Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
I am sitting here in Berlin, Germany, listening to NPR on 104.1 FM (yes, we have National Public Radio on-tap in Berlin, it is true), and I am rooting for Barack Obama. I have to admit that I voted Republican in the last two elections, in 2000 and 2004, because I was appalled by both […]
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Thank you to all of the bloggers who have blogged about the Fresh Air Fund on their blogs over the last couple weeks! Please explore the posts below:
Fresh Air Fund Needs Host Families posted by Jane at Above Average Jane
Help Give A Kid A Break This Summer (US readers) posted by Lindsay at Activity Village […]
George Carlin was my first adult comedian. My dad — my parents — loved him. He was a true disruptor and free thinker, using comedy as his platform. Please check out George Carlin’s Wikipedia entry and the lovely obituary from the New York Times.
My friend Momotaro, the fellow who created the banner for Memes.org, was so amused by the first comment that someone posted onto my blog post, Don’t Save the Whales and Don’t Save the Rainforest Either, that he created the following anthology of really intelligent put-downs, I Hope a Whale Beaches Itself On You — it […]
Well, I know that my last post was all about CC Chapman. Well, I went and actually looked at the lineup for the American Eagle New American Music Union music festival and guess what: Bob Dylan. The way I see it, no matter what you think about Dylan, he’s Dylan! Obviously, Bob Dylan […]
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My Last Birthday Supper, originally uploaded by Chris Abraham.
This is my lovely and wonderful birthday dinner — my last supper, as mid-30s. I am now, officially, a man […]
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
A friend of mine sent me this and I am posting it without that friend’s permission but at least I scrubbed the identity. This is so awesome. It explains a lot if you knew the person.
“My first grade teacher insisted on reading us Jonathan Livingston Seagull. None of us had the vaguest idea what […]
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
The Atlantic article, Marry Him: The case for settling for Mr. Good Enough, was cross-referenced with my article, Chris Abraham As Quoted in The Atlantic, and then synthesized into the article, I’m Sufficiently Into You, which is especially cool because there are over 300 comments that dress my down like a rock star:
Friday, February 1st, 2008
While I am not a Mormon or a member of the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints, I must admit that this is a moving tribute to LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley upon his passing from “shock jock” and talk show radio host Glenn Beck. My friend Janna sent it along so a […]
Friday, January 25th, 2008
Leonid Rozhetskin, David Arquette, and L+E Productions got some great news this week when his Sundance movie, Hamlet 2, was bought for $10 million making it one of the biggest deals at the festival ever! Congrats! Via Pop Sugar.