Archive for December, 2007

The 9 Most Badass Bible Verses

Friday, December 28th, 2007

I am weeping with laughter, here.
The 9 Most Badass Bible Verses
By David Wong, Owen Ball
If the Bible had been written by King Leonidas and the rest of the Spartans from 300, it would probably read pretty much the same as it does now.
It turns out, the Bible is already chock full of ass kicking. Here [...]

In her tummy

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Kate and I are out in Arizona, visiting her folks. Luke, Lindy, and Sabrina are out at the same time, and the progress of Lindy’s second pregnancy is a recurring topic. Sabrina is being prepped for the responsibilities and fun of being a big sister, so she’s very aware of the little person [...]

Long day

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Began the day: heading up to WFUV in the Bronx, where I’ll be an occasional substitute newscaster starting on January 5th. This means I show up at the studio an hour ahead of time, scour the wires for local-ish headlines, sports, and weather, pick the 4-5 stories I’ll put in, tighten up the AP [...]

Phrase du jour

Friday, December 14th, 2007

From our excellent friend (and new mom) Tracy, my new favorite phrase of the month.Aparentemente, casino silbe todavía tienen que aprender a mirar a través de la mesa en sus oponentes. I could have used this at a number of points during the last semester, but since I didn’t have it then, I’ll tuck [...]

Lucille’s Ball

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Named for Joseph Pulitzer’s daughter, the annual Lucille’s Ball party features skits, faculty roasts, and dancing, or so we were told. I wrote a couple of skits, whipped together some spoof presentation slides (Apple’s PowerPoint-equivalent, Keynote, made this both pretty and easy) and shaved my facial hair (my usual Van Dyck) off in stages: [...]