Jul

A truly bizarre and hilarious and sad little thread from Gizmodo today: http://gizmodo.com/5309337/what-is-the-best-technology-to-use-when-you-film-yourself-having-sex. I have to admit, I laughed out loud at the guy who wrote he had a 60 minute flip camera, but never knew what to do with the other 58 minutes of tape…

One of the most, uh, interesting (?) parts was the polls. They asked people if they had ever filmed themselves having sex:

More of a split than I would’ve thought!

They also asked people what their recommendation for recording equipment would be:

Okay, a few things here … first of all, you spycam guys are just creepy … and also felons, just as an FYI. And a webcam?!! Apparently you people are why my kids can’t surf YouTube unsupervised. As to the people who use their cell phone cameras … wow, you must have a WAY better camera in your phone than I do!!!

  

Jun

I don’t care HOW shock absorbant this thing is, my iPod is NOT docking in a basketball goal! %-)

http://www.macworld.com/article/139478/2009/03/spaldingihoop.html

  

Aug

I am SO HAPPY!!! I have been waiting for an iPhone for what feels like forever. At the Apple Store today, I was like a kid on the first night of Chanukah or something.

Here’s us posing with our new phones:

  

Jun

Wow, I gotta admit, the racket run by the W administration over the course of the past 8 years has me feeling pretty down on the US lately – so, I was glad to get this “assignment”, to help me focus on the positives. And there are a lot! The W regime is so morally bankrupt and utterly disgusting, it is hard to remember that sometimes.

I saw from other people’s lists, most folk were using the entire scope of US history. I decided, though, to focus only on things that have happened in my lifetime. Basically, for the reasons mentioned above – things that I have actually seen, or heard, or even been a part of that remind me of the creativity and drive, the diversity, the strength and resilience even in the face of adversity that sum up “America” for me.

1. Standing in the (very long) lines to donate blood after the 9/11 attacks – it didn’t last nearly long enough, but the absence of partisan politics as usual and the sense of solidarity in the immediate aftermath was amazing.

2. The 1st time the Space Shuttle went back up after the Challenger explosion

3. August 1, 1981: I Want My MTV!
I will never forget sitting (way too close) to the screen in front of our 19″ TV (that still had a dial on it that we used to change channels before we got cable) watching that very first video.

4. Keri Strug’s 2nd vault at the 1996 Olympics – talk about taking one for the team!

5. Roe v Wade – yeah, I was only 2 and don’t exactly remember it, but it was an amazing advancement for women everywhere

6. Bill Clinton being acquitted by the Senate in February 1999, after the idiocy of the House in impeaching him (on my birthday no less!) in December 1998.

7. The day Apple released the iPod

8. The day Apple released the iPhone – possibly the most perfect device ever invented!

9. The world NOT ending as we know it on it @ Y2K

10. The first time I ever heard a Barack Obama give a speech

p.s. On January 20, 2009, this list will change, as the image of W getting on a helicopter and leaving the White House will become my new #1.