Reliving the Glory of Pirates!
Monday, March 1st, 2010 Posted in Just for Fun | 1 Comment »I've talked about my love/hate relationship with video games before. I tend to get addicted and slip into a self-destructive cycle where I put off important responsibilities and make excuses just to play some more. I did that quite a ...
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 ...
The Yo-yo Anniversary
Thursday, December 10th, 2009 Posted in Company News, Just for Fun | 1 Comment »This year my company, Monkey Outta Nowhere, celebrated five years in business. It's humbling and amazing to realize I've been able to work at home, doing what I love for more than five years now. To celebrate, I sent my ...
2010 Camaro Test Drive with a Mulleted American
Saturday, June 27th, 2009 Posted in Just for Fun, Transportation | No Comments »This video is awesome. A friend of mine has been rocking a mullet for charity. He somehow finagled a test drive in a 2010 Camaro with the designer, Tom Peters. Hilariousness ensues. Read more about the test drive and consider supporting ...
Freezing Bubbles in Minnesota
Monday, January 26th, 2009 Posted in Just for Fun, Science | 2 Comments »After vaporizing water a week or so back I thought I should try another cold weather science experiment. This time? Freezing bubbles. It was only -7 this morning when I tried it, so not as cold as it could be. ...
I Have An Abundance of Caution
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 Posted in Just for Fun | 1 Comment »Thanks to the flubbed oath on inauguration day, President Barack Obama retook the oath of office yesterday out of "an abundance of caution." That's an awesome phrase. I'm not the only one who thinks so. So we should have a T-shirt: I ...
Vaporizing Water in Minnesota
Thursday, January 15th, 2009 Posted in Just for Fun, Science | 6 Comments »I've always heard stories about it being so cold you could throw water into the air and it would vaporize instantly. Since it was 20 degrees below zero in Minnesota today, I thought I'd give it a try: Vaporizing Water in ...
Breakfast Time Twitter Poem
Friday, January 9th, 2009 Posted in Just for Fun | 3 Comments »Wow. That's about all I can say. At least one person found poetry instead of weirdness in my daily digest of Twitter posts (which I've already deleted). And he turned it into a poem about breakfast and Billy Graham, among ...
Protest Photos & Flickr Stats
Sunday, September 7th, 2008 Posted in Just for Fun | No Comments »On Tuesday last week I posted 345 photos from the peaceful RNC protest in St. Paul to my Flickr account. My traffic skyrocketed, as you can see. I always think traffic stats are fascinating. My photo views went from an ...
Vice Presidential Frenzy
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in Just for Fun, Politics | 2 Comments »I've been getting kind of weary of the vice presidential speculation and frenzy. How many times can we talk about how Barack Obama is going to text message his choice and you can be the first to know? I heard ...
