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In honor of the new movie ”The Muppets” my friend Tim painted this picture of “Muppets Take Manhattan” as a “Choose Your Own Adventure Book.”

I keep telling him to start a Tumblr to showcase this kind of stuff but he hasn’t done it yet. What a talented jerk.

In Ghana this week for work, noticing some Samsung Africa-specific TV ads to deal with unexpected power outages. One for a TV with a built-in surge protector, one for a fridge/freezer with a built in cold pack.

Also, I watched Predator. The 2010 version. That was a mistake.

It's the end of the world as we know it...

Daniel:
water on the moon!
me:
what?
Daniel:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=29613
me:
"created a plume of material from the bottom of a crater that has not seen sunlight in billions of years" what if they stir up some plague that will come kill us all?
Daniel:
2012!!1!1
me:
exactly. those scientists. they never think about this stuff.
Daniel:
the reason the world will end in 2012 is because the moon dust will filter down into the LHC and allow it to produce a Higgs boson, which is trying so hard not to be produced that it's currently traveling back in time and sabotaging the LHC project to prevent its own genesis
Dan Brown is so naive
me:
for real. someone should educate the man.

I love smartcars! (via @loidagarciafebo)

After 26 long years, I can finally rest easy. Twenty-six years I spent standing in front of a camera, gritting my teeth, and shilling the latest works of every hack children’s book author imaginable. For 26 years, I’ve told kids they could open a magical door to another world just by reading a book, when the only door it ever opened for me led to a soul-sucking career in the horrifying abyss of public television.

But now, at last, it is over. I don’t have to lie anymore. I don’t have to live that nightmare.

At this very moment, Dan is in the middle of a 190-mile, 2-day bike ride to raise money for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, the hospital that saved his life. Read a little about his experience, and please, make a donation if you can.

5 Borough Ride / Bike New York
I was a bit nervous about going the whole 42 miles since I haven’t done much training, but it was a great ride, if soggy. My new bike is life-changing.
Getting that new bike to / from NYC has been rather challenging, though, and has required far too many trips to union station.

5 Borough Ride / Bike New York

I was a bit nervous about going the whole 42 miles since I haven’t done much training, but it was a great ride, if soggy. My new bike is life-changing.

Getting that new bike to / from NYC has been rather challenging, though, and has required far too many trips to union station.

Sunday Ride Report

25 miles on the W&OD trail, average speed 12.6 mph, top speed 27 mph (on the flats!). Powered up a few hills. As I hoped, the trail was relatively traffic-free thanks to Easter.  Up next: leftover risotto for lunch, laundry.

I’ll be in Bucharest next weekend, so no ride, but I’ve heard there are some places I can use an exercise bike so I can keep getting ready for the Five Borough Ride.

Dan says Boston is still too cold for cycling … I say ha ha now, but know I’ll get my comeuppance In August.

Flying solo

Today was my first full solo day in DC.

Tomorrow I start my new job… hurray!

Dan won’t join me in DC until July… boo!

(stupid school year)

Live from Seoul, it’s Saturday night!

Ok, it’s not Saturday night. But I am in Seoul.  I’m blogging for work over at http://gslis.simmons.edu/blogs/dispatches.  Check it out.

Pictures on my flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/megoc42/

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