Monthly Archives: November 2009

Link Dump: Cyber Monday Edition

Posted on November 30, 2009 | Leave a comment

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Muppets + Queen = Yes Please

Posted on November 24, 2009 | 1 Comment

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Merry [early] Christmas!

Posted on November 24, 2009 | Leave a comment

Kindly ignore the evidence that I was Facebooking instead of working.

I just signed 74 “corporate” Christmas cards, and now my hand is cramped and tired. And not just “Brian,” either. No, I went the extra mile and put the last name in there too.

Oh well, it’ll be good practice for when throngs of adoring fans start demanding my autograph.

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Mail Call!

Posted on November 18, 2009 | 2 Comments

From my friend Amy - Marietta, Georgia

Let’s see… this is my stash since… looks like about Aug. 5. I’m hoping to get to the point to where the mailman starts delivering me other peoples’ postcards simply by force of habit. Continue reading →

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Posted in Brian On, Brian On [Deltiology]

#kidneybeans

Posted on November 18, 2009 | 3 Comments

If I ever write a halfway decent feature, you can bet it’s because the story and the people making it happen were awesome long before I ever got a hold of them. That’s definitely the case with this front-page story pasted below about a young woman who just gave her one of her kidneys to a man in Kansas.

The other interesting thing is that this marks my first tentative steps into a world I’ve previously avoided like the plague: Twitter. Continue reading →

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Posted in Brian On [Journalism 2.0]

4 hours, 49 minutes

Posted on November 11, 2009 | Leave a comment

kid watching tvWow. According to the NYT, the average American spent four hours and 49 minutes a day in front of the television. I thought I was a TV junkie who was just a few season finales away from freebasing my DVR, but apparently there are a lot of people who are worse than I am. I figured up that I’m running a little less than 4 hours each day, which *gasp* means I’m below the national average. Of course, this isn’t saying anything about me as much as it is showing just how bad America is as a whole. Continue reading →

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‘It was a human female voice’

Posted on November 11, 2009 | Leave a comment
Jefferson City Lockdown

Photo "borrowed" from the Jeff City News Tribune.

The hostage-less hostage situation is still the talk of the town, except now we’re all referring to it as “Balloon Boy Part 2.” What a glorious age we live in!

Here’s the latest, if you’re so inclined. The story includes this awesome paragraph:

Police Capt. Doug Shoemaker was among the 60 law enforcement personnel who went into the building and actually heard an announcement over the building’s public address system, saying there was a hostage situation on the fifth floor of the building.

“It was a human female voice that was coming over the speaker,” he said.

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D’oh!

Posted on November 10, 2009 | 1 Comment

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Here’s an snap shot of what went down today in Jefferson City, about two blocks from my office (via KRCG):

10:20 a.m. Hostage situation reported

Police in Jefferson City have shut down eight city blocks because of a possible hostage situation at a downtown office building.

Jefferson City Police received an alarm message about a hostage situation but say they have not been able to confirm it.

Jefferson City Police along with Capitol Police, Highway Patrol, and the Sheriff’s Department have surrounded the Governor Office Building at 200 Madison Street.

A person working in the 5th floor of the building reports that it is a hostage situation.

KRCG’s crew at the scene reports that nearby businesses are in lock down mode as police try to assess the situation.

Stay tuned to KRCG for the latest. Continue reading →

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Posted in Brian On [False Alarm]

Fall Adventure ‘09 – Day 5

Posted on November 2, 2009 | Leave a comment
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Kelly took this great picture of this sculpture. We're not sure what it's called/supposed to be though. Some say cobra, others say giant uvula.

My last few hours in Nashville :-(. It’s been an absolute blast. I’m not really into big cities, but I’m digging Nashville. It’s not that hard to navigate and the traffic/parking is manageable. The food was outstanding and I appreciate that the city kept the country music at a minimum for the duration of my visit. Kelly is a great tour guide and it was great getting to see her new digs and campus. I’m very proud to be her brother! She and I play well together and we had a pretty good time being goofy and meticulously documenting the trip with photographic evidence. Continue reading →

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Christopher Walken Reads Lady Gaga’s ‘Poker Face’

Posted on November 2, 2009 | Leave a comment

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Posted in Brian On [Pop Culture Mashups]