Mama Hugs Iowa - New York Times

Mama Hugs Iowa - New York Times: "(Though Jon Stewart warned on “The Daily Show” that [hillary's] slogan — “Let the conversation begin!” — will not help her with men. “I think the typical response would be, ‘Now?’ ” he said, adding that her new Iraq policy is, “America, let’s pull over and just ask for directions.”)"

Nice little write-up on AdRants about our Wash Your Hands spot.

Adrants � Commercial Tells You Where Your Hands Have Been: "Commercial Tells You Where Your Hands Have Been
la_county_hands.jpg

When we shake someone's hand, we often wonder where that hand has been before. A new commercial from the LA County Department of Health answers that question in an effort to prevent the spread of the flu. We're told washing one's hands is the number one method of curtailing the spread of germs. We are so with Howard Stern on this one. If we didn't feel like a jerk refusing to shake someone's hand, we never would again. The ad is the work of DDB and Curious Pictures."

Green World party for Soulicious

Green World party for Soulicious, originally uploaded by ideateller.

My friends John Davis and Debi Mae West are throwing this event as part of

an effort to make Soulicious camp carbon-neutral for Burning Man.



Come on down.

Afternoon Delight t-shrit from Threadless.com

Afternoon Delight t-shrit from Threadless.com, originally uploaded by ideateller.

http://www.threadless.com/product/157/Afternoon_Delight

Book: Love is a Mix Tape

From stereogum, which you should be reading daily:

"Love Is "Hey Jude" On Repeat

Every week (not true) Stereogum suggests a music book you should read. We like Rob Sheffield's Love Is A Mix Tape a lot. Early in the book (before it gets to the heartbreaking mix tapes) Rob tell us about an April '79 afternoon he and his dad spent with "Hey Jude."

As my dad and I sat around the house one Saturday afternoon, playing Beatles records, we started batting around the idea that it was theoretically possible to loop a version of "Hey Jude" long enough to fill up an entire cassette. All we had to do was press pause and lift the needle every once in a while, and fiddle with the volume knobs. A few hours later, we had a ninety-minute tape of "na na nas," along with many "yeah yeah yeahs" and a few "Judy Judy Judy wows." We listened to the playback, and I could not believe what we had accomplished. This was a new Beatles song that hadn't existed before. It was Something New, as the Beatles would say.

...

I listen to Hey Jude now, and I think two things: I never want to hear this song again, and in 1979, my dad was around the age I am now, and given a Saturday afternoon he could have spent any way he pleased, he chose to spend it with his twelve-year-old song, making this ridiculous little tape. He probably forgot about it the next day. But I didn't.

That is the longest remix of "Hey Jude." Segue. "

Germ Commercial

Marcus and I's new commercial or LA County Dept of Heatlh.

The best way to help prevent the spread of an epidemic flu such as influenza is to simply wash your hands. Same goes for the regular flu and cold.

New glasses

New glasses, originally uploaded by ideateller.

Thanks to Anne for being my personal shopper.

New glasses

New glasses, originally uploaded by ideateller.

Thanks to Anne for being my personal shopper.

Never give an iguana Viagra - Yahoo! News

Erm, geez.

Never give an iguana Viagra - Yahoo! News: "ANTWERP, Belgium (Reuters) - Mozart, an iguana with an erection that has lasted for over a week, will have his penis amputated in the next couple of days.
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Veterinarians at Antwerp's Aquatopia had sought to treat the animal's problem, but decided removal was the only solution because of the risk of infection. The good news for Mozart and his mates is that male iguanas have two penises.

Mozart, sitting on the shoulders of his keeper as camera crews focused on his red, swollen erection, seemed unperturbed by the news."

Dr. Stacy, MSFW

From Slate: Ecstacy, the new prescription drug?

What a Long Strange Trip It's BeenEcstasy, the new prescription drug?
By Amanda Schaffer
Posted Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007, at 12:52 PM ET

EcstasyEcstasy
This year, the drug MDMA, otherwise known as ecstasy, could take a step toward medical respectability. Researchers in South Carolina have begun experimenting with MDMA for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder. At Harvard, a long-awaited pilot study will begin on whether the drug can help relieve anxiety and pain in terminal cancer patients in connection with psychotherapy. And studies will also start in Switzerland and Israel, where a former chief psychiatrist of the Israel Defense Forces will oversee work with people whose PTSD stems from terrorism or war.

wind wins

wind wins, originally uploaded by ideateller.

Lost in Venice, continuing series

Lost in Venice, continuing series, originally uploaded by ideateller.

love the random green leaf next to it.

Venice in the morning

Venice in the morning, originally uploaded by ideateller.

Bulls on parade at Coachella

Jesus Christ. What a fucking lineup.

3 days though?

From

"As first tipped here on Friday, a reunited Rage Against The Machine, Bjork and the Red Hot Chili Peppers will lead the lineup for the 2007 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, to be held April 27-29 in Indio, Calif. The event will also feature a reunion gig from Crowded House as well as the Arcade Fire, Sonic Youth, Air, the Roots, Willie Nelson, Interpol, Manu Chao, Ghostface Killah and Fountains Of Wayne.

Rage Against The Machine co-headlined the first Coachella with Tool in 1999, while Bjork was a headliner in 2002 and the Chili Peppers served in that role the following year. The full lineup will also sport sets by Jarvis Cocker, the Good, the Bad and the Queen, Hot Chip, Peeping Tom, the Decemberists, the Happy Mondays, Arctic Monkeys, Tiesto, Kings Of Leon, Travis, Placebo, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Lily Allen, Paul Van Dyk, Gotan Project, Kaiser Chiefs, Silversun Pickups, Faithless and LCD Soundsystem."

In addition, DJ Shadow, Satellite Party, Stephen Marley featuring Jr. Gong, Konono No. 1, Nickel Creek, the Black Keys, the New Pornographers, Rufus Wainwright, the Rapture, !!!, Richie Hawtin, Explosions In The Sky, Junior Boys, Sparklehorse, Soulwax, the Kooks, Felix Da Housecat, Blonde Redhead, Damien Rice, Lupe Fiasco, Jose Gonzales, Brazilian Girls, Regina Spektor, Ozomatli, Peaches, Cornelius, We Are Scientists, Amy Winehouse, the Comedians of Comedy, Spank Rock, Tapes 'n Tapes, the Klaxons, Girl Talk, CSS, the Coup, Andrew Bird and Peter, Bjorn and John will play.

ticket!

ticket!, originally uploaded by ideateller.

ticket!



Burning Man ticket? Bought.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ticket!

ticket!, originally uploaded by ideateller.

ticket!



Burning Man ticket? Bought.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today!

Today!, originally uploaded by ideateller.

Today!



From my friend Taryn!:



³taken this morning!  put the biggest smile on my face!



1st snow of the season! wish you were here!



xo/t²



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today!

Today!, originally uploaded by ideateller.

Today!



From my friend Taryn!:



³taken this morning!  put the biggest smile on my face!



1st snow of the season! wish you were here!



xo/t²



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peyton Manning Looking Forward To Ninth Annual Super-Bowl-Watching Party | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Ouch.

As a Gator who should hate any Vol, I should be rooting against Peyton. But actually, I'd like for him to break through and get that title.

After all, he was 0-4 vs. the Gators, and contributed to our first national title in '96.

Peyton Manning Looking Forward To Ninth Annual Super-Bowl-Watching Party | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: "Peyton Manning Looking Forward To Ninth Annual Super-Bowl-Watching Party"

A VOTE FOR SPITE IS A VOTE FOR GEORGIA

God, I love SEC football, where you can really just be god damn ornery and spiteful, well, just because.

EDSBS � Archive � A VOTE FOR SPITE IS A VOTE FOR GEORGIA: "The House passed a resolution praising the Florida Gators on their recent National Championship. These things are usually passed unanimously and give said honoree something official to recognize whatever they accomplished.

Not so fast my friend on this one, it passed 414-1. Who in their right mind would go on record against Florida winning the championship? A misplaced Ohio State fan? Steve Spurrier%u2019s sister? Some Auburn booster?

That would be Jack Kingston, who made up the lone member of the lone anti-Florida constituency in the United States House by voting against congratulating Florida in the ceremonial resolution. You%u2019d expect us to be enraged by this, but thorny spite like that doesn%u2019t escape praise around here. We imagine the same, sick feeling we%u2019d have if a vote praising Bobby Bowden for anything came up. We%u2019d likely do the same.

That said, we still hope he gets flattened by a rolling ball of rattlesnakes while taking out the trash. Fuck you, Jack Kingston. Fuck you in your waxy, pox-ridden ear."

improv everywhere no pants! subway ride - a photoset on Flickr

flickr set of the pantsless ride here:

improv everywhere no pants! subway ride - a photoset on Flickr: "improv everywhere's annual pantsless subway ride. yep. it is exactly what it sounds like. nonchalant hilarity."

Laughing Squid ? 6th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride

HT to Orange.

Btw, HT means 'hat tip', and is meant to give credit to the person who referred you to somethin'.

These are folks after my own heart.

Laughing Squid ? 6th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride: "Improv Everywhere had their 6th annual No Pants! Subway Ride in New York on Saturday, December 13th. Over 200 agents showed up and rode the 6 Line in their underwear. Here’s coverage from the New York Daily News and WNYC.

Check out the great photos from Chad Nicholson and Steph Goralnick.

From the New York Daily News:

“We’re all going to take our pants off and have a lot of fun,” said organizer Charlie Todd, 28, of the Improv Everywhere group. “It’s not against the law to wear your underwear!”

Participants gathered at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station, boarded a 6 train, “de-pantsed” and exited at different stations. Then they reboarded other uptown trains to the shock and amusement of fellow subway riders."

Male panda said too fat to have sex - Yahoo! News

Putting the ball on the tee, feel free to take a swing in the comments section. Male panda said too fat to have sex - Yahoo! News: "Male panda said too fat to have sex

By SUTIN WANNABOVORN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 22 minutes ago

BANGKOK, Thailand - Chuang Chuang the Panda is just too heavy to have sex. Thai authorities have put him on a strict diet as part of a long-running campaign to get him to mate with female partner Lin Hui at the Chiang Mai Zoo in northern Thailand.
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'Chuang Chuang is gaining weight too fast and we found Lin Hui is no longer comfortable with having sex with him,' said the zoo's chief veterinarian, Kanika Limtrakul, adding that Chuang Chuang weighed 331 pounds while Lin Hui is only 253 pounds.

As a result, zoo authorities are cutting out bamboo shoots in the daily meal for Chuang Chuang and giving the obese bear only bamboo leaves, Kanika said.

The diet plan is the latest in an unsuccessful and often strange campaign by zoo officials to get the two bears to mate.

They have held a mock wedding, announced plans to separate the two to spark a little romance and even talked of introducing panda porn — videos of other pandas mating — to get the pair in the mood."

Los Angeles

Los Angeles
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

One up by the Getty, one down the alley.

Los Angeles

Los Angeles
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

One up by the Getty, one down the alley.

He’s in the Bunker Now - New York Times

File under sad, very sad.

He’s in the Bunker Now - New York Times: "'I’m not going to be rushed,' the president said a month ago when talking about his many policy consultations. He wasn’t kidding. His ostentatious deep thinking started after Election Day, once he realized that firing Donald Rumsfeld wouldn’t be enough to co-opt the Iraq Study Group. He was thinking so hard that he abandoned his initial plan to announce a strategy before Christmas .

The war, however, refused to take a timeout for the holiday festivities in Crawford. The American death toll in Iraq, which hovered around 2,840 on Election Day, was nearing 3,020 by Wednesday night.

And these additional lives were sacrificed to what end? All the reviews and thinking and postponing produced a policy that, as a former top Bush aide summed it up for The Daily News, is nothing more than 'repackaged stay-the-course dressed up to make it look more palatable.' The repackaging was half-hearted as well. Not for nothing did the “way forward,” a rubric the president used at least 27 times in December, end up on the cutting-room floor. The tossing of new American troops into Baghdad, a ploy that backfired in Operation Together Forward last year, is too transparently the way backward."

I heart Debi Mae

I heart Debi Mae
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

I heart Debi Mae



from the d'lovely debi mae west, from new years eve.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secret Santa who gave away $1.3M dies - Yahoo! News

Back in Portland, let's call it '98, I got a $1000 bonus. Now, I've always liked what I do for a living, but to a certain extent, I feel ambivalent about the amount of money I get paid to do it. Especially when contrasted with those a lot less fortunate than I am.

On top of that, I've learned that my biological father is likely on the streets, too.

So, I took the spirit of some of my heroes, including Chicago old-school journalist Mike Royko, who had a longstanding policy of giving a buck to anybody who asked for money, and of Stone Roses singer Ian Brown, who walked around London giving away money from a bag filled with 200,000 quid, until the bag wasn't filled any more.

My contributions were only a couple hundred of bucks to Portland's homeless, but it was fun to do, and felt great, and even more than that, it was priceless to get Troy's reaction to it all.

How 'bout we all be secret santas like this one this coming year?

Secret Santa who gave away $1.3M dies - Yahoo! News: "Secret Santa who gave away $1.3M dies

By MARIA SUDEKUM FISHER, Associated Press Writer Sat Jan 13, 7:20 AM ET

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Larry Stewart, a millionaire who became known as Secret Santa for his habit of roaming the streets each December and anonymously handing money to people, died Friday. He was 58.
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Stewart died from complications from esophageal cancer, said Jackson County Sheriff Tom Phillips, a longtime friend.

Stewart, who spent 26 years giving a total $1.3 million, gained international attention in November when he revealed himself as Secret Santa. He was diagnosed in April with cancer, and said he wanted to use his celebrity to inspire other people to take random kindness seriously.

'That's what we're here for,' Stewart said in a November interview, 'to help other people out.'"

A Risky Game of Risk - New York Times

So, we should start doing background on Barack Obama's board game playing?

A Risky Game of Risk - New York Times: "W. always acts like he’s upping the ante in a board game where you roll the dice and bet your plastic army divisions on the outcome. This doesn’t surprise some of his old classmates at Yale, who remember Junior as the riskiest Risk player of them all, known for dropping by the rooms of friends, especially when they were trying to study for exams, for extended bouts of “The Game of Global Domination.”

Junior was known as an extremely aggressive player in the venerable Parker Brothers board game, a brutal contest that requires bluster and bluffing as you invade countries, all the while betraying alliances. Notably, it’s almost impossible to win Risk and conquer the world if you start the game in the Middle East, because you’re surrounded by enemies."

Madonna Inn - San Luis Obispo, California

This place looks amazing. In a sort of Thomas Kincaide painter of light kinda way.

Madonna Inn - San Luis Obispo, California: "

A landmark on California’s Central Coast for over forty-five years! The world-renowned Madonna Inn located in the heart of San Luis Obispo offers 109 rooms, uniquely decorated with a special theme and color scheme, no two alike! Enjoy your favorite meal in our Copper Caf?and Pastry Shop or Alex Madonna’s Gold Rush Steak House. Dance the night away in the Silver Bar Cocktail Lounge. Shop in one of our three specialty stores: Classic Gourmet and Wine Shop, “My Favorite Things” Boutique, and The Brass Tower Men’s Clothing Store. Indulge in a bit of pampering in the Whispering Hills Massage Center. We welcome your visit to our first-class resort located of Highway 101 halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles."

Eye on Venice: Schlongs Drugs to Encroach Former Koo Koo Roo Locale ‘Neath Clown Crotch

A new opening cross from the binoculars building, underneath the 4 story clown.

Eye on Venice: Schlongs Drugs to Encroach Former Koo Koo Roo Locale ‘Neath Clown Crotch: "Eye on Venice: Schlongs Drugs to Encroach Former Koo Koo Roo Locale ‘Neath Clown Crotch
Posted by Ryan on Monday January 08th 2007

bullseye!VENICE (Losanjealous) ::: Eager to create a presence amidst the burned-out hippies and architectural tastemakers of Venice as quickly as possible, Longs Drugs (NYSE: LDG) has opted to inhabit the yawning vacancy at 225 Main Street near Rose"

Gainesville Celebrations

It ain't music. But it's music to my ears.

Ananova - Sweet and sour stamps

Ananova - Sweet and sour stamps: "Sweet and sour stamps

Stamps released in China to celebrate the Year of the Pig taste of sweet and sour pork.

The stamps on sale in China to celebrate the country's New Year. The stamps taste of sweet and sour pork /Wenn

When you scratch the front of the stamps, it smells of the popular chinese dish and when the back of the stamp is licked it tastes of the dish too."

Do it Again! Again!

Are we to call this year's teams the 1&1's? 1(squared)?

How about the Again Agains?

Gatorsports.com :: 100 years of Gator Football: "Champs share the love

By JOHN PATTON
Sun sports writer

Dallas Baker raises the Coaches Trophy during halftime of Tuesday's game against Arkansas.
MORGAN PETROSKI/Special to The Sun
Joakim Noah looked like a little kid.

Well, as much as someone 6-foot-11, 232 pounds can look like a little kid.

The BCS national champion football team had just finished a halftime celebration with fans when the defending NCAA champion basketball team jogged back onto the court. With a bounce in his step and smile as wide as the Sears Trophy, Noah hugged a few of the football players before Al Horford and Corey Brewer came over for some love of their own.

'In the locker room I was kind of bummed because I sat a lot of the first half with foul trouble,' Noah said after UF's 79-72 victory. 'But then seeing those guys and the glow they had ... that just got me so excited.'

Noah hinted he was slightly envious and has a new motivation.

'I'm not gonna say I was jealous, but I want (another) ring,' said Noah, who watched the second half of the title game with his teammates at a local Cabot Lodge so they wouldn't be tempted to join the postgame celebration downtown. 'That sweet taste of victory is something you can't really describe. I tried to tell those guys (on the football team) what it was like before, but you never really know it until you've been there yourself.

'They know now, and I want to feel it again.'

It may have been the football team that brought the title back to Gainesville, but receiver Dallas Baker and coach Urban Meyer said it was the basketball team that provided the inspiration.

'And now, they put the pressure back on us,' Noah said.

Noah and Brewer said their favorite memory from the title game was linebacker Earl Everett's helmetless tackle in the first half.

'I'll remember the Earl the Pearl play the rest of my life,' Noah said. 'That's the way you do it - all out.'

Noah, who later joked to athletic director Jeremy Foley 'your swagger is so crazy right now,' also said he hopes the victory and offensive MVP performance helps Gator fans appreciate quarterback Chris Leak's place in UF history.

'When Chris talked to the media, I felt like he should have said something about how much it hurt to hear boos in his home stadium,' Noah said. 'He is one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play here, and he deserves all (the praise) he gets.'

Now, junior safety Reggie Nelson is among those who have a decision to make about returning to UF or making themselves eligible for the NFL Draft.

Projected first-round picks Brewer, Noah and Horford all spurned the NBA to come back and chase a repeat championship.

When asked what advice he would offer, Brewer said 'I'd tell him to do what's best for him ... but it's great to be a Florida Gator.'"

Me again: Hell, yeah, it's great to be a Florida Gator!

Whoooooooooo[THWOCK!] Injury to streaker mars city's celebration | Gainesville.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, Fla.

Injury to streaker mars city's celebration | Gainesville.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, Fla.: "Injury to streaker mars city's celebration

By Amy Reinink And Alice Wallace
January 09. 2007 7:07AM

A serious traffic crash just west of the post-game victory party on W. University Avenue marred what police said was otherwise a night of well-behaved celebration following the University of Florida's BCS National Championship win.

A man, who police did not identify this morning, was transported to Shands at UF with possibly life-threatening injuries after running into a car while streaking across W. University Avenue at roughly 1 a.m., according to Sgt. Keith Kameg with the Gainesville Police Department.

Kameg said the man, who was naked, tried to cross the road in the 2200 block of W. University Avenue.
"

Gainesville celebration photos

From some guy's flickr photostream:

Over 50 shots uploaded immediately upon arriving home after spending almost three hours near the Swamp and the Murphree Area. I'll try to provide some additional info at some point in the future. Pay close attention to early shots near the UF Plaza. You'll note in later shots that the tree seen earlier... has been removed.

Sunday Morning Quarterback :: SMQ Bowl Blitz: Championship Breakdown, Part Three

24 hours to go.

Utter joy or complete devastation to follow.

Sunday Morning Quarterback :: SMQ Bowl Blitz: Championship Breakdown, Part Three: "Today: When Florida has the ball.
Chris Leak's last stand.

Basics: In general, it seems to SMQ (who could be wrong) Florida has earned a reputation as a talented but inconsistent bunch that frustrates by alternating flashes of brilliance with bouts of lax execution and an overreliance on gimmicks, but to the extent that perception exists it stems largely from the standard set by Steve Spurrier's old Fun `N Gun absurdities and expectations that followed Urban Meyer's explosive success at usually lo-flow Utah - the numbers actually reveal the Gators to be an offense that's run and passed at the same clip as Ohio State's vaunted unit and turned in more 'explosive' plays (compare UF's runs of 10/20 yards and passes of 15/25 as well as plays resulting in first downs here to Ohio State's here). Skill-wise, the overall speed and receiver depth matches any school's anywhere; the only apparent cause for the lag in scroeboard production - where Florida failed to crack 30 in-conference until the SEC Championship and OSU averages more than a touchdown better per game - is turnovers, mistakes that cost the Gators 19 times in nine SEC games.

"

snowing in Los Angeles

snowing in Los Angeles
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

Not really.



The special effects house next door has sprayed some kind of white stuff all

over their roof. But combined with the overcast sky, there¹s something about

the two of them mixed...

snowing in Los Angeles

snowing in Los Angeles
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

Not really.



The special effects house next door has sprayed some kind of white stuff all

over their roof. But combined with the overcast sky, there¹s something about

the two of them mixed...

How Women Pick Mates vs. Flings - Yahoo! News

Suddenly, the plastic surgery options in the LA Weekly seem more enticing. Been mentally playing with getting LASIK very soon, regardless.

How Women Pick Mates vs. Flings - Yahoo! News: "How Women Pick Mates vs. Flings

Abigail W. Leonard
Special to LiveScience
LiveScience.com Tue Jan 2, 12:10 PM ET

Science might be able to explain our fascination with Brad Pitt's chiseled jaw and George Clooney's smoldering eyes.

Women seem to judge potential mates by how masculine their features are, new research shows. Men with square jaws and well-defined brow ridges are seen as good short-term partners, while those with more feminine traits such as a rounder face and fuller lips are perceived as better long-term mates.

In the study, 854 male and female subjects viewed a series of male head shots that had been digitally altered to exaggerate or minimize masculine traits. The participants then answered questions about how they expected the men in the photos to behave.

Overwhelmingly, participants said those with more masculine features were likely to be risky and competitive and also more apt to fight, challenge bosses, cheat on spouses and put less effort into parenting. Those with more feminine faces were seen as good parents and husbands, hard workers and emotionally supportive mates [compare examples].

Despite all the negative attributes, when asked who they would choose for a short-term relationship, women still selected the more masculine looking men. Brad and George then would be picks for a brief romance, if not the long haul."

Nelson leaning on team for support | Gainesville.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, Fla.

My favorite Gator this year, by far. One of the most popular players on his team. This humanizes him even more.

Nelson leaning on team for support | Gainesville.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, Fla.: "Nelson leaning on team for support

By ROBBIE ANDREU

Sun sports writer


SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Florida safety Reggie Nelson has been sharing his grief with his teammates and coaches. He's not quite ready for the media to intrude.

Nelson was on the UF schedule to attend interviews at the media hotel Wednesday morning, but decided to back out.

'He didn't want to come answer questions this morning,' junior cornerback Ryan Smith said.

Nelson's mother died two weeks ago after a long battle with cancer. Many of Nelson's teammates, including Smith, attended the funeral in Melbourne.

Nelson is practicing with the team and coping with his grief, Smith said.

'He's doing fine,' Smith said. 'Being on the field is helping him get his mind off of things. He'll be all right. He's doing all right.'

Co-defensive coordinator Greg Mattison said he's not sure yet how Nelson will react in Monday night's game.

'Reggie is a tremendous young man,' Mattison said. 'If you've ever lost someone, how can you ever say when is that time (when you start getting over it). We never know.

'I think the very best thing in the world for him is to be with the guys who love him, and I think that's very evident right now.'

Co-defensive coordinator Charlie Strong, who recruited Nelson, said it might be very emotional for Nelson as kickoff nears Monday night.

'The hardest part for him is going to be right before the game because that's when he always called his mom,' Strong said."

Drunk LSU Fan Enjoys the Sweet Taste of Victory

Your team up, 28 points, priceless.

Obama and the Llello

Why do I get the sense this blog will scuttle my presidential ambitions?

Effect of Obama's Candor Remains to Be Seen - washingtonpost.com: "Two decades ago, Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit was forced to withdraw as a nominee for the Supreme Court after reports surfaced that he had used marijuana while he was a law professor. As a presidential candidate, Bill Clinton thought marijuana use could be enough of a liability in 1992 that he felt compelled to say he had not inhaled. And President Bush has managed to deflect endless gossip about his past by acknowledging that he had an 'irresponsible' youth but offering no details.

Through his book, Obama has become the first potential presidential contender to admit trying cocaine."

FW: pictures from New Years Eve

FW: pictures from New Years Eve
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

From early in the last evening of 2006...



That's new friend Jessica who transcended Single Serving Friend status this

evening. Longwinded SouthWest Airlines story to follow.

FW: pictures from New Years Eve

FW: pictures from New Years Eve
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

From early in the last evening of 2006...



That's new friend Jessica who transcended Single Serving Friend status this

evening. Longwinded SouthWest Airlines story to follow.

Effect of Obama's Candor Remains to Be Seen - washingtonpost.com

Why do I get the sense this blog will scuttle my presidential ambitions?

Effect of Obama's Candor Remains to Be Seen - washingtonpost.com: "Two decades ago, Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit was forced to withdraw as a nominee for the Supreme Court after reports surfaced that he had used marijuana while he was a law professor. As a presidential candidate, Bill Clinton thought marijuana use could be enough of a liability in 1992 that he felt compelled to say he had not inhaled. And President Bush has managed to deflect endless gossip about his past by acknowledging that he had an 'irresponsible' youth but offering no details.

Through his book, Obama has become the first potential presidential contender to admit trying cocaine.

"

Florida vs. Ohio: 2 columnists face off - Orlando Sentinel : Sports Columnists

For the vast majority of the readers here who don't give a damn about sports in general or college sports specifically, you may just want to stop reading until next Wednesday.

Florida vs. Ohio: 2 columnists face off - Orlando Sentinel : Sports Columnists: "Call me a traitor, but I am professionally obligated to tell the truth.

We don't have a chance.

Florida is a small, academically elite, basketball school.

The Buckeyes are brutes coming down out of the frozen wasteland, looking for one more corpse to trample before moving on to the NFL.

They will destroy us. And then it's off to E. 15th Ave. to burn mattresses, cars, small animals and fraternity pledges."

Venice on New Years Day

Venice on New Years Day
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

Happy New Year everyone.



Back to business.

Venice on New Years Day

Venice on New Years Day
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

Happy New Year everyone.



Back to business.

Venice on New Years Day

Venice on New Years Day
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

Happy New Year everyone.



Back to business.

Venice on New Years Day

Venice on New Years Day
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

Happy New Year everyone.



Back to business.

FOX Sports - BCS - Fiesta Bowl Highlights

One of the most amazing games I've ever seen.

Followed by a storybook proposal from the game-winning player to the head cheerleader.

FOX Sports - BCS - Fiesta Bowl Highlights: "
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Highlights
It'll go down as one of the best college football games in history. The Fiesta Bowl had it all, trickery, drama, failure, surprises and a win by the underdog. And that was just the first BCS game on FOX. You can see the highlights of this classic right here."

best billboard ever

best billboard ever
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

I like puns. That¹s going against the grain in the adworld.

best billboard ever

best billboard ever
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

I like puns. That¹s going against the grain in the adworld.

Top 40 mp3s at Again! Again! MixCD! MixCD!

I've posted my top 40 mp3s of the year over at the music blog.

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Without further rambling, my Top 40 of the Year"