Flight of the Bumblebee … on an accordion

This one is for my friend Brian, who loves polka. It’s also the best accordion performance I’ve ever seen, although to be fair I should point out that I’ve never really seen an accordion performance before.

Mac vs. PC

And the moral of the story is that Macs are punks and will gang up on you.

The Remnants

The video below was made by John August during last year’s writers strike. Think of it like Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog — which, by the way, is freaking brilliant — but with less evil and more apocalypse goodness. Oh, and a few personalities — Ernie Hudson, Ze Frank and Justine Bateman — play roles in the pilot.

Unfortunately, The Remnants is still just a Web pilot. August has been seeking advertising support or a company to help produce The Remnants as a Web series, but so far no luck. Here’s hoping he succeeds because there is lots of promise here.

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Coolest sports car photo ever

The Imperial Death March is running through my head now. Awesome.

Old family photos

My mother sent me these scanned photos a while ago, and I’m just getting around to sharing them.

Top, from left: That’s me with baseball stuff. Not sure how old I am. Second photo is my grandfather making a funny face while mowing the lawn. I miss him; he was so funny.

Bottom, from left: That is my mom as a baby. Isn’t she adorable? Next one is my grandfather again, this time reading a story to my brother and me. I would guess that I’m 5 years old in this photo, which would make Paul around 2 years old. I see that we are both wearing our footie pajamas. I miss footie pajamas.

Body sail jumpers

A friend sent this video link to me, and I have to say that the guys in the video are the most insane SOBs to walk the planet. My mouth dropped watching them jumping off and buzzing the side of cliffs at speeds of up to 100 mph. In-freaking-sane.

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New photos at Picasa

I’m finally getting around to uploading photos to Picasa. October 2008 photos are up, and the rest are coming. Promise.

Update 5:38 p.m. 1/4/08: November photos are up.

Update 8:24 p.m. 1/4/08: December photos are up. Found more October photos, too. And my dad sent me the photo below last week. It’s me at age 2. I look like Alex, but bald and not nearly as cute.

Update 10:11 p.m. 1/4/08: Finally finished uploading those other October photos I found plus additional September and November photos. Check the respective folders for those photos. I’ve uploaded and tagged nearly 400 photos today. I’m exhausted. Good night, world.

Happy New Year

Here’s to a brilliant 2009, even better than 2008.

Unrelated treat: Alex discovering his antique rocking horse on Christmas day.

Bert and Ernie go gangsta

This one is courtesy of my friend Heather:

Happy Birthday, Eli!

Stefanie, Alex and I recently attended our friends’ Beth and Michael’s son’s first birthday party. Eli napped while another friend, Kobbi, shot this video of her son, Dixon, and Alex playing with Eli’s new toy.

And here’s another short one of Eli and Dixon playing. You can see Stefanie, Alex and I in the background. I love that Stefanie checked to see whether Alex needed a diaper change. Ah, the wonderful scent of parenthood.