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Month: October, 2008

paradox of travel

Apparently, I can take a 3 week trip that involves foreign countries, a work laptop, and flying over 15K miles with just two pieces of carry on, but for a 4 day weekend in Madison, I need to check a bag.
The Little Princess dvdrip
What is wrong with me?
¡Three Amigos! release

trees, forest

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I have discovered a new pet peeve that I never knew even existed until now.
People who cannot flip their brains from trees to forests — even when you explicitly ask them to think about the big picture — and continue to blithely discuss the implementation details of how instead of why deserve a face stabbing.
I [...]

tronbama

The Saint film

Tron BDU

Lake Dead buy
Apparently Obama visited Fort Collins over the weekend but we didn’t notice because we were too busy playing in Fright Flight as the best costume evar.
Check out the rest of the Tron photos here: Fright Flight 2008

Costume champs

tronbama

Top Gun release

Tron BDU
¡Three Amigos! move

Apparently Obama visited Fort Collins over the weekend but we didn’t notice because we were too busy playing in Fright Flight as the best costume evar.
Check out the rest of the Tron photos here: Fright Flight 2008 Driven to Kill buy

Costume champs

palin08

Sarah Palin and 2/5 kids, Budweiser Events Center
I’m sorry, I lied. I know I said I wasn’t going to blog about politics anymore, but events aligned against me, and I found myself with the (hopefully (only)) once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear Sarah Palin speak at a rally here in town. There was no possible way on [...]

the path to 100

chainring detail
I’ve been obsessed recently with the 100 Thing Challenge. I don’t think I’ll ever actually make it down to 100 — home ownership means you accumulate stuff like crazy — but I’m trying my damnedest.
Every time I post in the “for free” section on craigslist and watch someone come take yet another Thing away, [...]

presidential linkdump 08

If you’re like me (which I assume you are, since you’re reading my blog), you’re probably fatigued from campaign overdose. It’s not just the TV or radio ads; somehow, this election is special and this year’s presidential campaign is crushingly pervasive. From technology aggregators to your friends’ facebook feeds that announce “Laura joined Fifty Trillion [...]

norvig tells us how to vote

Peter Norvig has an election FAQ. My favourite part were these two charts that place into context what McCain and Palin have been harping on.
Above are the earmarks that McCain was so angry about in the first debate.
Below is describes the offshore drilling that Palin hopes will bring energy independence to America.
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie [...]

customer service

the agony of desire, Baja Peninsula, Mexico
My blatant rip-off of Tyler’s “best sentence I read today” meme comes from Tyler himself today as he answers what will happen with the dollar?:

Bush, Bernanke, Paulson — we call them leaders. The Chinese think of them as the customer service department.

tuning out

Dear Film Actor’s Guild,
Please remind me why I should listen to you, considering you are famous because you can memorize someone else’s thoughts. I will say that you are the prettiest huffaz Music and Lyrics release I’ve seen.
I thought “rocking the vote” went out of vogue at the same time as “cowabunga”.