We returned from Puerto Rico earlier this evening. The trip can only be described as a family adventure–not a family reunion. As an example, most families honor the burial of loved ones by telling stories, eating, and drinking in their honor. But of course, our family took the festivities a step further by getting memorial tattoos. I mean, food and drink just isn’t sufficient when you can mark yourself for life, right!? So that’s the teaser. I won’t reveal the location or form of my tattoo until I get a chance to upload all of the trip photos onto Flickr and get them properly captioned. I’ll also try and summarize the events that took place in the last five days into something meaningful. Until then I am willing to give one hint as to the form of the tattoo: it’s something you see every single day. |
Melissa and I are heading off to the island to bury my mom’s ashes in my hometown of Dorado, Puerto Rico. It will be a bitter-sweet trip. Although a somber occasion, we will spend time with my brother and uncles in this small family reunion. We will be returning on Sunday, January 14th. |
Yet another article to make you feel jealous of Google millionaires. |
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people. Pat Robertson is insane. Even other evangelical Christians are distancing themselves from his apparent lunacy. Only one week has passed this new year and he has already expounded these “predictions” for evangelical Christians in America: |
Speculation about what products will launch at Apple’s Macworld expo next week is running wild all over the blogosphere. Many claim that a set-top box to play movies, dubbed iTV, and an iPod with an integrated cell phone, dubbed iPhone, as the best bets. However, if history is any indication anything could happen at Macworld. Personally, I am hoping that Apple finds a way to make a better version of the human mind, dubbed iMind. That way I could sell them my domain. |
A 21-year-old German tourist that wanted to visit his girlfriend in Sydney, Australia, mistyped the city on a travel website and ended up in Sydney, Montana. That’s right, 8,000 miles away! He didn’t figure out the problem until he got to Billings, Montana, from Portland, Oregon. He spent three days freezing his balls off in Montana before his mother sent him money for a return ticket home. And here I thought that the German school system was so much better than our own. I guess being young, dumb, and blinded by love is universal. |
 The homicide rate drops in San Francisco for the first time since 2000. Police and city officials say the decline was due largely in part because of additional patrol efforts in the city’s most dangerous neighborhoods. |
A sexual pervert is so attracted to mannequins that he can’t resist breaking into storefronts to take them. And who can resist them, really!? He is now facing life in prison because he is considered a habitual offender, he has six breaking and entering convictions and a stint in prison in the last thirteen years. “I wish I could quit you, plastic hoes!” |
Here is a backstage photo set of stormtroopers at the Rose Parade. |
George Lucas announced today that the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones film franchise would be filmed in 2007 for a May 2008 release. Harrison Ford will return as the title character even though he is 62 years old. No film locations have been decided. No plot points were released. I am thinking that it may be called Indiana Jones and the Fountain of Youth! How’s this for a plot!? Once Indy finds the fountain of youth the rest of the movie can be filmed using a younger actor as Indiana Jones fighting some bad guys through the Amazon jungle. Indy dispatches the bad guys, seals the fountain, but the effects are temporary. In the final scene, Harrison Ford can then be wheeled into a really large old folks home, much like the ark was wheeled into a really large warehouse at the end of the Raiders of the Lost Ark. One can only hope. |
Melissa and I are ending our evening on a fantastic note! We did our traditional fondue sans lobster tails this year early in the evening, followed by an intimate new year’s party at Andre & John’s house, and a second big ass party at the Azul Lounge with Maria & Francois. All in all, a great way to ring in the new year! I am looking forward to tomorrow’s Star Wars themed Rose Parade which is already setup to be recorded by TiVo. Good night to all Nug readers and happy new year! |