first impressions
every morning i put on vh1 for background noise and see pretty much the same videos over and over again. i think i've seen that black eyed peas video 3 times in one morning. others that seem pretty popular (in...
July 1, 2005 @ 9:35 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
so not the drama
on kathy & judy this morning they are talking about gynecological exams. one of them thinks that the whole thing is overblown and women should suck it up and deal with the 5 minutes total of discomfort involved in a...
July 6, 2005 @ 10:14 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
i've gone to the dark side
i've ordered tivo. i swear i wasn't planning to, but i went to the website and saw that they were offering boxes free (shipping included) with a 12 month subscription and i couldn't let it go, particularly since as...
July 6, 2005 @ 10:15 AM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
flickr?
for those of you that use flickr, do you think it's super? should i use it instead of hosting my photos on my own site? update: after some vigourous IMing with ian, i've decided to jump on the flickr bandwagon....
July 6, 2005 @ 2:39 PM | 5 comments | 0 trackbacks
view google maps over satellite images!
go here and you can look at google maps with the streets superimposed in transparency over the satellite images! genius!!...
July 6, 2005 @ 3:54 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
tivo is fantastic, flickr is saving me $$
so far tivo is pretty great. the dvr only has one tuner though, but i got it for free so i'm not complaining. so far the tivo suggestions thing has known that i like mythbusters and has recorded a really...
July 11, 2005 @ 12:20 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
movie update
over the weekend i saw two movies, "march of the penguins" and "me and you and everyone we know." both were great. "march of the penguins" follows a group of emperor pengins for a year of their life. it focuses...
July 11, 2005 @ 12:28 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
a favorite story about my dad
i wrote this entry about a week ago. i'm not sure why i didn't post it right away. my parents aren't particularly religious, but my dad has gone through several sects of christianity during his life - an interesting side-effect...
July 12, 2005 @ 4:13 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
it was that kind of night
mark: alright, i'm driving this guy home jon: no, i'm driving him home, if you know what i mean. [whispers] sodomy! ...
July 16, 2005 @ 12:03 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
ben & sara are in town!
this weekend ben and sara are in chicago for a baptism and they're crashing at my place. they had yesterday to hang out so sara when downtown to visit some of her old co-workers and ben and i drove up...
July 16, 2005 @ 12:35 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
photos of searle
i've posted a handful of new photos to flickr - some photos from an assignment during winter 2001 and a few more snapshots from college....
July 17, 2005 @ 6:11 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
'wedding crashers'
'wedding crashers' is the funniest movie i've seen since 'old school.' you must see it. plus, you can see christopher walken being rather un-walken for a change. any rachel mcadams fans out there? she does a good job as the...
July 20, 2005 @ 3:06 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
'murderball' and a picnic
random updates since i haven't written in a week: i saw 'murderball' last night and it definitely lived up to my expectations. the guys they profiled were really interesting and they found a lot of good dramatic arcs to fill...
July 27, 2005 @ 11:10 AM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
the zoo and the picnic
new photos! see a few shots from lombard's lovely lilacia park - lindsay's picnic last friday. also, today i spent the day with eric's family in the western suburbs. we spent the whole day at the brookfield zoo.* afterwards there...