This One's for Ben

Apparently Ben is amused by the pictures I am posting, so this one's for him.

Coming Soon

When we lived on Camp Pendleton I vaguely remember watching parts of a TV series called 'V' about green, lizard-like aliens. With the growing popularity of re-releasing TV shows on DVD I recently looked up this show and thought it might be interesting to watch. Now ABC is coming out with a whole new series, following the same premise, and under the same name... it's the return of 'V'. Looks OK.

Strawberry Swing

Not sure if you all have seen this, but the new Coldplay video is pretty cool:

What's New?

Answer: Back in May Emily and I closed on our first home, a nice three bedroom ranch style home located on Bloomington's south side. We, with the help of Nate, spent several days painting before moving our things, with the help of a lot of our friends, from our apartment into our home. I have been enjoying the larger space, the un-ending number of design changes, and like that I now have a lawn to mow. Grandmother and Grandfather have stopped by, as have the B-town brothers, and we're looking forward to William's visit. He will probably be more interested in our puppy, Chipper. For Emily's birthday I decided to get her a little Rat Terrier. When we got him he was about 8 weeks old and weighed 4-5 pounds. He seems to be growing bigger every day and already weighs 10 lbs. He loves learning new tricks, looks forward to his meals, and especially loves playing tug with his cousin Coach Suhr. We will be sad to leave Chipper behind for a few days next week as we will be headed to the Barrow family vacation in Door County, Wisconsin - Emily's mom's family.
Emily has instructed me to bring my video camera, so be looking for a new video soon.

Wired Podcast

Here's a podcast of some new-ish music for summer listening from Wired.com:

Playlist Podcast: Episode 11

Some of the Asian Pop is a little odd, but some cool beats.

This year has been full of surprise when it comes to music. Both Dave Matthews and Wilco have just put out their best albums ever.

If you like anything by Wilco than go out and get this album. In fact, if you like anything about good music, than go out and get this album.

Transparency

Apparently "Openness" and "Transparency" mean something different in the Obama White House. The video below is from a press conference in which Chip Reid (with the help of Helen Thomas) debate the legitimacy of an upcoming 'Town Hall' meeting in which the audience is pre-screened (invited) and the tech-savvy questions (twitter and facebook) come through a screening process before they reach the President.