Fun

Current Earworm: “I Want You To” by Weezer

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/cDIzMGh94vo” width=”425″ height=”344″ allowfullscreen=”true” fvars=”fs=1″ /] I’ve had “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To” by Weezer stuck in my head for the last week or so — so badly that I ended up buying the Raditude album just to get rid of the song. No dice: now I’ve … Read more

10 Days Until Pigs Fly

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This is a random post of baseball happiness: In 10 days I’ll be at my first IronPigs game of the season. It feels my heart with geeky baseball joy to know I’ll soon be hearing the sound of baseballs hitting leather and bats slamming balls into the outfield. If you’re into baseball and want follow … Read more

The IronPigs Ground Crew circa 2009

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I came across this video while testing the Anarchy media plugin in the latest version of WordPress. It reminds me of summer days, good friends and Shocktop beer at Coca-Cola Park… and that I really can’t wait for the baseball season to begin again. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/TLWw6M1nN_o” width=”425″ height=”344″ allowfullscreen=”true” fvars=”fs=1″ /]

Blog Tag: Jason Alley

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Jason Alley’s got a cool little Sites blog called The Alley Way, but alas, he hasn’t updated it recently. So this is just a quick tag post to encourage him to write something nifty, like this post from way back in September: Dude, where’s my iMovie ‘09 project?

What I’m reading: Courageous

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Courageous is the third book in Jack Campbell’s military SF/space opera series called The Lost Fleet. As with the previous books, it tells the story of John “Black Jack” Geary, a legendary starship captain thought killed in combat a hundred years earlier, only to be found in suspended animation in an escape capsule. Once revived, … Read more

What I’m reading: Absolution Gap

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I’ve been on a huge space opera kick for the last year or so and have been reading every example of the New Space Opera I can get my hands on. Space opera, for those who don’t know, is the sort of larger-than-life science fiction typified by Star Wars and Star Trek. Unlike Hard Science … Read more

Easton Garlic Festival

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The Easton Garlic Festival returns Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be food to buy, cooking demonstrations, live music, crafts and (of course) lots and lots of garlic. They close down Easton’s central square for this, and while the festival isn’t huge, it is a nice, family-friendly event. Definitely … Read more

What I’m reading: Fearless

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I’ve got a soft spot for historical nautical fiction — the Age of Sail was a fascinating time period, in which the Earth was shrinking … but the distances were still so vast that men could be away from their families for years between trips home. I loved Patrick O’Brian’s Jack Aubrey novels, so it’s … Read more