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Beverly Hills, 90210 Day: Did you know?
Fun Facts about the original 90210 cast (c/o Wikipedia): Jason Priestley: Priestley is an owner of the new FAZZT Race Team, which is competing full time in the IndyCar Series in 2010 with Canadian racer Alex Tagliani. Shannon Doherty: She lives in Malibu, California. She also has a horse ranch in Ventura County, California and [...]
Lists: Top 10 Reasons I’m Happy August is Over
1. College Football starts this weekend 2. September = less humidity 3. Pennant Races 4. No more pictures of my teacher friends enjoying their summers off 5. Labor Day Weekend 6. New Fall fashions 7. Fall album releases 8. Six months of Techyness 9. No more allergies 10. Long Sleeves and Shorts
Lists: 3 Things I Didn’t Know About Islam Until Now
1. People like to tell me things they don’t think I know about Islam 2. Those same people get really mad at me when I still believe in religious tolerance 3. I watch too much YouTube. Not really related to Islam, so maybe the title should just be called “2 Things…” Oh well, too tired [...]
The Absence of Analog
Over the last year, I’ve stopped keeping an analog journal for the first time in my life. It has, mostly, to do with my lack of a work/life balance, the absence of a good desk in my small NYC apartment, and free time. Still – I miss it. Here are some old images from my [...]
Working on the weekend
Just taking a moment from working on the weekend to remind myself why I work:
Not Happy? Change Something!
I was a vegetarian from around the time I was 13 to around the time I was 23. That’s a whole decade where I did not eat meat. It’s kind of funny to think back at those days – especially when the happiest day of my week is the day that I get to visit [...]
Share and Share alike
I agree, and my favorite explanation for why came from Matt Gallivan, a senior research analyst for NPR, who said “Sharing is not ‘the new black,’ it is the new normal. There are too many benefits to living with a certain degree of openness for Digital Natives to ‘grow out of it.’ Job opportunities, new [...]
George’s Check Ins Across America
The great thing about the Internet is that you can revisit your past. Like a time capsule, it contains nuggets of information long forgotten, only to be uncovered. I recently stumbled upon Weeplaces – a Foursquare visualization tool. It shows your entire timeline of places that you have checked in. Here’s a visualization of my [...]
My BlogHer: in Pictures
BlogHer is sometimes best told in pictures. And, since I don’t take any pictures of my own, I will have to rely on a little help from my friends… All that’s missing is a little video from me doing the Just Dance Game and we’ll have ourselves a nice recap. I’m sure that’s coming. I’m [...]
Random List of 5 Thoughts from this years BlogHer
I was talking to my friend Sugar Jones about how this year’s BlogHer was “different.” She smiled, started to bounce around to the music, and simply said – “We’re different. We’re older” and proceeded to dance her butt off. I smiled and realized that she was right. The first few days of BlogHer had me [...]
