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A Week Late… 2

Oct

11

2008

A few of my better photos from my ridiculously good seats watching the poor old Cubbies lose to the Dodgers a week ago: Thanks to my friend Matty Lew, who generously subsidized my ticket, and blatantly lied to me about the extent to which he was doing so because he knew I would have been ...

Pop Quiz 2

Oct

9

2008

What is this an ad for? Click to find out. And laugh.

Things, Divided 1

Oct

7

2008

Still just buried in work as we try to get our footing, but a few quick: THINGS I LIKE – This American Life’s podcast this week, aptly titled “Another Frightening Show About The Economy.” You can download it for free from that page for the rest of the week, and it’s a much, much clearer ...

A Tale Of Two Verdicts

Oct

4

2008

October 3, 1995 I was in the student lounge of my high school in D.C., where they’d dragged a bunch of TVs so we could all watch the O.J. verdict. They knew people would cut class to go find TVs elsewhere and watch it anyway, so the administrators just threw up their hands and let ...

Addition To The Previous Space Nerdery

Oct

4

2008

MSNBC’s Cosmic Log breaks down the bailout in terms of the Apollo program: Even accounting for inflation since the program ended in the early 70’s, this bailout could pay for seven Apollo programs. Seven Apollo programs. Not just sending one set of guys to the moon, but the ENTIRE program. SEVEN TIMES. And that’s before ...

For My Fellow Space Nerds

Sep

29

2008

NASA found snow on Mars. At least one of my PA’s is about as much of a space nerd as I am and gave an excited, “DUDE!” when he read this, causing me to make him send me the link. I know fuck-all about the continued collapse of the American financial system and quite possibly ...

A Little Tired

Sep

29

2008

Last week: 6 days, somewhere between 75-80 hours (I pretty much lost count). Today: 13 hours, and lost my boss halfway through the day so I got to pull double-duty for most of the afternoon. Tomorrow: Likely even more ridiculous. I’m bloody exhausted, but I will say: I’m glad I’ve been WAY too busy to ...

Flipping Out 1

Sep

25

2008

I’d like to preface this by stating that the video I’m linking to was shot when I got home four days into a six day week, when I’d already worked well over 50 hours. This means two things: 1. I don’t look too spectacular in this. My hair in particular is starting to go for ...

Amusements

Sep

23

2008

Two quick things since I’m neck deep in trying to get everyone up and running for shooting to start the day after tomorrow: 1. Someone needs to tell these damn kids that National Coming Out Day is October 11th, not September 23rd. 2. And now for a wee game of What’s Wrong With This Screenshot, ...

Rolling Along

Sep

21

2008

Prep is always pretty brutal. Trying to formulate a system to get everyone all the information they need, figuring out exactly what information they actually do need, and even simply trying to get a grip on who the fuck everyone is before we start shooting is a time-consuming and exhausting process. Adding onto that the ...