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779 days ago

Al Gore was a co-recipient today of the Nobel Peace Prize, due to his work to educate the world about the threat of climate change. God bless ya, buddy. You took one in the teeth 7 years ago, but ended up having one of the biggest impacts a citizen of this world could have. It turns out the presidency is overrated, anyway. And that job attracts assholes like rats to a dumpster. Here's to thinking about everybody on planet earth. We'll be raising a glass to Mr. Gore at the Connolly house this evening. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/13/world/13nobel.html?ex=1349928000&en=3fc5aeb5e155f49c&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Our "Letter to My Sister" Videos

825 days ago

A couple weeks ago, my brother turned me on to one of the funniest damn videos I have seen in a long time, called "Letter to my Sister". It's a short film from some of the actors on Saturday Night Live. It itself is a spoof of some season cliffhanger of the TV show "OC", where they glossed over the gratuitous killing off of a major character by adding an nice soundtrack to the gun battle. Here is the SNL video: But, the best part of this video is that a million people have been making their own versions of "Letter to my Sister", by mashing up other movies (or their own videos) with that song (which, by the way, is "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap). The best one I have seen is a mashup of a scene from the movie "300", but you can surf around yourself and see some great ones. So, obviously, we had to go and make our own videos to join the party. And, since the only willing actors we had at our disposal tended ...

I Drove Over a Bowling Ball

857 days ago

The evening's plan started off with high expectations: leave work a bit early with Monica, pick up my son and my niece, and head over to the Zoo for the ZooTunes show of the Pink Martini's. A little picnic outside with two 3-year olds in front of a live band on a sunny day. Sounds like a great plan! In actuality, yesterday night totally sucked beyond belief. And it was all due to a bowling ball. Monica picked me up from work at around 4. I was about 10 minutes late, which wasn't that big of a deal, but it did add a little "we're a bit behind schedule and it's my fault" vibe to our commute, which had me looking to make up for lost time during the rest of the journey to the zoo. Then, even though we were on the road at 4:15, we got stuck in the total nightmare of the evening rush hour on westbound 520. Crap! But hey, if you lose your cool about traffic in Seattle, you'll have an ulcer in no time. So, we just hung out and caught up on life as we waited it out. No ...

Saran Wrap

859 days ago

It's 2007, and it's a great time to be alive. Technological advances make life better every day, by creating new experiences previously unavailable to us, or by removing old pain points that came along with life. Last week, however, I had a run-in with a piece of technology that seems to be exactly the same as when I was six years old. That was a long time ago. The evil sharp serrated edge of the Saran Wrap dispenser. Why is it that, in 2007, I can slice my thumb open simply by trying to wrap a peanut butter sandwich in plastic wrap? Have they not been able to create some elegant design where the plastic wrap can be cut, but not expose the user to a slashing risk? Please, people! Let's get some smart people thinking about this problem and get it fixed.

Scooter Libby Deserves No Pardon

887 days ago

There has been quite a deal of chatter in the newspapers, blogs, and talk radio about a potential pardon for Scooter Libby. Some of this talk is not about "if", but "when". Are you kidding me? Scooter Libby might deserve our sympathy. The guy is going to jail. That must be pretty hard on anybody, it doesn't matter who you are. But, sympathy aside, the man deserves no pardon. Here is a write-up from the Washington Post that gives an overview of the verdict and the current situation Libby finds himself in: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/15/AR2007061500200.html?tid=informbox. I did a search for anyone on the internet that could possibly argue the case for the Libby pardon, and I found a couple sites and articles that try to state the case. So, I thought I would spend some time retorting some of their viewpoints. For starters, the first destination you have to see so as to best understand Libby's support network would ...