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After riding over 500 miles on a bicycle from Chicago to Virginia, Kevin B. has thrown in the towel.
“Tingling/numbness/scabs/burns and pains” were all deciding factors in bringing the journey to an early close. Congrats to Kevin — an amazing frickin’ effort. A monumental achievement and we look forward to kicking it in a week with [...]

Remember that old skool video of the kid getting a Nintendo 64 at Christmas?

Here is a hilarious parody, iPhone style

I’m not sure what to think of the new Jack Black / Mos Def / Michael Gondry (Eternal Sunshine) endeavor. Called “Be Kind, Rewind” Jack Black plays a man in a small town who thinks [...]

David Pogue of the New York Times reviews the iPhone — wacky video included
So does Steven Levy of Newsweek.

I’m way stoked for Ratatouille, if I haven’t mentioned that already — Pixar knows how to do it right.

A hamster and his afternoon on some piano keys:

Indiana Jones IV has started shooting! Check out the brief ‘first [...]

I’ve discovered a second cousin in Argentina! So I have a flickr photoset of my family tree — within that is a photo of my grandma’s brother, Luis, taken after WWII who moved to Argentina. His granddaughter found the picture and emailed me over the weekend — crazy, eh? Small world. She works at a [...]

On Saturday, C & I hit the road to Pete & Carolyn’s wedding in Blacksburg, which on that day seemed to have declared martial law with Operation Air, Land & Speed VII (no joke). Amazingly, no one I know got a speeding ticket.
A beautiful reception at the ‘Smithfield Plantation’ on campus and ceremony [...]

Update on Kevin B., bicyclist extraordinaire and his progress across the middle states.

I can’t stress enough, how important planning your liquor store robbery is. Think it through! C’mon now!

It’s college humor Friday — another immature classic.
A man was interviewed on a Dutch television show after losing both of his testicles in a medical accident. The [...]

Last night I had the privilege of attending the DC premiere of Michael Moore’s new pro-universal healthcare documentary, “Sicko” with Ms. Ally F., tickets courtesy of C and JDRF and the fine folks of Campbell & Peachy Associates. Total red carpet affair at the Uptown theater — Thankfully the numerous press outlets didn’t bother [...]

Tuesdays are the new Wednesday. I used to loathe Wednesdays growing up — I always felt that if bad, obnoxious or annoying things happened, it was gonna go down on a Wednesday.
Tuesdays are the new Wednesday.
Here’s what I learned from yesterday’s annoying occurrences:
1) Shout wipes get out most big black stains from your favorite shirt
2) [...]

Today, Mr. Kevin B. leaves Chicago for our wedding.
“But– MZ, there’s still about 18 days to go. WTF?”
Yes — it’s going to be quite a long bicycle journey. A 1,000 mile bike ride — a “millenium” as they call it. Check out the full route.
C & I produced a send-off video for him.
Also, check out [...]

Pete’s Bachelor Party recapped in YouTube video form.

Sunday morning recuperating, I watched the horrid movie “Wild, Wild West” on TBS, drank my body weight in water then shoved an omelette/croissanwich in my face and closed out the day with a Father’s Day flick with Papa Z (Waitress — not too shabby, some awkward scenes [...]