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Bennington College was nominated for a Webby

2008-05-07T17:38:04Z

Ok, I'm still a nerd who google's 'bennington college' news tab from time to time. Also, the Webby's are pretty damn silly, but still vaguely interesting.

First place went to the Los Angeles Recording School but I'm sure the Bennington College Timeline was just thrilled to be nominated, though if I'm correct, it costs some money to be nominated.

Haiku Review: P.S. I Love You

2008-04-28T01:51:14Z

some good dialogue
lots of wince-inducing crap
end: we both said "meh"

And Slimer

2008-04-25T16:41:31Z

Don't ask me how I ended up reading this. I don't know. There is something compelling about this. Let's study it together.

History of NYC in Games

2008-04-25T15:29:21Z

I enjoyed this.

Quantity over quality

2008-04-17T00:58:20Z

People are impressed by big numbers. How much money do you make? How much did your car cost? How many women have you slept with? The list goes on.

How about... how much alcohol do you drink?

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What about a case of beer? Am I supposed to double that? When would you find time to drink *two* cases of beer in one day? I do think I'm slowly starting to figure out who is honest about their habits... like the guy who tells me plainly that he typically drinks a liter of vodka a day, but didn't have that much yesterday, because he woke up in the hospital before he had finished his liter.

Seriously. And I shouldn't say "that guy" because a liter of vodka seems to be a popular answer. That's the good amount of vodka. And how much do you smoke? Five packs a day. Want to hear another good one? How about heroin? 30 bags. At least that guy only drank a pint of vodka with his 30 bags of heroin.

I don't know why I continue to be surprised by this stuff, aside from the fact that those quantities would kill a normal person. Or the fact that many of these folks are dirt poor, and yet somehow financing these extravagant habits. The best part is that often these people are in the hospital because they're not taking their medication. Why? They can't afford it.

This Is The Only Thing I Hate About The New Yorker

2008-04-15T13:50:00Z

UPDATE: David Remnick, Editor-In-Chief of the New Yorker has written me a brief e-mail in response to the video:

Dear Stephen, This is very funny! May you read us for a hundred years more! But you know what I'm going to say: Those advertisements, even the ones printed on aluminum siding, pay our bills and allow us to do what you seem to like to much (and I am grateful for that). As ever, David Remnick

The History Of Mankind From The Perspective of Two Rocks On A Hill

2008-04-15T03:11:05Z

Photobloggery 4.13.08: Karen & Moksi & Babette

2008-04-13T20:16:22Z

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Don't Forget To Vote, Because Your Vote Counts! No, Really!

2008-04-13T20:08:00Z

Unless you're a superdelegate. Their vote is worth about 10,000 of ours.

Anyone remember the good old days when having your vote only be worth 3/5ths of a "real" vote seemed like a raw deal?

Democracy: Don't call it magic! It's an illuuuuuuuuuusion.

Photo Booth Pictures!

2008-04-11T22:16:24Z

You may not know this about me, but I love photo booth pictures. If I'm somewhere with a photo booth (the real film kind, not that inkjet bullshit) and I don't get my picture taken, it's because I don't have any singles or because the booth is in a bar and I get really drunk and forget to have my picture taken (this is what happened to me last night).

Anyway, I've started a new flickr Set for photo booth pictures. I will be posting updates as they happen, and I would encourage you all to post your own photo booth pictures because they are great.

Yes.

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Look At Us Being Cute!

2008-04-11T22:05:35Z

I've just scanned in 32 pictures from the wedding Karen and I had in California in 2005.

There are many more wedding photos, but these were the black and white film photographs that Karen's good friend, Brianna Walsh took.

Check out my favorites after the jump.

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Eric Grundelhousen: REVEALED

2008-04-03T05:17:24Z

Behold the haircut Eric had between 1991 and 2005, when Eric found a group of very nice people that love him very much.

It's a movie!

Internet? I'd Say Internet.

2008-04-03T04:47:47Z

First post for a new segment I like to call Suggested by Smolinski:
Rumor has it that when you slow down Mr. Goldblum by about 30% he sounds drunk.
True? You decide.

TKO record done, finally

2008-03-30T00:53:08Z

Hey friends. Me and my band finished our record today. You can hear it in its entirety on the myspace if you want to, and higher quality mp3s and CDs will be available soon!

Learning Apple Motion

2008-03-28T05:06:00Z

In order to do everything I want to do for my work-in-progress, I've been teaching myself motion.

Here is a quick little experiment I cooked up today.

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Any other suggestions? I'll post more tests when I've got more.