, Red Room!

Tuesday, April 29th, 2003 Posted in Style & Fashion | No Comments »

Apparently Wabi-Sabi is the new Fung Shui. I don't have any clue what that means, but I do know that sage green is Wabi-Sabi, and that's one of the colors I picked for my new house. For the next five ...