June 2009

“To make people happy.” At one point of time that was the mission statement for Disney. Today, it’s a little bit more complex. I’ve been thinking about the mission statements recently, while my friend Ashlie recently devised a statement for her life and job, I’ve been thinking more about my blog (Darren Rowse recently wrote [...]

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I’ll let the photos explain it all…

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On a day where I have four blog drafts waiting to be written on this blog, and a blog post due on Metblogs, I had enough time to rant about Twitter… which probably contributed to the time suck that led to my current lack of blog productivity: The Real Twitpocalypse Is Here: I’m Now Addicted [...]

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Metblogs Round-Up: 6-14-09

by Patrick on June 14, 2009

I was excited for a lot of the stuff I wrote on Metblogs this week: I wrote a breif analysis on where The Real World DC might go out when the start shooting next weekend. Not that anybody cares but I broke the return of Screen On The Green before the other big bloggers… …probably [...]

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Last weekend my friend Diana introduced me to a wonderful educational tool, Drunk History: Created by Derek Waters, a comedian and performer over at the Upright Citizens Brigade in LA. He finds friends that have a historical story to tell, watches them get hammered, and then films them retelling their story. It goes without saying [...]

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Thanks to an IT switchover at work, I had to give up my Zack Morris-like smart phone for a Blackberry. This past weekend I picked up a Blackberry Curve and so far it’s been ok. Along with my previous experience with the Treo, I’ve now completed my handheld trifecta. Now I know some people are [...]

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My experiences in the backyard have not always been great. However last Monday Caroline suggested that this past weekend would be a great time to invite some friends over, grab a few beverages, and play some games. Now I’ve thrown a party at Highland Street before and I had the drill pretty much down, however [...]

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Metblogs Round-Up: 6-9-09

by Patrick on June 9, 2009

A few Metblogs items: As you know I like water, so I had to mention a Crystal Light promotion at Union Station today. Botox Bailout = Another trite recession tie-in. Discovered DC Interns, and I feel a little bit better than those still in college. Rain was the bigger story than today’s Democratic Primary.

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If you don’t know who Joe Buck is, you probably recognize his voice. As the lead play-by-play announcer for Fox Sports he’s already amassed quite the resume with two Super Bowls, 11 World Series, 14 League Championship Series and 10 MLB All-Star games all under his belt. Well it appears that he’s also quite the [...]

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A geek moment from this past week. Ann Curry posted a tweet of her desktop at the moment. If you look closely you can see my tweet on her timeline. So cool.

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