Monthly Archive: January 2009
Unless you’re in that 1% online population that doesn’t have Facebook, I’m sure you’ve seen this: Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits or goals about you. At the...
I saw this History of the Internet video on YouTube this morning and it’s quite good and informative. The British narrator reminds me a bit of old instructional films and the Look Around You spoof series. I was only prompted...
Heard last night, if Star Wars has taught us anything it’s: Don’t kiss your sister like that, and Don’t let your father become Darth Vader! I lucked out and snagged Jhim’s +1 ticket to see One Man Star Wars last...
Update to this entry, it appears to be a hoax, please see the footnote. Kyle shared this on Facebook, from FAIL Blog: Denial FAIL: I’m concerned that my son has a secret girlfriend? My 17 year old son has been...
I should have had faith. I did my snow dance last night, even dreamed of snow among other things and woke up to… nothing. No snow outside, just a faint white dusting of salt that had been forced into a...
It’s been quite the day today, but sometimes it’s all worth it knowing you’ve got something tasty to come home to. This was truly slow meets fast, as the pulled chicken sat all day in the crock pot while the...
Since neither of us had been since the renovation, R and I headed over to the National Museum of American History. Even though it was a pretty chilly day out, it was fairly crowded, perhaps Inauguration leftover tourists. There were...
This will be my last post regarding the Inauguration, I promise. I’m already feeling the information overload and starting to turn back into “non-political Brian.” This panoramic photograph, however, is absolutely amazing. David Bergman took this photo, the file measuring...
That was indeed one of the high points of watching the tube on Tuesday night, seeing Anderson Cooper deftly and coolly say ‘Balls’ about three times per sentence. I suppose the word comes out as easily as it goes in…...
The Big Picture from The Boston Globe has some amazing photos from Washington DC and around the world during yesterday’s Inaugural events. The satellite photo is incredible, of course, but it was the above image that appealed to me. Just...