Category: Random

Jill & I watched the latest Harry Potter movie last night. I couldn’t help but think that Sirius Black was inspired by Neil Peart circa 1977…

As always, The Big Picture has some amazing photographs, this time of The Inauguration of President Barack Obama. The third one — a satellite photo of the National Mall — really gives you a “holy crap!” shot of the number of people there.

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What do I do on a Sunday evening after the kids are in bed? Why, optimize one of my personal websites for iPhone viewing…for fun! So now if you view a Sinko podcast on your iPhone or iPod touch, the layout will be optimized for your smaller screen. And yes, I know:

I was a huge Lego fan growing up, so Gizmodo’s article about the Lego company’s Memory Lane — the secret vault with almost every Lego set ever manufactured — really brought me back. It was actually cool seeing Space Galaxy Explorer and castle (two of my favorite sets) again…I guess the Lego nerd is still …

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Very funny video of Katie Couric interviewing Sarah Palin: Couric: What newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this, to stay informed and to understand the world?Palin: I read most of them, again, with a great appreciation for the press, for the media…Couric: But, like, what ones specifically, I’m curious, …

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Undecided To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?” …

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Surviving Grady pretty much sums up my feelings about the Sox: Wanna know the strangest thing about today? It’s not that the goddam Tampa Bay Devil Rays are about to play in the World Series, giving their legion of faux fans at least a few more hours to learn all the players’ names before first …

Read more “Sox Are Done, and I Feel Fine”