December 2006 - Posts

Christmas post-mortem
Published 12-28-2006 3:37 PM | Mark
It was an excellent Christmas. I stayed with Hank and Harriet in Connecticut for several days, and got to catch up with them, as well as with my brother, sister, and her husband, all of whom are great people. We had some good times and great food*. We...
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Yakov's Last Stand
Published 12-24-2006 10:19 PM | Mark
Well, I got my Christmas wish and embedded Youtube now works. I will officially inaugurate this new feature by presenting my all-time favorite clip from the classic Ben Stiller show: Yakov's Last Stand. Without Further ado...
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All I want for Christmas
Published 12-24-2006 2:18 PM | Mark
is for embedded Youtube links to work. Yet as you can see, that's not happening, though not for lack of trying. I'll get it one of these days. Well, I also want a Nintendo Wii. And a DS, and a nice big screen 1080P HDTV, and a PS3, and a digital camera...
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Testing out inline YouTube
Published 12-18-2006 10:48 PM | Mark
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Best Movie Ever?
Published 12-16-2006 10:37 AM | Mark
Black Hawk Down might have some competition. Check out this trailer for The 300 . Never has a movie been so custom tailored to my own taste, even down to the perfect use of Nine Inch Nails music in the trailer. I love the fantasy take on Thermopylae,...
Pearl Harbor Day
Published 12-07-2006 1:23 PM | Mark
Once upon a time we were not so steeped in self-loathing that we'd look to appeasement as the solution to every cross-cultural dispute. Here is a reminder of that time, on the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor bombing, even as the Iraq Study Group defecates...
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