2008

Five new puppies!

My parents’ dogs Frankie and Winston had a litter of five on Sunday. I will post pictures when...

Vanity Fair cover spoofs The New Yorker. This story has...

At sunset.

Kevin Smith’s ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’...

The grapevine.

The apple tree.

The rose garden.

The blueberries are almost ripe!

My dad’s tomato plants are almost as tall as me.

Swimming at Shady Grove on Saturday. I finally have some...

Tranquility.

Mountain laurel.

The Warhol. USA Today does its own “Pittsburgh: Not as...

attackofhubris: xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math,...

It is hard to maintain any sort of...

I live alone this summer, and I love it.

“One of the most ironic paradoxes of our time is this great...”
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow:...

Fallingwater collage by Sergei Sviatchenko.  

The hubris of Obama

It’s a girl! Baby elephant born at zoo The Pittsburgh...

rockuboff: jpolicarpio:michellardi:carmenmariah: (via...

The 20 Healthiest Foods for Under $1

NYC. From July 9, 2006.

Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District This looks like it...

debauchette: Kissing Couples

New York Times Talks Pittsburgh

My favorite person turned 27 on Saturday. Happy belated...

One Year

attackofhubris: Happy Anniversary, Andrea. I love you more each day. Happy anniversary, Jack and...

The ducks at Jacobs Creek (Green Lick Resevior).

Twin Lakes.

Meg and I visited the Westmoreland Arts & Heritage...

The veterans memorial in Connellsville at night, July 4.

The whitewater.

The rocks above the falls.

The Yough.

Grand.

Ohiopyle.

Fallingwater model. On display in our reception area...

Butterfly

A red-tailed hawk.

The (suprisingly tame) deer on Angle Street.

With a Walter Reed vet.

Tim and me.

Tim and Mike set up.

Tim was in town last week to lauch the WWP outreach...

Obama to visit Walter Reed

Gandolfini 'Sopranos' wardrobe sells for...

actually, thinking about Tumblr feuds...

jessicagoldharalson: MTV should do a Real World:...

There’s nothing like getting out a news release that needs to be done by 4 p.m. at 3:54!...

mascarah: My favorite new tool (new to me? new to everyone?...

Jakob Lodwick - Peaces Out

“Actually, one of my favorites during the political season is...”
— What’s on Barack Obama’s iPod?...

danhacker: First Pics of NYC’s Waterfalls in...

ughhhh

Why oh why oh why did I offer to work today?

(via garfieldminusgarfield)

“Conducting a debate via Twitter seems like a depressing...”
— A blogger reacts to news of an...

rockuboff:soupsoup: (via scout) 

peterwknox: shutupinternet:marco: George Carlin dies at...

Digg circa 1995 (via Digg and Flickr)

“Every day is the best day of your life, unless you have to...”
— Vimrod (via affremblequotes)

Female Chimps Practice Safe Sex [NPR]

thebronzemedal: LIT 101 CLASS IN THREE LINES OR LESS. - - - - 1984 WINSTON: Don’t tell the Party,...

Sarah Silverman signs on for updated “Match...

claudia: doree: The Unseen Movement - The New York Times...

This disgusting ad campaign just won an award at Cannes....

Winston takes a break.

Winston!

Time Magazine’s “10 Questions for David...

Lesbian couple of 55 years weds in California [MSNBC]  This...

davidcho: Facebook to get rid of the wall, replace it with...

The official Stuff White People Like book cover. It’s...

Thunderbird Cafe 

I met Tim Russert exactly two years ago —...

Radar Online: Report: Tim Russert Dead

How we read online [Slate]

Don't Panic. It's Only Friday the 13th

New Fallingwater website is up and running!

Historic Photos of Pittsburgh [Pittsburgh City Paper]

Face Transformer (via jessicagoldharalson)

(via karinalongworth) Cinematical via Vanity Fair’s...

Is your partner a narcissist?

I am re-blogging this for a friend who needs to read it.  alanajoy: Is your partner a narcissist?...

Kennywood at dusk. What a day.  I apologize for cluttering...

The carousel. 

From the top of the Thunderbolt. I LOVE ROLLER COASTERS

The “magic shroom”

The Victorian swings. 

The Pittsburgh Plunge.

Under the sprinklers.

Spent the evening at Kennywood. The park wasn’t very...

Beloved Characters as Reimagined for the 21st...

David Sedaris and his defenders. [Slate]

surreal morning

Sunny and 80 degrees today — the heat has finally subsided. The funeral for Pittsburgh...

“I want to open up transparency in government, so that you...”
— Extract from Barack Obama’s...

via Wonkette via  jimnewell.files.wordpress.com

caz: mzchristine: Does the phone double as a vibrator? No? Well, then it’s just a phone. Quite...

I might have to go back for one of these. 

At the Three Rivers Art Festival. 

Lovely yet impractical. 

At Point State Park. It felt wonderful. 

Rest In Peace, Dwight White

antoinetta: bellechoses: The Kiss (via howardpennphoto)

ambivalence: Tumblr Mosaic

Me: The dashboard says it's 98 degrees outside!
Tim: Nick Lachey is somewhere needing those royalties.

Germany Abuzz at Racy Novel of Sex and...

Passed this warholian mannequin on display at Avalon...

Carnegie Museum guard charged with defacing...

alexbalk: Reblogging this again because I’ve been looking at...

City warms up for 10th U.S. Transplant Games

“A milestone of sorts was reached earlier this year, when...”
— FEC, media can’t handle Obama...

Separated at Birth: Atrios and Scott...

RFK (via)

Freed student uses Twitter to demand...

somethingchanged:soupsoup:antoinetta

My ceiling tiles are leaking

Two guys from Franklin West looked at these tiles yesterday and alerted us that the entire ceiling...

Dromedary Camel

deadlybrad42: hilker: johnbrissenden: (via mrpower) I...

“I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim...”
— Kurt Vonnegut (via...

"Hollywood & Wine": a call for extras

thebronzemedal: ericamay: Graphic (and frequent CD)...

Tumblr's David Karp: 300,000 Users, Pro...

Waxing philosophical on the bathroom walls.

“Hey honey pie! Did you know it costs a lot to look...

Next to American Apparel on Walnut.

My Internet service is restored!  At Kards Unlimited on...

“I fell far short of living up to the kind of public servant...”
— Scott McClellan.

Give her a break. At least she owns a vacuum.

“Hello, this is God. Whenever I’m in Pittsburgh — which is...”
— Promotional spot heard on a...

A Guided Tour of 'Your Brain' [NPR]

We’re at the Beehive tonight because the cable and internet at home suddenly stopped working....

onefootinthegrave: danhacker: A new still from the...

“Different kinds of books have characteristic smells, too,...”
— Smells like literary spirit |...

After Sunday’s picnic we got Sonic milkshakes and saw...

bellavita: bunnynico: Obama has been endorsed by First...

(Apple ad, 1979)  In a thousand words or less, users were...

onefootinthegrave: Doesn’t she look cute in my jersey? Go...

I sometimes forget to look around to take in how beautiful...

The Point. 

Couldn’t have wished for better weather during...

Obama + Webb > any other presidential ticket ever  (via...

The Rhododendron bushes in Pittsburgh are in full bloom this...

Listen

Underrated movie meme

jessicagoldharalson: I’m starting a new meme: Re-blog this and list three movies you think are...

Going to Chipotle for a late lunch

We ate there once this week already. But because there are no Chipotles down in Jacksonville Tim...

How to Be Useful: A Beginner’s Guide to Not Hating...

The real highlight of the day was sitting in the audience...

A journalists memorial.

The Newseum needs a little less flash and more historical...