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January 28th, 2010Kayleigh the Human Bubble Machine
January 18th, 2010
Giving Thanks
November 21st, 2009
A soldier who was wounded in Afghanistan, one of several rehabbing at
Walter Reed that we saw at the Silver Spring Thanksgiving Parade
today. His mom says he expects to have another year of rehab before
he gets to go home.
RIP, Jeanne-Claude: May the Pearly Gates be wrapped for you
November 19th, 2009
clouds and concrete
November 3rd, 2009
That Photo Sure Makes Your Email Scam More Believable
October 26th, 2009
I just got this email in my in box. It’s obvious scam mail, of course, but I love how they’ve added a stock photo of global office workers to make it more convincing that a "British finance security company" needs my assistance in processing $35.5 million.
The Vasa
September 22nd, 2009
Video I shot today of the Swedish royal ship Vasa, which sunk off Stockholm during its maiden voyage in 1628. It was salvaged in 1961 and was processed for years using water and preservative chemicals until it was given a new home at Stockholm’s Vasa Museum. It’s the best preserved 17th century ships in the world, and one of my all-time favorite museums.
Did The Twitter Fail Whale Inspire This Children’s Book?
September 14th, 2009
I was at a bookstore in Pittsburgh a few days ago and saw a book called Billy Twitters And His Blue Whale Problem in the children’s section. Given that Twitter shows a picture of a whale being lifted up by birds – The Fail Whale – whenever it crashes, I wonder if this book was inspired by that art. The book was published in June 2009, well after the Fail Whale was well established as an Internet meme. Anyone got the scoop on this one? Alas, I was too busy chasing Kayleigh up and down the aisles to get her to sit down and read it with me. 
Madonna Flips Off CNN.com Readers
July 18th, 2009
I wonder what CNN.com was going for when they selected this photo of Madonna to accompany their story about someone getting killed in a concert stage construction accident. -andy
Our Dear Sweet Winnie, 1999-2009
June 13th, 2009
This morning, we had to put Winston, our dear sweet orange tabby, to sleep.
Not long after we adopted him at the age of two, they told us he had an enlarged heart and would probably never make it to five years old. That was eight years ago.
We came very close to losing Winnie a year ago and knew we were on borrowed time, so the last year has truly been a blessing. That doesn’t make it any easier, though; when we woke up this morning we thought it was going to be just another day. But at it turned out, it wasn’t.
This picture was taken about three weeks ago. It was the very last picture we took of him at home. It really captures how sweet and loving a kitty he was. We’ll always remember him like this.
Right now we are simply devastated, but know we’ve been blessed to have him a part of our family for the last eight years. He was, and will forever remain, a member of our family. He was one of our boys.
Goodbye Winnie; we love you.