My Friend Adam Bottiglia is a Yo-yo Pro
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 Posted in Friends, Just for Fun | 2 Comments »Yesterday I walked into Walgreens and there it was: "Adam Bottiglia, Yo-yo Master," right there on the packaging of the Peter Fish yo-yo's, complete with the video display that also featured Adam getting his yo-yo groove on. You can watch ...
Mark Horvath on CNN.com
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 Posted in Friends, Society | No Comments »My day started by seeing the face of my friend Mark Horvath on the front page of CNN.com. Mark Horvath is a tireless advocate for the homeless and founder of InvisiblePeople.tv. Earlier this year Mark did a national road trip ...
Josh Lewis is LaserMacaroni
Monday, November 5th, 2007 Posted in Friends, Internet | 4 Comments »This goes out to my good friend lasermacaroni--I mean Josh Lewis--who is now immortalized in a poorly drawn* web comic, Friendly Stegosaurus, and a hilarious Googlebomb. All because he's no longer the first Google result for his own name. I am ...
Nostalgia, Shelley & Cancer
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 Posted in Friends, Health | No Comments »I came across a blast from my past yesterday, this lovely photo from a fifth grade class trip. My dorkiness doesn't so much surprise me. I'm used to that. But it's the collective dorkiness that's impressive. At least in hindsight. While ...
ULBC Youth Group Reunion
Thursday, January 25th, 2007 Posted in Friends | No Comments »Speaking of social networking, this week a few friends and I launched a virtual youth group reunion for my old youth group from Union Lake Baptist Church. We're all spread across the country (Detroit, Chicago, St. Paul, Kansas City, Dallas, ...
Get Out of Yale Free
Saturday, July 29th, 2006 Posted in Friends | No Comments »Having friends move away sucks. Since college we've had to go through it a lot. I guess you just have to get used to it. Yesterday Tim and Nicole moved to New Haven, Conn. so Tim could become Dr. Philosophy, or ...
Nicknames
Friday, October 21st, 2005 Posted in Friends | 4 Comments »My friend Neals has a post on nicknames. Apparently he doesn't like them, even the seemingly innocuous Neals. It made me think about some of the nicknames I've been called in my life and some of the nicknames I've used ...
Rare Josh Lewis! Rookie Card
Tuesday, April 19th, 2005 Posted in Friends | 2 Comments »No such luck. The Apple Engineers Trading Cards don't have that elusive Josh Lewis! card. Maybe someone with camera skills and Photoshop skills can make it happen.
Wove, Twue Wove
Monday, March 7th, 2005 Posted in Friends | No Comments »Andy and Anna sittin' in a tree... In case you haven't heard, Andy Fast is getting married! I love hearing from my friends who live far away because it's just great to hear from them, and it usually means something exciting ...
Baby Names
Sunday, February 13th, 2005 Posted in Friends | 1 Comment »In honor of Gabriel Isaiah Johnson, who's about 26 hours old right now, I present the Baby Name Wizard. It charts the popularity of first names over the last century. As you type in a name you can watch the ...
