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Hey friends!

It's been a while since I last posted on here. I'll let you in on everything that's been going on.

It has been an exciting time over here--one filled with new hardware and software that I'm still trying to figure out. Improvements to the website (including this blog) are underway (and, according to a bunch of emails I've received, badly needed!). But, like I said, I'm very excited since there are some really cool things planned for the new site...so we'll see how it turns out!

But, as always, plenty of videos to come..so I hope you'll stay tuned!

In the meantime, check out this new contest being launched by the Tax Foundation...post the winning video response and you could win $5,000!!



Talk to you soon!!

Remy

"Slow Jam"--new video!

Hope you like it! A little different.



Hope you're having a great day! Okay, off to dinner with me.

Dream Job?

A new video from the great folks at the Tax Foundation, and yours truly:

China to Censor Journalists' Internet Access?

I wish I could say I was surprised. If I were a newspaper editor, I would pull my reporters from Beijing.

I've never agreed with all the people who say "the international community should should boycott the Beijing games,"--but I do think more thought should be given to selecting a host city...is anybody actually surprised this is happening?

Brickyard 400

More like Brick-YAWN 400! HEY-OH!!!

I was very excited to watch the Brickyard 400, but what a terrible show. It was kind of interesting to see the different strategies teams used in the unchartered waters of repeated competition cautions in a way--but I would hardly even call it a race.

I wish they went back to the old cars. These COT ("car of tomorrow") races aren't nearly as captivating, for the most part.

The Brickyard 400 is one of the biggest races of the season, and it was turned into a glorified tire-testing session by the COT.

Amazing.

Inspirational. Just amazing.

Teen Witch

I just saw this movie. The musical scenes are quite possibly the best thing ever. For example...



Amazing.

Round 3....

Kotecki vs. "That guy from MSNBC"....

Kotecki TV vs. MSNBC?

James Kotecki, of Politico.com and EmergencyCheese/PoliticoPlaybook on YouTube, is having a "feud," of sorts, with a couple on-air personalities from MSNBC. It seems as if the MSNBC folks made some comments and James...well...take a look at his hilarity from the past two episodes:





Being called "unoriginal" by somebody reading someone else's words off a teleprompter? Odd.

If it were up to me, I'd give James a 10. I hope they invite him onto their show!

Jamboree, woo!

Woo!!

Off to the Jamboree for the day. Brad Paisley plays tonight, woo!! I'm excited.

Morristown here I come!

John McCain

I just came across this first-hand account of his time as a prisoner of war, first published in US News in 1973. Love him or hate him, John McCain is an American hero.

Friends' Blogs...

I recently began reading two new blogs, both of which I thought I'd share with you (and add to the roll on the right).

My friend BJ (who you may know from his co-starring roles in "Thunder Rolls: The Taco Bell Version" and "Washington Capitals: The Hockey Song") just started a funny blog about his daily dining experiences called "Lunch Abominations Made with Love." Here's the blog description from his site:

My dad bought a deli. He says business is good. He brings me lunch almost every day. What he brings is questionable at best. Here I will document some of the best culinary disasters. Sometimes they go straight into the trash, sometimes I pick at them, sometimes I eat them out of pity. I don't have the heart to tell him.

Check it out here:

http://mylunchsucks.blogspot.com/

The other blog is a hilariously well-written glimpse into the life of a new mom. I heard about it and went to check out the latest entry--I ended up reading the entire archive. Here it is:

Just 4 Mom

Hope you enjoy them!

July 4th

A little delayed, but I hope everybody had a great Independence Day!

As for me, I ate eleven cupcakes and completed the greatest Monopoly comeback of all time. In sum, best day ever.

I thing I used up all my good patriotic video links on Memorial Day...except this one...

As Good As I Once Was...

Best cover EVER. A couple country music fans from France cover a Toby Keith classic. I love these guys!

Waitin' on a Woman

What a cool idea! "Waitin' on a Woman" is a great Brad Paisley song, originally on the "Time Well Wasted" album (which, by the way, you should definitely buy if you like country music...or oxygen). I guess the powers that be decided to release that song (or at least the video?) and add it to the new album, "5th Gear." Not that 5th Gear needs any help--I think it has already yielded four #1 singles.

Anyway, it's a great song...can't wait to see the show at the Jamboree. The video was just posted to the Brad Paisley channel. Check it out!

Things That Make Me Go Yelp!

If you're a frequent reader of this blog, you probably already know how I'm a big fan of Yelp.com. I check it frequently--before trying a new restaurant, attempting to find a certain type of cuisine, service, professional, etc. Here is a fan video, starring yours truly, expressing my love for the site.



And if you haven't checked it out already, you should! There's a link on the right--and one right here!

Tim Russert

I was in downtown Washington on Friday afternoon when I heard the sad news. I have enjoyed having Tim Russert and Meet the Press in my home on Sundays...nobody did it better. In the age of the 24-hour news networks touting celebrity gossip and other nonsense, Tim Russert always delivered a refreshingly captivating, substantive and educational program.

I was inspired when I heard him speak, with pride, of his Jesuit education, and where he felt one could take an individual. I saw him a couple times in the concourse at Caps games...thinking about it now, I regret not saying hello and telling him I appreciate his great work--what could it have hurt?

Sundays won't be the same without him.

Ovechkin's (short) Hart speech

Caps win in June after all!

What a big night for the Caps!

Caps (Alex O. and Coach Boudreau) took home FIVE of the awards given out at the NHL Awards Night!

Washington is giving Alex Ovechkin the key to the city on Friday!

I'm very glad Coach Boudreau was not overlooked for the Jack Adams award. He led a historic turnaround--one that, fortunately, is now documented...metallurgically?

And stating so probably should be avoided (I mean, FIVE AWARDS!) but Nick Backstrom...

I'll post a pic with this post of Coach Boudreau...what a great picture!

Mike Milbury is bad at what he does. Still.

I refuse to believe there is a recession as long as Mike Milbury has secured employment.

What aspect of his career as an NHL executive leads anybody to believe he knows what he's talking about? Out of curiosity, I came across his Wikipedia entry...

He has traded away defensemen Zdeno Chara, Wade Redden, Bryan Berard, Eric Brewer, Darius Kasparaitis, and Bryan McCabe; goalies Roberto Luongo and Tommy Salo, as well as forwards Olli Jokinen, Todd Bertuzzi, Raffi Torres. Milbury has also come under fire for his draft day decisions such as choosing Rick DiPietro first overall in 2000 over Dany Heatley and Marian Gaborik; as well as his decision to include the 2001 second overall draft pick (Jason Spezza) as part of the Alexei Yashin trade.

Boy did that Yashin thing work out. And Luongo? Is he still around?

His second act as a TV analyst has hardly changed things. We understand, Mike...the guy at the end of his shift is "out of gas." We understand the concept of fatigue. Profound.

There's the famous quotation, "it's best to keep silent and be assumed an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." Milbury's mouth has been opened. Several times. It's not good TV.

NBC would be better off hiring somebody with no hockey experience whatsoever--at least their hockey failures wouldn't be so well documented.