Mugshot Yourself

B Crumble

There's some show on the BBC... not sure what the whole story is, but they have an online vintage 'mugshot' app --- you should check it out.http://www.bbcamerica.com/copper/mugshot-yourself/

 

Brand Irony

I thought these were pretty good... from a series of photos titled "Brand Irony"

Cool Stuff

As a child I loved playing with Legos. In fact, I would still love playing with Legos, I just don't have any. I really look forward to Daniel being old enough to play with those great plastic bricks without trying to consume them. I just hope that I'll be able to find some good, old bricks, not the newfangled sets that require no creativity (or even construction). I still remember building our first aircraft carrier upstairs(?) in the house on Maire Island, the first of many Carriers to come. I know there were a lot of toys that we had as kids. Maybe even some that, at the time, we thought were "better" than our Legos, so what do you guys think? What were (or are) your favorite toys?

A Post for Matt

You'll like it or hate it:


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I'm guessing you've already heard the Michael Bublé version, but just in case you hadn't.

A Short Story

by Benjamin Crum

The doorbell rang.
"I'll get" said Harry as he rose slowly from his arm chair.

A fire crackled and danced on the hearth. A Bach concerto floated wistfully in the air from some unknown recess upstairs. It was one of those crisp early-winter days when you don't want to roll out of bed.

A short, stout man was on the doorstep. "G'day" he said in a quick, yet kind sort of way. "Might I 'ave an moment of your time?"

Harry rolled his eyes and let out a sigh. Oh how he wished he could simply vanish at times like these. Or better yet, how he wished he could make others vanish, make them just go away.

"Sorry" he said, trying to think of a really good excuse, "I, uh, that is..." Nothing came to mind. Perhaps it was the cold air on his face mixed with the warm, beckoning fire at his back, Harry could think of nothing to say.

"It'll take but an moment" the man reassured. Harry hadn't noticed the man inching his way closer and closer. The man was nearly standing on Harry's slippered feet. In times past Harry would have been on his guard. In his quick-witted youth he would have been able to sense, to smell the very grave danger he was in. He would have reacted in a flash, perhaps even a blinding flash. But now, middle aged and lazy, his mind was preoccupied with the life of routines, chores, work, and mortgage payments. Where once he thought of his next great adventure, now he only thought of his next TV-dinner or the next season of Lost.

Harry fell to the floor. He hadn't even had time to hear the shot. It all happened so fast and as he looked down on himself, seeing the short man step over him, he thought "so this is it, this is the end of my tale... this is the end of Mr. Harry Potter?" His eyes closed, and all was dark, cold and dark.



I have never read more than one chapter of a Harry Potter book. I thought, though, that you fans may want some closure. I hope you have enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Wouldn't it be Sweet?

Part One:

I just wrote a response on Jon's blog about the nature of alien life, something we have all pondered long and hard about. So I pose this question: Wouldn't it be sweet if aliens were solar powered via their photovoltaic eyes?



Note Well: This image is not meant to be an accurate representation of sun dwelling aliens but rather a conceptual sketch of what solar-eyes might be like. Notice that this alien does not have a mouth as he/she/it consumes all necessary energy and sustenance via the sun's rays.

QBs from PA

This article from ESPN:

Coast-to-Coast: Pennsylvania offense

Offensive football begins and ends with how good your quarterback is, and this state has produced some real dandies.

Let's see, where should we start? How about Joe Montana from Monongahela, about 25 miles south of Pittsburgh, or Jim Kelly out of East Brady, another small suburb of Pittsburgh. There are eight Super Bowls appearances between the two and four victories for Montana.

Or should we go with Dan Marino our of Pittsburgh Central Catholic, the same school that has also produced St. Louis Rams QB Marc Bulger and current Louisville commit QB Tino Sunseri. Last week on ESPNU, Sunseri's squad downed the Northmont, Ohio Thunderbolts in the Kirk Herbstreit Ohio vs. USA challenge.

Wait, how can we mention these guys without throwing in names like Johnny Unitas (Pittsburgh, St. Justins) or Joe Namath from Beaver Falls. These legends raised the bar for quality quarterback play in the state at the high school level and with shoes like those to fill, more recent high profile Pennsylvania signal callers like Pat Devlin (Exton/Downington East), Zach Frazer (Mechanicsburg) and Pat Bostick (Lancaster/Manheim Township) have a lot to live up to... [read more]

Just What I Always Wanted

I Love Donuts.
A long time ago I told Mom that I wanted to have the van when I grew up (the old red van we got in St. Louis), build a donut machine (out of wood) and sell "van-made" donuts out of the back of the van. I would still like to do this one day, that's how much I love donuts.

Well, maybe I don't need to figure out how to build that Wooden Donut Machine anymore, here is a spiffy medal donut robot that would do the trick.



Thanks to: Derick at LiveJournal

On Top

I noticed that Ben recently posted his "ilike" score, so I thought it fitting to follow suit. They tell me that only two other people have achieved the rank of "Music Ninja", T-Bone Burnett and Quincy Jones. I guess that's not bad company to keep.