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No good (environmental) deed goes unpunished…

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Here’s one for folks who, like me, are old enough to remember the Al Gore-like campaign to save the bald eagle:

PORTLAND, Maine

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Nerd Humor

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Nerd Humor from TumblFrog:

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Can’t go wrong with a good mime pun…

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Marcel Marceau’s personal items are going up for auction tomorrow.

Word is, it will be a silent auction.

(Thank you very much, ladies & germs. I’m here all night. Don’t forget to tip your waitresses…)

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How to make Mickey blush

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

Say what you want about the recession, but it’s bringing back nudity at Disneyland:

Disney parks stop scans for topless riders
May 5, 2009

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)

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A Shout Out to the Accenture Alumni

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

I don’t normally post things here that only make sense to a select few people (normally, what I post makes sense to nobody! Hah!), but last night I attended Accenture’s annual alumni reception, and we spent a disturbingly high percentage of the time talking about blogs, Facebook, and other social networking tools. In the course of it, I promised I’d blog about some people, so here goes:

To Rich Wasch, who surprised me by telling me he reads this blog often – nice to have you here. I hope you like what you read and enjoy your upcoming travels!

To Suzanne Carlson and Jeff Turner, it was great seeing you last night. And don’t worry, I’m still adamantly refusing to join Facebook, so I won’t be clogging up your status page with the minutia of my life.

And to Steve Cooper, about whom I promised to blog something nasty (after he promised that he would never, ever read my blog), let’s just say that if I ever meet your wife, I have a story I can tell her about her about how her pregnant friends use Facebook.

Oh, and a special shoutout to Jennifer Ippoliti, who I know reads this blog. I saw you & waved to you, but never got to stop by & say hello. Let’s do lunch!

OK, the trap is set. Now let’s see how well Google and the various social networks of the web do their job of drawing the above people here to read and comment.

Go!

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Random Acts of Blogging – 5/20/09

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Two quick links that I found amusing:

There’s a guy in Philadelphia named Ted Vigilante running to be a judge in Philadelphia. His campaign ad (via YouTube) is called “Vigilante Justice 2.”

The Wall Street Run & Heart Walk took place yesterday in and around New York’s financial district. This from the event’s web page:

Please note that due to construction in the downtown area, the distance for this race has been changed from 5K to 3 miles.

So a bunch of Wall Street folks signed up for this event and contributed money, and then after they committed, the people in charge of it changed the rules on them. Why does that keep happening to Wall Street these days?

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Popular Baby Names – 2008 Edition

Friday, May 8th, 2009

The Social Security Administration has put out it’s annual list of most popular baby names again (bottom right corner – choose Year = 2008 and Popularity = Top 1000. There’s no direct link to the lists…). Anyway, it’s time for the annual check of how strange/normal my kids names are:

Avery: When Avery was born in 2000, the SSA had his name as the 245th most popular boy’s name of the year. Unfortunately, it also had it listed as the 176th most popular girl’s name. The good news in 2008 is that it’s moved up the list. The bad news is, it’s moved up both lists. Avery is now the 216th most popular boy’s name and the 38th most popular girl’s name! By the time he’s in high school, he’s going to be getting form letters addressed to “Ms. Avery Greenberg.” Ah, well – I guess I’ll have to kick in for some of the therapy…

Brandon: When Brandon was born in 2002, he had to 20th most popular boy’s name. In 2008, it’s 33rd. A bit lower, but still a solid showing. And hey – at least the SSA doesn’t know of any female Brandon’s (at least not in the top 1,000).

And just to round out the family, let’s do the adults, shall we?

Brian: Back in 1969, Brian was the 9th most popular boy’s name. In 2008, I’ve dropped all the way to 87. There are no female Brian’s, but there are Brianna’s (#23) and Briana’s (#145).

Sherry: Back in 1968, Sherry was the 52nd most popular girl’s name. In 2008, it’s not in the top 1,000! Damn…quite the drop off. And here’s the ironic part: my in-laws picked out my wife’s name after seeing the Broadway musical Sherry (book and lyrics by James Lipton, now of Inside the Actor’s Studio fame). In the show, title character’s full name is Sheridan Whiteside, who is male!

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Amazon Kindle has trouble with the news…

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Electronically rendering books is one thing, but the Amazon Kindle is finding out that delivering the news is a whole other kettle of fish. Or is that Keetle of Fice?

From the New York Times:

But if the Kindle, which not only displays the news but also speaks it with a computerized voice, is ever to be the savior of print media, it needs to bone up on its pronunciation.

In particular, the voice of the Kindle mispronounces two important words that show up often in the pages of newspapers:

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Happy Holiday

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

As you browse around the web today, you’ll probably read a bit about Cinco de Mayo. And yet, while this is a significant holiday for much of the world, there is another holiday today that won’t get as much play.

Today is Oh crap, I’m a Star Wars fan and I forgot to say ‘May the Fourth be With You’ to Somebody Yesterday day.

Let the celebrations begin…

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More Photo Fun…

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

First of all, how cool is this: The Official White House Flickr Photostream. I know there’s always a camera following the President around, but now we can subscribe to the photostream, and see recent pictures whenever we want. Here’s my favorite so far:

Second, The New York Daily News, in reporting on the recent Air Force One Photo-Op Flyover Fiasco, pointed out that The White House could just as easily obtained the publicity shot they wanted with a skilled Photoshop artist. They then asked their readers to submit examples of where Air Force One could be photographed using Photoshop. The results are, well, predictably creative and hilarious. Here’s my favorte from that bunch:

Go ahead and browse both sets. Which are your favorites???

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