Archive for December, 2005
Photo Retrospective, 1998: Graduation
(Me Graduating uploaded by brownpau.) This is my graduation from Ateneo de Manila in 1998. (Yeah, I was pretty thin and slouchy back then.) The graduation “celebration” dinner that followed was something I don’t remember with much fondness. The next time I would shake hands with Father Nebres would be seven years later.
links for 2005-12-12
Richard Pryor passes on. (tags: showbiz news)
Pandora Plays with a Peacock Feather
(Playing with a Peacock Feather 2 uploaded by brownpau.) Peacock feathers come a close second to laser pointers for “most effective way to drive your cat crazy.” Styrofoam packing peanuts are a possible third. Are they okay for cats to play with?
Moses and Jesus Action Figures
I had originally bought the Jesus action figure for the FBCDC White Elephant* Christmas Party, but Amy thought it was a bit too close to being a graven image of Deity much a trivialization of Christ by turning him into a joke and a toy, so I went back to the toy shop and traded [...]
links for 2005-12-11
A Holocaust Survivor’s Path to Peace: Forgiving Josef Mengele. A lesson in personal forgiveness, but without exoneration of the guilty. (tags: faith history war jew) First Midway crash details emerge. Investigation begins into the Southwest Airlines plane that slid past the end of the Midway Airport runway and into traffic, killing one and injuring ten. [...]
A380 Interiors
Lots of amazing interior and aerial photos of the new Airbus A380 are up on Airliners.net. It’s a huge, huge plane. Update: More recent photos from Gizmodo and Airliners.net Flight deck: 1, 2 Upper deck with ballast tanks: 1, 2 Lower deck with test equipment and cargo: 1, 2, 3, 4 (note the temporary lavatories [...]
links for 2005-12-10
del.icio.us: y.ah.oo! Del.icio.us acquired by Yahoo. You know what this means: ads and merged logins. :( (tags: delicious yahoo) Butterschtick: stick of it all. DC cynics on overhyped panda bears. (tags: dc animals)
Yet More Snowy DC Photos
I admit it: I was holding off posting new weblog entries and photos because I heard about the coming storm and wanted to wait so I could have an uninterrupted string of winter photos. Sadly, when I woke up at 6am this morning, the snow had turned to sleet, and it was just too nasty [...]
links for 2005-12-09
Accounting for Bloggers. Taxation and accounting concerns for professional weblogging. (tags: business finance blogs) Spera In Deo: A Merry Holiday Problem. “I know that some of you have been busy calling the customer service departments of the stores on Bill O’Reilly’s list. May I invite you to instead spend your time doing something else?” (tags: [...]
links for 2005-12-08
Hotpads.com – Map Based Housing Search (tags: realestate) purgatorio: You Might Be Emerging If… Symptom sheet for emerging church enthusiasts. (tags: faith fun) Quick Online Tips: The Great Flickr Tools Collection (tags: flickr software) Plane crashes into apartment building in Iran. (tags: news aviation) CNN.com – Man killed after bomb claim at airport – Dec [...]