late night ramblings from Brooklyn
 

October 31, 2011

Halloween 2011

This year we decided to decorate the house for our (hopeful) trick-or-treaters in the neighborhood. We also attend a Halloween costume contest every year, that a couple of friends of ours host at their Brooklyn restaurant. We...
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October 25, 2011

Southeast Asia Trip

Grace and I had a great trip to SE Asia last month-- visiting Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. We saw a lot of awesome cities, but my favorite was probably Luang Prabang in Laos. Myanmar...
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February 25, 2011

Solo Gallery Show

I was recently the featured artist at a Brooklyn restaurant, where I presented some new mixed media drawings I have been doing. I haven't had the time to get all the pieces photographed and posted yet, but...
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July 31, 2010

VIP Tour Of Sony Pictures

During our recent visit out west, we were able to meet up with Adam before our flight home for a tour of the Sony Pictures lot. It's a very cool place and Adam is big man on...
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July 27, 2010

A Renewal In California

For those of you who made it (and those who couldn't), here are some of my photos I snapped during Mom and Gerry's vow renewal party. If you are unable to view the above slideshow, you can...
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March 8, 2010

Beautiful Time Lapse Video

This is a really great time lapse video titled "The White Mountain" from Vimeo.com. Shot at Mauna Kea, Hawai'i. View on Google Maps...
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November 27, 2009

2009 Holiday Gift Exchange

With Christmas on it's way - I figured this would be a great spot to open up the communication for the Holiday Gift Exchange Game to be held at Mom & Gerry's this year. For those of...
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October 29, 2009

Robin Williams on the Tonight Show

I flipped through and saw Robin Williams on the Tonight Show the other night, promoting a new movie. I had to snap a few pics (of the TV, yes) to see if anyone else notices a...
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October 29, 2009

Dennis McKinney for State Treasurer

Grace ran across this quote today, regarding candidates for Governor of Kansas: "...stated he will not run in 2010, and Dennis McKinney, the former state House minority leader who became state treasurer in January, said he is...
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September 5, 2009

San Diego Visit

After Adam & Rachel's wedding, we took a week off and headed south to visit San Diego. It was a very relaxing and fun trip down south - if you haven't been, I highly recommend making a...
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August 31, 2009

Los Angeles Station Fire Timelapse

A viewer submitted this amazing video (sped up) of the fires north of Los Angeles. How's everyone on the west coast doing?...
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July 25, 2009

Delicious Garlic Cheddar Loaf

As we were making pasta a few weeks ago, I decided we could use some fresh garlic bread to go with it - but we didn't have any bread. So, I dug through the cabinets and came...
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April 12, 2009

Meet Doug's new brother, Rob

With Charlie gone, Doug has been pretty lonely and constantly looking around the house for where Chuck may be hiding. So, we decided to contact the woman who works at the agency where we adopted Doug from...
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April 12, 2009

Wedding Photo Album Video

Just short of our one year anniversary, I have finished our wedding album.Here is a slideshow version of it for everyone to check out.Click here to view a larger video....
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April 6, 2009

Charlie, 1996-2009

As many of you know, Charlie was recently diagnosed as diabetic and we have been giving him insulin shots (twice daily) to help manage his blood sugar.Early Sunday morning, Charlie had a seizure which caused his...
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April 6, 2009

Mohs Surgery: Postop

I went in for Mohs surgery last Wednesday and left 5 hours later with 10 stitches and cancer free.While the actual surgery time is very quick, the process of testing the skin removed after each incision lasts...
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March 14, 2009

beware of the sun

Two weeks ago I noticed a mole on my chest that would bleed a little after I got out of the shower. It was a mole that stuck out beyond the surface of my skin, so...
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January 25, 2009

bikeCam - ride #1

I bought a small camera made for a pet's collar and attached it onto my bicycle for a ride through my neighborhood. You can set it to snap a picture every 1, 5, or 15 mins and...
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December 31, 2008

Happy New Year

I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that my cell phone (and primary number) is currently out of commission, but you can easily get a hold of me if needed by using my work mobile...
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December 20, 2008

Building an Enourmous Flower Box

Just before the snow arrived this month, I built a large flower box and bench outside our bedroom window. Grace talked me into making it a foot shorter then planned (which was obviously a good thing) and...
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December 19, 2008

An Early Christmas Present

Since we will be in Des Moines on Christmas Day, Grace let Doug open one of his gifts early this year. As you can see from this photo, Charlie is very jealous of his new handsome sweater....
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December 14, 2008

Wallpapering with Charlie & Doug

We decided to dress up our apartment's white walls a bit and wallpaper the two story wall where our stairs are. The stairs are fairly steep so we bought some 2x4's at the hardware store around the...
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December 9, 2008

Halloween 2008

This year, Halloween snuck up on us and so we needed to figure out a costume a few days before a party we went to that was having a costume party. We came up with the idea...
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October 27, 2008

3D desktop printer

I came across a YouTube video the other day showing a printer that can create 3D objects to meet your designed specs. The 'Objet' printer looked so amazing I thought for sure it was fake but then...
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October 16, 2008

upside down dogs

I was doing some old school web surfing on Tuesday and I came across a brand new photo site which I am already a self-proclaimed fanboy of. As a long-time-fan of stuffonmycat.com I was already within the...
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October 15, 2008

Iron Horse Hotel, Milwaukee

Last week Grace and I made a return trip to Milwaukee for the wedding of our two friends Zach and Kristin. We had never both been in a wedding together and that made the whole trip more...
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October 6, 2008

Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals

I read a lot about this skit from Saturday Night Live this week but didn't manage to catch the show. Leave it to the internet to have it available soon after broadcast! In my opinion, SNL has...
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October 4, 2008

Doug, after the sew

Every Wednesday evening, I help to produce an online show "Watch What Happens - After the Sew" for Bravotv.com. The show is on right after the episode of Project Runway ends and usually involves the host Andy...
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August 2, 2008

Weekend in Cambridge and Boston

Over the Fourth of July weekend, Grace and I took a bus to Boston and stayed at Brian's work apartment in Cambridge. It was definitely a hot weekend but we managed to walk around most of the...
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August 1, 2008

Mets Game

A friend of mine from work recently won 4 tickets to a Mets game, so he took the four guys I share an office with. The game was stalled a bit during the 5th inning, as there...
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