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My Very First Skydive!
Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:10 PM EST
I've wanted to try skydiving since my teens. I love adventures and trying new things, and I also love flying and airplanes. Over the years I've met several skydivers; they all just increased my desire to try taking the plunge (literally).
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Cold 'Nuff For Ya?
Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:37 AM EST
With a local high yesterday of -6 F (and an over-night low of -14), this seems especially appropriate. (Incidentally, the stuff below is all true... more or less.
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The Night Of Bruce Springsteen and The River
Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:29 PM EST
I started writing an account of my first (and the next six) Bruce Springsteen concert(s) and realized that (a) it was really too long for a comment and (b) this was one of those wonderful moments from my life I'd like to immortalize.
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Santa Claus: Fact or Fiction?
Tue Dec 9, 2008 9:36 PM EST
Does Santa Claus really exist? And if he does, how does he manage the seemingly impossible task of delivering presents to the world's Christmas-celebrating good little girls and boys in a single chilly December night? The question has stirred the imagination and emotions of much …
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Easter Eggs In Zack Snyder's Insanely OCD Watchmen Trailer
Seeded on Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:15 AM EST (io9)
The second Watchmen trailer arrived last week, and we're blown away by the crazy OCD detail that goes into every scene. There have been plenty of comics-to-screen comparisons, but the footage is also littered with Easter eggs and little clues as to the direction of the movie.
The Bees in BBQ
Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:07 PM EST
This has been circulating around the internet; it was passed on to me by a friend in the office (who got it from someone else). It's so awesome, I thought it was worth sharing.
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The Truth About Gourdians
Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:00 PM EDT
I've been absorbing (Gourdians don't read, we absorb), with great interest, this recent bipedal hand wringing over the perceived violent and disgusting end that befalls some Gourdians.
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Roger Ebert: Hillary and Bill: A one-act play
Seeded on Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:49 PM EDT (Chicago Sun-Times)
TIME: Not too early on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 5.PLACE: The Obama bedroom in Chicago's Hyde Park. Barack and Michelle Obama are beginning to stir. Their daughters Malia and Sasha come bounding into the room.
Roger Ebert's Little Rule Book
Seeded on Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:34 PM EDT (Chicago Sun-Times)
There are many other ethical issues involved in film criticism, and with the current unemployment crisis, we should all be mindful of them.We can't be too careful.
Has Media Bashing Become the New National Pastime?
Seeded on Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:34 PM EDT (MSN)
"In my experience, when people say the media is biased, they don't mean all the media, just most of it. Each of us, it seems, can recognize distortions of the truth because we know what the actual truth is -- from some selected subset of the media, presumably."
John McCain wants to "win one for the Gipper"
Seeded on Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:36 PM EDT (msnbc.com)
When asked if he felt like Kevin Costner in 'Field Of Dreams' or George Clooney in 'The Perfect Storm', Senator McCain went with the 1940 film, 'Knute Rockne: All American'? What a testament to how out of touch this man is! I wonder how many young'uns even know what the referen …
Petition calls for FDA to regulate energy drinks
Seeded on Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:56 PM EDT (USA Today)
"You can pick up a can and drink it and get 50 milligrams, which is the amount in a Mountain Dew, or pick one up and get 500 milligrams, and that's enough to put someone who hasn't built up a tolerance to caffeine into caffeine intoxication, resulting in nervousness, anxiety, res …
A great icon of the entertainment community has died
Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:16 PM EDT
Please join me in remembering a great icon of the entertainment community. The Pillsbury Dough boy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71.
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Little Hadronic Couplets
Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:49 PM EDT
In honor of the LHC at CERN bringing about the end of the universe... Little Hadronic Couplets
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Movie Lists: Movies About Assassins
Thu Sep 4, 2008 4:41 PM EDT
Perhaps it's weird, but I've always loved movies about assassins. My fascination can't be completely unique, because there's an assassin film genre! Here's a handy list of some of those films.
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But Nobody Doesn't Like Sarah Palin
Thu Sep 4, 2008 11:44 AM EDT
With nothing to really lose, the GOP rolled the dice with Sarah Palin, the Hockey Pit-bull in lipstick. And for the first time since John McCain became the presumptive nominee, I think the race is in serious doubt. Everything now seems to depend on how those dice finally fall.
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Newsvine and Unicode
Mon Sep 1, 2008 11:41 PM EDT
It's tempting to use richly-formatted text as a copy-and-paste source, but it doesn't always work as expected. Sometimes you get the strange characters or little boxes. Here's the deal.
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What Is Art; A Personal Definition
Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:40 PM EDT
The question, "What is Art," is about as old as Artists and Art. The moment someone made a cave painting, someone else has to have said, "But is it Art?" Whatever it is, Art is surely a form of communication in that it has both creator and receiver.
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Computer Programming Is Hard!
Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:36 PM EDT
Computer Programming is hard! Most people think it's easy, because they know some nine-year-old who "programs." But there's a difference between fooling around with the computer and building software applications. Here's the deal.
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In the View of his Car?
Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:16 PM EDT
A late entry for Write From the Perspective Of Your Car.
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Star Trek: Why I Hated The Holodeck (An Über-Geek's Reverie)
Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:56 PM EDT
Don't get me wrong; I (still) love Star Trek! It occupies a big space in my heart and on my shelf. My contention is that the holodeck was a mistake. It's a fly in the ointment that made me say "blurg" instead of "wow". Here's the deal.
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Science Fiction: Two Things That Matter To Me
Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:08 PM EDT
I define Science Fiction as Fiction with Science (where both Fiction and Science are freely defined). The Fiction part means basic storytelling rules should apply. The Science part means some sort of ‘science’ rules should apply.
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How to make a link to a Newsvine Comment
Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:35 PM EDT
My good friend, patriciaad, asked about how to link one comment to another. A good explanation needs pictures, so answering as a comment was out. Rather than put it in a private email, I decided to write it up once and publish it.
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Watchmen Creator Ignores Movie
Seeded on Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:43 PM EDT (io9)
While the collected population of the internet seems to be wetting itself in excitement about the trailer for Zach Snyder's version of Watchmen, one man is more than cynical about the whole exercise.
Who Watches The Watchmen (part 2)
Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:08 AM EDT
This is the second article based on re-reading Watchmen. The first covered chapters one through six. This article covers the remaining six chapters. Note that this article does contain spoilers (if you consider notes about a book published over twenty years ago "spoilers").
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Chris is one of those unique individuals that I feel "in tune" with. He's positive, upbeat, open-minded, kind, considerate, intellectual and fun. Glad I bumped into him on the vine!
I would say that it takes one seriously sexy guy to recognise a sexy lady!! Welcome to my little world, Chris! :o)
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Born in New York (New York), weaned in Minnesota (Minneapolis), matured in California (Los Angeles), aging in Minnesota (St.Paul).
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