Looking for the perfect gift for Valentine’s Day? You can’t beat the economy and sentiment of writing a poem. In case you’re having a little trouble starting out, here’s some inspiration.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCz0ZouYE0M
Looking for the perfect gift for Valentine’s Day? You can’t beat the economy and sentiment of writing a poem. In case you’re having a little trouble starting out, here’s some inspiration.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCz0ZouYE0M
You’re going to have a blast. How about a girls night out?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxot1Ng6YCo
In preparation for Valentine’s Day (my favorite holiday) I’m going to feature a few of my favorite videos. First, I present you with this lovely animation from Don Hertzfeldt, of “Rejected” fame. (I AM A BANANA!)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfEKv4990P4
Ok, 4 people have tagged me for this on Facebook. I figure I’ll go ahead and give in.
Here we go:
For somebody who spends most of his daylight hours inside a windowless office, I sure talk about the weather a lot. If you like weather, I suppose Washington, DC is a good place for you. You like sunny days? You like driving rains? You like snow, sleet, ice pellets, freezing rain? You like unseasonably warm weather, or frigid temperatures? We got that. In fact, that was all today. There are plenty of cool days and mild days. Sometimes those come with gusting winds as well. If that doesn’t satisfy you, we’ll have scorching sun, unbearable humidity, tornadoes and hurricanes later. Just stand by. We’ll let you know about the changing conditions every ten minutes on the eights.
Just let it run, there’s almost an hour worth of music here:
It’s still snowing right now. There looks to be about an inch and a half on our porch railing. I decided to work from home this morning since I have a window here and would rather watch the snow fall than sit in my office dungeon thinking about how cold it is outside. Still I have to go in to work this afternoon. I hope all the crazies stayed home.
It’s snowing, which I guess is ok. Tomorrow there is supposed to be enough snow to actually stick, but it’ll all wash away as it turns to rain over night. I actually like snow. I hate that it requires cold. The problem is that we’ve had cold for the past three months. I’m looking into opportunities in warmer climates. I hear there’s good money in piracy off the coast of Somalia. I’m not sure that killing, plundering, or holding for ransom are for me, but sailing around the tropics sounds ok.
I went out to celebrate a friend’s birthday last night near Foggy Bottom. Yesterday was about the warmest day I’ve seen in months, so I was excited to ride my motorcycle. I took the long way in, since it was so nice out, and got to see a dozen George Washington U students walking around in cardboard boxes as part of some fraternal hazing ritual. Thanks to my two-wheeled transport, I parked right outside the door of McFaddens for the party. Well I left the club at about 2:00, just in time to go up to Adams Morgan for some jumbo, slice pizza. If you’ve never been to Adam’s Morgan, you’ll want this visual to get some context. There are four or five places in Adams Morgan that sell “bigger than your head” slices of pizza. Pizza Mart is by far the best. While I was ordering, more than one person came in and said “[Praise the Lord!!] look at the size of that!” I got a real kick out of the one guy who kept asking for a vegetarian pizza. The Pizza Mart isn’t exactly a health food store.
It takes a while to eat a slice of pizza that big. While I stood around on the street and watched the happenings of Washington, DC at 2am, I picked up what must have become DC’s version of Hawaii’s “Aloha.” People were just shouting “Obama!” to each other as they passed on the sidewalk. Of course I also overheard someone say “How come every time you see a young, black person you say ‘Obama’?” I didn’t hear the answer.
Speaking of Obama, I hear he wants to jump-start the economy through a massive public works program. He can start with the streets in his neighborhood. Riding a motorcycle through Washington, DC is akin to riding a wooden roller coaster with some bolts missing. Seriously jarring.
I got my end-of-year 401k summary from Vanguard today. It’s not looking so hot. Down at the bottom, they have “Estimated Monthly Retirement Income” based on my average contributions and my portfolio’s performance. At this rate, I’m going to owe them money. As soon as I retire, I’m going to start getting monthly bills from my retirement account. This is one of those few times that I’m glad I have another 30 years of labor ahead of me. There’s good news, though; the earth’s getting warmer! So even if I don’t have any money when I retire, I can at least bask in the sun on the beaches of West Virginia.
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