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Lazzzzzzzzerrrrz

Mark — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:57:30 +0000

I’m not one to repost LOLcats, but this one is particularly funny as we’ve been torturing Maysle with one of these damn laser pens a lot lately and he magically never seems to tire of it. What is it about the lil’ red dot that drives kitties so mad?

fake new york times

Mark — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:02:23 +0000

My friends Scott and Liz (and several hundred friends and co-conspiritors) put our a ‘fake’ edition of the New York Times yesterday. It’s one of those mega-stunts that gets all over TV and the Internet. They got meme’d. I’m psyched to see such an awesome, underground, progressive message breaking into the mainstream news cycle.

Copies of the paper are already selling on eBay for almost $100.

Read the digital edition here.

When Assholes Strike, Laugh it Off

Mark — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:18:54 +0000

I really do hate the presidential political season, when nearly everyone seems to support blatant, outrageous lies like their heads are up their asses. Where do they come from? *sigh* Boy, what a world we live in. It’s best to just laugh it off…

“Executive Experience”

My hero:

And finally…

Poor kid…

Computer Humor

Mark — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:45:25 +0000

Two things of note have crossed my ‘desk’ today that I’d like to shovel over to your ‘desk’ for consideration:

First: via Geekadelphia, via Man in Blue:

Next, via Liza, via xkcd:

Signs of the Times

Mark — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:04:27 +0000

I took a couple grabs of my computer screen yesterday because I thought I saw something in them. A sign of the times, if you will. I lament this because I spend WAY too much time on the Internet and am blogging about screenshots (ugh.) and because they’re inside jokes for the Innnnernet wonkies in the house. First, fellow Twitter fanatics will get the same sinking feeling (exhibit A) I get from this one:

Second, my friend Dorothy posted these consecutive lil’ rants on Facebook (exhibit B) that made me laugh out loud (ie: LOL). She really is a funny girl, though. You should read her blog, too.

Popped! Music Festival 2008

Mark — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:49:42 +0000

[Gogol Bordello]

[Vampire Weekend]

We got to enjoy a very relaxing, sunny summer day listening to music outside at Drexel’s campus this past weekend (see all the photos here). The Popped! Music Festival got a lot bigger this year. Last spring we were cramming into small local venues watching great up and coming area bands. This year, it was a full-on festival complete with international musical acts.

My friend Alexis did a great job pulling this thing together over the past year. I helped her out planning a bit early on, so Audrey and I scored some VIP passes and had a good time watching the (ahem) mild debauchery going on back stage.

If you’d like to see some live music clips from the event, check out my music vlog yvynyl live.

A Photo from Fishtown

Mark — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:04:38 +0000

Stay Kool. Be true. And watch out for the devil, people.

(Shot last night at the Penn Treaty Market on the corner of Girard & Frankford)

Don’t Worry, Ma, This is Just a Joke

Mark — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:02:02 +0000

You gotta love the Presidential political season, eh? I’m already sick of everything being taken so seriously, but it’s been pretty awesome how these lil’ nuggets have been popping up all over. Pennsylvania’s the next battle ground state, and Lord knows I’m voting for a guy who jumps from fiery helicopters on his skateboard while holding nunchucks!

Shmitten Kitten’s Boyz in the Hood

Mark — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:47:53 +0000

My pal Anna and her friend Shannon have been doing some pretty awesome social anthropology research on young male humans in Philly. They’ve got a couple diagrams of guys with different styles. Oddly, they seem to have drawn me in the diagram for ‘Fishtown Dude‘! LOL!