Liz and I headed over to Merrillville, IN to hang out with Tricia and Darryl for the afternoon. We also stuck around to see all the kids’ costumes, and went over to Katie and Dan’s neighborhood. I’m used to seeing lots of folks trick or treating, but apparently it’s been a while since I’ve seen…
Dan dressed, aptly, in a mask as The Mask. Justin’s a lumberjack, and he’s ok. Nick who, along with his girlfriend Erin, dressed as The Knife. This is the first I’ve heard of them, so here’s a link. AJ as Juno. Utopia (and her alter ego). Matt B never, never fails to impress on this…
This year, I wanted my costume to be a bit more interactive. I had a lot of fun with my Operation costume, and really enjoyed not just being dressed up… but being dressed up and interacting with people. Of course, the goal is to give away candy. But the fun part to me was to…
This is a photo Jane took, of a pumpkin tribute to a little boy and a little balloon. This guy was entered in to contest held at her husband Pete’s office. When I first saw Jane’s update on Twitter, I had a genuine LOL – it was such a great concept. And my prediction of…
Over a year ago, I happened across the Cassette From My Ex project after seeing it on MetaFilter. To my surprise, it turns out that a friend of mine (Jason Bitner, who also started Found Magazine) was one of the driving forces behind the project. Several months later, Jason contacted me to ask if I…
This makes me feel so good, it’s hard to describe. It’s the same feeling I got when I saw Discovery Channel’s “I Love the Whole Word” video – it’s a deep down, core, to-my-toes kind of good feeling. I have a deep respect for Carl Sagan, thanks to my old college roommate Jim. And hearing…
Hello world! I was working last night on transferring all the content from my old blog over to my redesigned blog (around 6,000 entries). I had in mind that I’d test things out to see how the content would look, and ended up just going through with republishing everything, and making it all live. There…
Similar to Ray LaMontagne’s “Shelter”, this song by Mojave 3 very much puts me in the mood for Fall.
I’ve lost a fair amount of time to Frontier recently, a game all about buying/selling and travelling from town to town. At first, the admin screens and maps were a little overkill to me, and suggested more complexity than I thought would be fun. It was a bit like The Space Game, where I wasn’t…
After running across Rojo the Therapy Llama a few days ago, Liz and I happened to find out that the 2009 Northern Illinois Alpaca Extravaganza was this weekend. After a quick glance at the schedule, the thing we figured would be the most fun would be the obstacle course. Many of the sessions looked like…
I picked up a copy of Brütal Legend today, and not surprisingly… it freaking ROCKS. That’s right. I went ahead and added in the umlaut in the game title. It’s all about the accüracy around here. I hate to admit it, but after seeing a mention of the game on BoingBoing, I ended up visiting…
For the upcoming blog redesign, I’m going to have a small section in the sidebar that will serve as a teaser link to old blog posts. Over the weekend I’ll be sifting through the blog, looking for particularly good, older posts to highlight. I know I’ve got my own list in the form of the…
by Billy Collins I wondered about youwhen you told me never to leavea box of wooden, strike-anywhere matcheslying around the house because the mice might get into them and start a fire.But your face was absolutely straightwhen you twisted the lid down on the round tinwhere the matches, you said, are always stowed. Who could…
Seen here dressed in full pirate regalia, Rojo the Llama is no ordinary llama. Rojo, an “incredibly touchable and unusually people-friendly” llama, became certified as a therapy animal in 2007. Since that time he, along with Shannon and Lori Gregory, have made over 100 visits to local senior centers, schools and facilities for disabled kids….
I got a copy of the write-up that was made by Dr. Cherchi, the doctor I visited regarding my dizziness recently. This info was written to me, and also sent to my regular physician. In reading over it, I got a kick out of some of the language and phrasing. It made me laugh at…