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Kung Fu in a box

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Mall cart. So wrong.

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So on the way to Italy for this years big vacation, is the relatively simple matter of getting to Italy. First few days of fall, the weather is gorgeous, a short flight from Baltimore to Philly, then Philly to Rome.

Simple right?

Seems my 3 hour layover in Philly is threatened due to some airport shutdown. After getting on the little commuter flight an hour and a half late, I and my fellow passengers get to wait an hou on the tarmac now.

Blah.

I need a vacation.

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Rilo Kiley at the 9:30 club

Groovy

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Atlanta, GA - Kitchen closes at midnight :-(

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So true...

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My boss donating product to Baltimore's libraries

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Canadian car humor

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Chinese restaurant in Niagra Falls, Canada

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The spot where Reagan was shot, and the site of the conference I went to today.

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Virginfest, waiting for the Beastie Boys

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The Police at Madison Square Garden. Awesome show!

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First phone post!

The Seven (new) Oneders (wonders)

There's some relatively small buzz in the world about picking seven "new" wonders of the world (see link).

In fact, there's a whole campaign that has been created for this. The aptly named "New 7 Wonders of the World" campaign is all set to announce this Saturday the new list in Portugal. Apparently this whole nonesense was started by some Swiss "adventurer" in 1999. Who claims they're an "adventurer"? I mean seriously.. c'mon.. get a day job.

What authority does our adventurer friend have here? What if... say.. the Soveriegn Nation of One Blind Mouse were to declare that list unofficial, and came up with our own list? Say perhaps.. in no particular order:

1. Muchhad Paanwalla
2. The gyro's from the Deli on Main Street Huntington Beach
3. The entire city of New York
4. The Dance Dance Revolution phenomenon
5. Those chocolate covered mini Tootsie Rolls
6. Tony Robbins
7. Sperry Topsiders

What then? Huh? Huh?

Don't let anyone tell you what you should like...

This is a really interesting article that highlights a bunch of different issues. However the takeaway for me was, appreciate art and beauty wherever it may be. The premise: Take a famous world class musician, with a historically famous and sonically superior instrument, place them at a subway station, and see what happens.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html?referrer=backblade

The obligatory first post on what all the subsequent posts should be about

Most new blogs start out in one of two ways - There's the "More later", and then no posts ever after. Or there's the manifesto of sorts that says what topics will be addressed and in what manner they'll be pursued. Perhaps if you're lucky, it'll also include a brief statement on why the person is qualified to do so.

This strikes me as something Jor-El, the Marlon Brando father of Superman would do. A whole little statement on who he was, and why he's the guy Clark should spend the next ten years with to learn about the Universe.

So essentially... I want to be your Jor-El. I'm not really your father. I'm not really qualified to do much of anything. But hey.. I like to mock, and mocking is what it's all about.