Mixing Snuggies and the Macarena. I think this is proof of the Apocalypse.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN_Ml4PKdVU?wmode=transparent] Heeeeey Snugarena!
October Travel Adventures
October’s going to be one of those awesome, crazy months for Mary and me. We’re only in Tacoma for eight days in October. 8 Days! That’s it! Crazy. Our travels are going to take us to Charleston, SC for a wedding; Minneapolis, MN for a convention; and … Italy! We will be in Italy for 13 nights. Highlights include Venice, Florence, Tuscany, the Cinque Terre, and Rome. I’ve been to Italy before but this will be Mary’s first time. Expect some travel blogging (as usual) and maybe some gelato reviews along the way. Until then, blogging’s going to be a Read more…
Tree Climbing Competition in Wright Park this Sunday! How can you not want to watch that?
via metroparkstacoma.org You may not know that Wright Park has more than 100 different kinds of trees. And now you can watch people climb them! Is it easier to climb an oak or a maple? America’s dying to know!
This would make weekends at the lake much more exciting
via youtube.com What’s crazy is this thing looks like it actually works. What’s also crazy is that it costs $139,500.
Sunset over Gig Harbor
A stitched-together panorama from the dock of my sister’s place in Gig Harbor. Beautiful night!
What a bizarre skill
Watch for 30 seconds to get to the interesting part. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iANRO3I30nM?wmode=transparent] Kind of cool!
The Wife Knows Everything vs. The Wife Doesn’t Know
It's neck and neck. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3GKiRp333w?wmode=transparent] Hard to imagine this is a real horserace.
Trying some graphs of my inbox … a new gmail add-on (service found via @flowingdata)
So a guy has put together an extension (Chrome browser only) that lets you graph your gmail inbox. Graph your inbox? Can anything be learned by that? I tried it out and tried to come up with some graphs that might be relevant … “Meet for Coffee” The first one is a graph of the number of times the phrase “meet for coffee” shows up in my inbox. I left a full time job in April 2008, and you can generally see that I started having a lot more coffee meetings after that. Like, a lot. I clearly drink a Read more…
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