the skylines of the world

this site is actually pretty cool if you ask me.
you can go to this site and check out the skylines of the world.














i can see why hong kong is number one.... damn!

for some reason, skylines have always caught my interest. i happen to think minneapolis is a pretty darn nice skyline. it makes it on the list at 63. what's your favorite?

in the nudie- update

so remember when i told you about my friend josh and his pair of jeans? here's a refresher...

josh bought a pair of nudie jeans for $265. they are dry salvage, meaning never treated/washed. the point of buying them that way is to wear them for 8+ months before washing them, so that they have a chance to learn your exact body. when you finally wash them, they are yours forever, with a fit like no other pair of jeans you'll ever own.

okay, that's the theory.

so i have an update with new pictures. josh has been wearing them for almost 10 months and is intending to wash them soon.

here they are at purchase:




















here they are right now (having never been washed- he says they don't smell too bad, but i'm not sure i believe him):







































stay tuned, i will post pics after the wash (i know you're on the edge of your seat, aren't ya?).

thanks for the pics, josh!

i'm a sucker for a cute kitten video

how can i help myself?

see it for yourself here.















i think i'm purring.

sharps: barber brigade

okay, some of these product sites are starting to get a little predictable and hokey, but the fun part about this one is you can send an ecard to a friend to tell them to shave their nasty facial hair (look under the barber twister thingy with the rollover text 'sharpsmen') .
















"yer girl says shave it... "

catchup (not catsup)

so, here's what i've been up to for the last couple of marathon weeks...

the last kickball game of the season went well. aaron and i are making a special video to commemorate the whole season... check out a small clip here.
















aaron, my brother scott, his friend bob, and i went to the boundary wates and completed the lady lakes chain, starting at lake kawishiwi and ending at sawbill. damn fine times.
















when we got back from the wilderness, my step sister kristen flew into town for the holiday weekend. first we got our hair cut...




















then we went out for sushi with kat and scott mcgerik. thanks for the fun night kat and scott!!















then, we shopped at the mall of america, ikea, and grand/victoria. please note: we shopped, but we never dropped.




















i bought some new yarn to make some socks and a hat.















we had a little bbq on sunday july 2nd with my brother, my step sister, and a few other folks. didn't get any pics, can you believe me?

after kristen left town, aaron and i met tasha, pete, dan and my friend amy (who was in town from philly) down at the stone arch bridge for a little firework celebration.




















here's a little video- listen to the prediction of the little kid in the background, and then his reaction (hilarious at the time).

while my brother was here, he got to hang out at the raptor center at the university of minnesota. he had so many fine things to say about those folks, they must be awesome. thanks u of m for showing my brother such a great time.

my brother gave me this picture of him working at a wildlife refuge in australia.





my brother is going to be a vet.














so as you can see, i've been very busy lately. now that everyone has left, i'm a little sad, but i'll be getting back into the swing of things and blogging a lot more now.

thanks for your patience.

gorgeous wilderness

did you know it could be this beautiful?















aaron, my brother scott, his friend bob and i completed the lady lakes chain, starting in lake kawishiwi and ending in sawbill.

this trip seemed easier than previous trips. i think we've had enough experience with wilderness camping now that we've gotten most everything figured out. it's much easier now to just enjoy.

we fished a lot more this year and caught a ton of fish. i caught a northern that was at least two feet long.














some of our favorite phrases from the trip:
we've just had a near ass-wet experience.
whose idea was it to bring bob?

you can see all the pics here.

blog backup

with all the activity of the last couple of weeks, i haven't been able to blog the fifty thousand blogs in my mind. please hold on, i will start to push them out soon.

please check back.

sq

success (again)

we have conquered the wilderness once again.

and it was good.

pics will be forthcoming (after we unpack and chill a little).

art buddies- a great creative program for inner-city kids

my dear friend and the founder of Art Buddies, Sue Crolick, emailed me recently to announce the launch of her new website, artbuddies.org.












the website has been a long time coming for her (Carmichael Lynch donated the design/development), and i'm so excited that it's finally live.

if you go to the video section, you'll get a real taste of what this wonderful program is doing for kids. the smiles on their faces are so real and their experience is so rich- it's hard to imagine that all it took was a few hours with a creative person- focused just on them.

I admire Sue for her vision and leadership.

i'm not sure yet if it was worth almost killing myself...

...but i've finished stripping and painting our bedframe black (instead of chipped white).

in order to finish this, i had to endure:
1. three sessions of toxic stripping fume inhalation and toxic stripping chemical burns (that stuff sizzles when it gets on ya)
2. a gouge of skin taken out of my left big toe (don't ever drop a bedframe on your foot)
3. a seriously sprained knee (endangering our entire boundary waters trip)
4. toxic paint fume inhalation (resulting in several days of black boogers)

i do think it looks nice, though, so i'll have to do everything i can to make sure i don't have to repaint it anytime soon (maybe we should sleep on the couch).

adam sandler's new movie 'click'- smart advertising

i just love the way the web supports so much innovation.

how should we promote sandler's new movie 'click'? let's position ourselves on one of the biggest sites of the internet and blend in a little.

http://youtube.com/group/click

i mean, i think it's somewhat smart. that's all i'm saying.

happy father's day

i know there are a ton of father's out there who do a great job, love their kids, and really understand what it means to have the huge responsibility of fatherhood.

to them, i dedicate this post- thank you.

here is a cute father's day cheerios ad to punctuate the moment:










cute damn kid, too, don'tcha think?

new apple store opens in nyc- first 24 hrs

have you seen the time lapse photography of the first 24 hours of the new apple store in nyc?

keep an eye out for the guy with the sign... he says:






























lucky girl, i hope she said yes.

kickball spring 06- white trash cheese dip

here is the pic we took of the whole team on tuesday:















i uploaded more pics from the game here.

seriously, kickball is one of the best ways to meet a huge group of really great people.

i love you wtcd!!

semillero- truly interactive navigation

on this portfolio site, you watch the navigation grow along with the movement of your mouse.













very fun.

lego- smart advertising

lego commisions unused cranes to send fun messages.


















now who thought of that one?

photography site- video is background

another new thing i haven't seen before- the whole background of this portfolio site is video.














i like it.

gay is in... altoids does it, do you?

an e-card for every persuasion.













the internet loves homosexuality, republicans should give it a chance.

choose an e-card for your lover and it sings your their name to them- try it out here.

the guy who talks on this page is hilarious!

adidas- big balls

adidas created this 'outdoor ad' at the german munich airport.


















it's the world cup soccer goalkeeper, oliver kahn.

think of the driving distraction this causes...

new job

RMG Connect








i start on tuesday- yay