The Sidewalk Artist

When I think of sidewalk art (which - surprise, surprise – doesn’t happen very often), I think of Dick Van Dyke in the movie Mary Poppins. The cool part about Dick’s drawings were that you could actually jump into them and travel to a fantastical world to be served tea by cartoon penguins.
While Dick’s drawings were magical, [...]

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Cutest Cupcake

Do you ever just think to yourself….”ME WANT COOKIES!” I’ve got a very large sweet tooth, so this is something that crosses my mind daily.
I saw this photo on Neatorama.com and think Cookie Monster makes the cutest cupcake ever! 

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WordPress Deleted My Post – All I Got is Mr. Zelda Pimp

The title pretty much says it all…I’m beyond frustrated right now, considering that I just wasted an hour putting together a blog post that I don’t have time to re-write. Grrrrr!!! Mr. Zelda Pimp has nothing to do with my original post, but he is all I’ve got to offer at the moment.

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Plane Crashes in Hudson River – Photo of the Day!

You’ve probably already heardabout the US Airways plane that took off from Laguardia airport in New York City earlier today and crashed into the Hudson River after colliding with a flock of geese (yes, a flock of geese).
Reuters has a good photo slideshow of the rescue efforts. Less professional looking than the Reuters pix, the above [...]

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Buzz Worthy Links

Here are a few links that I’ve come across over the past day or so that I’ve found amusing, informative or interesting and wanted to share

Middle-school student gets his head stuck in a chair (check out the photo on BuzzFeed.com) - Boys will be boys, I guess. This moment will most likely rank as one of [...]

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Happy New Year! Favorite Posts of 2008

I can’t believe 2008 is already over! It was another crazy, but great, year. Work has been as busy as ever for us. Family and friends were getting married left and right and having babies. Our apartment almost burnt to the ground (well, sort of). I got ambushed and made over on a moving train [...]

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Hats Off to the 1-26

Incredible pictures of Viper Company of the 1-26 Infantry in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley. Click the picture to see all 31 images.
 
A strategic passage wanted by the Taliban and al-Qaeda, Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley is among the deadliest pieces of terrain in the world for U.S. forces. The Korengal Valley is a lonely outpost of regress: most of [...]

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Flickr Photo of the Day “He’s Full”

I’m not sure where this was taken or what the story is behind it, but, in addition to being an incredibly interesting photo, it reminded me of a dog that Dan and I came across on our honeymoon about a year ago in Aruba. We made reservations one night for dinner at  El Gaucho, an [...]

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Flickr Photo of the Day “Totally Engrossed”

Towards the end of last week our Internet was “down” at the office for a few hours. My hands were tied. I felt crippled and cut off from the world. It was incredibly frustrating not being able to deliver on the list of tasks outlined on the various colored post-its scattered across my desk.
Don’t get [...]

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Famous Photos (of the LEGO variety)

I’ve blogged about LEGO before (and I’ll probably blog about the company again). The staying power of the almighty LEGO is stickier than your fingers after eating a huge wad of cotton candy. Given this fact, and that Photo History was one of my favorite courses in college, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to blog about [...]

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Flickr Photo of the Day – “Happy”

You can’t NOT smile.
As an adult, it is so easy to overcomplicate things. As a child, spinning in a circle is enough to make you happy.
Never loose your child-like enthusiasm and outlook on life.
Thanks velvia333 for the photo!

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Life is Better Down Where Its Wetter

Life is better down where its wetter, according to Sebastian the crab from The Little Mermaid, a favorite movie from my childhood (and adulthood, for that matter - I can still recite most of the lines!)
For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved the ocean and been fascinated by the idea that there is a whole other [...]

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Kayaking the Concord River

It rained pretty much every day this week, so, with the promise of great weather today – finally! - Elicia and I set out for some kayaking in one of my favorite places: a stretch of the Concord River that runs right through the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge from Carlise, MA to the Old North Bridge in [...]

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Blogs to Buzz About

There are millions of blogs on the web. They can come in a variety of forms and can cover a variety of different topics. Among these millions are many blogs focused solely on entertaining and intriguing their readers. I wanted to share a handful of blogs that I’ve come across in recent months that I hope [...]

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The Muppets Go to Hollywood

TMZ.com, which we all know provides some of the highest quality news reporting on the net , posted a photo slide show of celebrities matched up with their Muppet look-alikes. Some of the resemblances are simply uncanny! Check out the whole feature here or a few of my favorites below.
     
Telly and Zach Braff                       Kermit [...]

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High Resolution Pictures of Mars

I have been fascinated with astronomy and space exploration for as long as I can remember, but even if you don’t really care, you will be amazed by these pictures. This is by far the best collection of Mars images I’ve seen anywhere – these 17 pictures and animations are incredible! And just imagine the what we’ll be [...]

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Facial Hair – The Possibilities are Endless

For those of you looking to participate in the next World Beard and Moustache Championships, you better get cracking because the competition is fierce! The next competition will be held in Anchorage, Alaska on May 23, 2009. Check out some of the previous winners – unbelievable!

Elmar Weisser (Brigachtal, Germany) – World champion in the full [...]

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A Role Model? Miley Cyrus in Vanity Fair

My little sisters are two of very many young girls that adore the 15-year-old actress and singing sensation Miley Cyrus (aka “Hannah Montana”). News has run rampant about her recent photo shoot with well-known photographer Annie Liebovitz for Vanity Fair magazine.

I understand PR stunts – hell, I work in PR – so I can actually [...]

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Picture of the Day

The Mars Reconnsaissance Orbiter looks back and photographs the Earth and our Moon (since we’ve been photograhing the Moon for a long time and know exactly its brightness and color, the Orbiter takes pictures like this to help calibrate the color and brightness of its cameras).

 

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“Nevermind” Boy – Then and Now

 
Ah, the 90’s – plaid shirts and grunge bands aplenty.  Jason Lazarus, a photographer and teacher from Chicago, took a very buzz-worthy portrait of Spencer Elden - a High School senior from CA who is now much bigger than when he was photographed for the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind album. Check out the photo:
 
Jason Lazurus also has [...]

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