CNN and Race

So. I was checking the news this morning from CNN and I saw something unusual. Here's my screen capture. Let's see if you can spot it. You'll need to click on the image to see a larger version.



Here's a zoom on the unusual area.



If you didn't know that Robert Gibbs is the White House Press Secretary, would it be unusual to you to see CNN apparently clarifying that Obama's press secretary is white?

Nice job, CNN. Nice job.

By the way, a careful observer will notice something in this screen capture that tells you some information about a recent change in my computer situation. Since January 2007, I've been using a Mac Mini. Did you notice the battery icon in the upper right? I just got a new aluminum Macbook!

Jealous? I know.

Better Know a District-- BYU

Stephen Colbert has "better-known" the district where I live! I'm so honored.

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

Better Know a District - Utah's 3rd - Jason Chaffetz

Colbert at Christmas
Colbert Christmas DVD

Green Screen
Bill O'Reilly Interview

Done!!!

I'm done with my finals! The stress of the semester is over! At last, I can relax and spend a decent amount of time with my wife.

Now, I can get on with the Christmas shopping.

Possessed

Lauren and I went out today and took pictures together in the snow. Unfortunately, as this picture shows, I appear to be possessed by some kind of goblin.



Fortunately, he didn't come out for EVERY picture.



Merry Christmas!

I love me some David Sedaris

It's no secret that I love David Sedaris. Earlier this year, I blogged about how I tried (unsuccessfully) when I was single to use one of his books as a dating activity.

On the episode of This American Life from two weekends ago, they included a fantastic reading by David Sedaris. Do yourself a favor and take the time to listen to this. I cropped out the Sedaris portion from the rest of the show and made it the audio for a movie, with a picture of him as the only video.
Enjoy this.

(from "This American Life, 11.21.08, #104: "Music Lessons")

I think I could have cropped out everything else, and just played his Billie Holiday version of the Oscar Meyer commercial jingle, and that by itself would have been hilarious enough.

If you're really interested, the This American Life website has an archive of all of their episodes. On the episode broadcast on Halloween of this year, the last portion of the show is another David Sedaris piece (it begins at 41:56), in which he describes his thoughts and experiences when he volunteered at a city morgue for a few days. Hilarious.

Halloween

So. Guess what Lauren and I were for Halloween?



The two ARE related. Any guesses? Take a look at Lauren up close.



Does the makeup around the eyes give it away? Look familiar?

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We were Jareth (David Bowie) and Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) from Labyrinth! Lauren was Jareth...



I was Sarah...



Look at this picture! Is it us, or is it from the movie? Who knows?!

Colbert on Young Voters

This is a clip from October 1st's episode of The Colbert Report. It's so funny, I had to share. That's about the only reason I have for posting this.