The world in numbers (0)

Posted 6 March, 2009 in Random Musings, Science

Thanks to Bookninja for the link.

Drifters. Animation. Xmas tunes. What’s not to like? (0)

Posted 21 December, 2008 in Random Musings

Fifty People, One Question (0)

Posted 15 December, 2008 in Movies, Random Musings

New Orleans

Fifty People, One Question: New Orleans from Benjamin Reece on Vimeo.

New York

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Fifty People, One Question: New York from Crush & Lovely on Vimeo.

All my jobs (0)

Posted 8 November, 2008 in Random Musings

Douglas Adams has always been one of my favorite authors. Coincidentally, he also shared a birthday with my younger son.

I like that Douglas always listed his bizarre collection of previous jobs on his book jackets. So here, for the record, and in approximate chronological order, are my previous jobs:

Grocery stock clerk, cashier, bank teller, waiter, professional musician, radio announcer, television/radio script writer, Web site editor, newspaper and wire-service copy editor, radio reporter, newspaper page designer, union organizer, nonprofit development director, radio station manager, talk show host, stay-at-home dad, union organizing director and union representative.

Some of these jobs happened more than once, but I just listed each title one time.

Yoikes!

What has become of me? (1)

Posted 29 January, 2008 in Random Musings

The photo says it all:

“A respected image consultant once said that the average person who wears a bow tie is distrusted by all. What all bow tie wearers know is that an average person would never be wearing a bow tie in the first place.”

– Owen Edwards for Town and Country

A new look at shaving (1)

Posted 19 January, 2008 in Random Musings, Shaving

Several years ago, I tried shaving with a shaving mug and brush, plus some Burt’s Bees shaving soap. I used a Gillette Sensor razor, and just didn’t see that big a difference.

For Christmas, Jen bought me some Nutragena Men’s Triple Protect Face Lotion. I decided to take out the mug and brush again. This time, I bought some shaving soap from Herban Cowboy. Even with the modern-day razor, I’ve been enjoying the new feel and the more relaxed, mindful shaving experience.

Then I discovered A Guide To The Gourmet Shaving Experience at the Leisure Guy site. I took his advice and bought a safety razor from ClassicShaving.com. The model I bought — a Merkur “Futur” from Germany — arrived today. I’m going to take my first-ever whack at shaving with a safety razor in the morning. I’m excited, which is a crazy thing to say about shaving.

Welcome to the future (0)

Posted 8 January, 2008 in Random Musings

From the brilliant xkcd.com.

Rally to support restoration of judiciary and civil liberties in Pakistan (0)

Posted 13 November, 2007 in Random Musings

My friend Mara Ahmed sent me this today:

Rally to support restoration of judiciary and civil liberties in Pakistan

Date: Sunday November 18, 2007
Time: 2.00pm – 3.30pm
Place: Twelve Corners in Brighton

SOLIDARITY

PLEASE JOIN THE PAKISTANI AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN UPSTATE NEW YORK IN A DEMONSTRATION OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF PAKISTAN IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR THE RULE OF LAW.

WE WILL HOLD A DEMONSTRATION ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18 FROM 2:00 PM TO 3:30 PM AT TWELVE CORNERS IN BRIGHTON.

THE PUROPOSE OF THE DEMONSTRTATION IS TO EXPRESS OUR DESIRE TO PRESERVE THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY AND TO RESTORE THE RULE OF LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION OF PAKISTAN .

IF YOU CHERISH FREEDOM, LIBERTY , CIVIL RIGHTS AND DEMOCARACY JOIN US TO SHOW OUR RESOLVE TO THE WORLD THAT WE WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT TRAMPLING OVER CIVIL LIBERTIES AND OVER JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE IN OUR HOME COUNTRY.

AS A SIGN OF UNITY WITH THE LAWYERS WHO ARE SPEARHEADING THE STRUGGLE IN PAKISTAN PLEASE WEAR BLACK AND WHITE WHEN YOU COME.

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