100 Pounds of Dynamite

Line of the week – @jimnorton on O&A yesterday: They just released an app for the iPhone that makes call quality great – it’s called the Verizon app.

I’ve seen all kinds of gross shit on the internet, but today I came across (thanks to my cousin who posted it in her IM status) a video that I dared not watch. I saw the first few frames, had a good idea where it was going and shut it off.

Then I googled the title and found out that, indeed, it was exactly what I had expected it would be. Part of me wants to watch it and say “it’s just a video”, but the rest of me knows that it’s totally gross.

I wasn’t sure what my limit was, but apparently teh internets found it.

I spent Christmas in WV with Jessica and the family again this year. It was another wonderful, relaxing time. I’ve taken some photos and videos… take a look at the Flickr photoset

Highlights of the trip include:

• The Shamwow!
• “I’m not overeating during the holidays, I’m carbo loading for the new year”
• Todd drops the C-bomb and still looses at Scrabble
• “Tomato”
• “You will NOT ruin this trip for me”
• The Nazi golf swing
• The 5 hour ball tower
• “He’s not peeing, he’s getting an erection”

After much stress and deliberation, I managed to finish the 2008 holiday card in time to send it out. Here it is…

(take a look at a larger version)

23 Dec 2008 – Glenn in Sydney got the card, so it’s safe to say that everyone has. This year’s card was a frustrating experience. Last year’s would have been hard to top so it instantly stressed me out.

I debated all kinds of themes, but kept falling short and part way in went into a full blown identity crisis for a few hours. I had an idea that involved the cats, but they are less willing photo models than I would have hoped, and I also didn’t want to be “that guy with the cat card”.

The idea for this year’s card came to me out of the blue, in bed, at 5am. I woke up from a (unrelated) dream that I can’t seem to remember now and thought to myself “Santa’s Facebook Page”.

Unfortunately, it’s kind of an inside joke that only people who use Facebook will really get, but so far the reviews have been positive.

Now it’s time to start thinking about next year’s card!

What an honor… my friend James has asked me (ok, he asked me a few weeks ago, but I’ve been sick and busy with work) to be his best man. I’ve never been a best man before. I’ve been an ok man so far, on a rare occasion I’ve been a bad man, and once in while I’m a bas ass motherfuckr. So anyone that can give me any pointers on being a best man would be greatly appreciated.

Interesting article in the Economist:

THE evidence suggests that homosexual behaviour is partly genetic. Studies of identical twins, for example, show that if one of a pair (regardless of sex) is homosexual, the other has a 50% chance of being so, too. That observation, though, raises a worrying evolutionary question: how could a trait so at odds with reproductive success survive the ruthless imperatives of natural selection?

More…

Well, actually its not over, but I did vote today. There’s early voting all over the place and I took the opportunity to get it over with and cast my ballot. My neighbor and I went to the planetarium on UNC’s campus. There was a line of people 50 deep, about 98% students. A fairly atypical sample of the electorate, but if they are any indication, Obama would win in a landslide.

The Iowa markets seem to think so, and apparently so does a Ireland’s largest betting agency.

College Humor shows us what the “Disney candidate” might look like…

Shaw Johnson: My Taco’s the best. I love Ortega Taco Sauce. It makes my taco pop.

Who the hell wrote the copy?

FYI – When you enter your WPA key for a new access point, make sure that you get the capitalization right for the letters in a hex string. It matters.