the penguin told me to do it.

an attempt at daily photos

Posted: July 10th, 2009 | Author: Mike | Filed under: Personal, photo-blog | No Comments »

for a little added fun, i’m going to try and pick a photo to post here daily. i’ve been stocking lots away in my flickr account but i often forget about my favorites. it’s time to pull some of them out and blow the dust off.

nb: i, by no means, take photography very seriously. i do like to have my camera with me often in case something stands out. who knows if this experiment will refine my skills more or simply maintain the status quo. either way – its just fun.


a weekend at the beach

Posted: July 8th, 2009 | Author: Mike | Filed under: Personal | No Comments »

Alex and I had a great weekend down at the Jersey shore. It was the first time we spent a whole weekend together in about six months where I didn’t have to work. The weather was beautiful and we were with fun people – what else could you want? Oh…party cake ice cream.

Video after the jump….
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independence day weekend

Posted: July 2nd, 2009 | Author: Mike | Filed under: Personal | No Comments »

sunset on long beach island

Happy Fourth, y’all. Running away for the weekend.

(photo via flickr)


white collar prision sentences

Posted: July 2nd, 2009 | Author: Mike | Filed under: Personal | No Comments »

What I Learned Today has a list of the top 5 longest prison sentences for a white collar crimes. While our good friend Bernie made off with the most cash, he got far from the longest sentence.

1. 845 years – Sholam Weiss, 2000
Crime: Wire fraud and money laundering, which led to failure of National Heritage Life Insurance company. Also fled the country but was apprehended. He was convicted of 78 counts of racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering.
Amount: $450 million

(via what i learned today)


friday night sky in nyc

Posted: June 27th, 2009 | Author: Mike | Filed under: Personal | No Comments »

2009_06_mamm6Vanilla Sky over St.Marks

i was working this past friday at fuerzabruta and the crew kept talking about the sunset over headset. i couldn’t duck out to see it, but thankfully gothamist (and many more sites as well) have posted photos. they are breathtaking and i’m sad i couldn’t see them in person.


michael jackson’s moonwalker

Posted: June 26th, 2009 | Author: Mike | Filed under: Personal | No Comments »

It’s weird. It’s creepy. It’s comically absurd. It really doesn’t seem like kids belong there. Yet, I can’t see anything malicious about it — I’m not even sure that anything here is inappropriate. But it seems like something about it should be, which maps eerily to the tragic battle that Michael Jackson had fought against society for nearly two decades.

and the music for the game is amazing.

(via marco)


rip michael jackson

Posted: June 25th, 2009 | Author: Mike | Filed under: Personal | No Comments »

thriller

he was definitely messed up, but he was one smooth mofo.