well i haven't seen the movie whale rider but that this ain't a hollywood special effect. Surfer catches whale of a ride.

so as sarah an i have watched so called "journalists" make fools of themselves in florida over the past few weeks of hurricanes i've privately wished that one of these morons would get clocked in the head -- not fatally but just enough so they could stop this idiotic "reporting" on how dangerous it is to be in the middle of a hurricane. i'm not sure if this is real or not or if somebody had a little fun in photoshop making an image of "hard hitting" journalism. next up a live camera feed from inside a forest fire.

as if you needed another reason to watch the best political news show on tv. there's now evidence it might even make you smarter. read on: Daily Show viewers ace political quiz

this story made some headlines this weekend. 20-year-old kid in minnesota was clocked at 140 MPH over the speed limit. that's not a misprint. read all about here: Ticket revs up 205-mph questions

still need to work on getting this music blog section of my site set up. but i can't wait to post this link to what i'm playing on my itunes right now. the aforementioned new U2 album is due out in november and i LOVE the new single. i-tunes folks, download it here. [right click and "save as"]

this is news to get you over "hump day". U2 new album info
thanks Grant!

some of youse might recall my last foray into sin city coincided with the release of the movie remake, oceans 11; an occasion that merited a little photoshop tribute. cue the sinatra, cue the elvis, cue the wayne newton. i'm going to vegas again baby. just got my plane tickets for a bachelor party in october. and is it fate that the oceans 11 sequel coincides with my trip? clooney call me, we'll do lunch.

as some of you may have noticed the site updates continue. the front page was making some funky rollovers for PCs with internet explorer. lousy microsoft! can't we all just find a web standard? anyway i remade the front page into a fast loading flash movie. check it out. still gotta get that non-flash page PC compliant. time to dig out the old DHMTL handbook. final changes by this weekend.

i feel really old. just heard this news this a.m. sigh. i highly recommend adding this cd to your collection.

well its been a mixed sports tally this weekend. the northwestern wildcats lost another winnable game, and the cubbies failed to put the marlins away for good on sunday. but hallelujah joe is back. hail to the redskins!

a part of me will always remain in nyc. its where sarah and i first lived together (queens), its where we got engaged (on the brooklyn bridge), and its where the entire world irrevocably changed one beautiful september day. never forget.

as the new bruce hornsby song goes, "gonna be some changes made". as i said in an earlier post there has been a radical redesign to the site's front page. it now reflects some offshoot blogs and categories i've been itching to write about. the music section is not there yet but every other link should work.

gotta run, heading up to WI this weekend to visit the in-laws. wisconsin, "its nice up there, eh?"

You gotta read this story. Man - 3 Dogs - 1

well as promised some changes were made to site. i've updated the link page removing a couple that were broken, front page now reflects that this is version 3.0 not 2.75 and i'm not done yet. a more radical front page design is in the making.

labor day weekend was fantastic. one of my great friends from college tied the knot on sunday in maine. lots of lobster and many o' pint of guinness. some pix are here.

okay, okay, like deion sanders after a long break i'm back. bet my return will be better than his. where was i? long summer break and lots of trips out of chicago -- out west, down south. and now school is back in session. this long holiday weekend another trip to maine for a wedding. but this weekend MAJOR site changes afoot.

as if i'm not already biting off more than i can chew it involves two more blogs. one for my buddy chris wieland -- who just moved to the west coast. the other i'll be more directly involved in posting is going to really focus on politics and current events, leaving this one just for friends and family that want to know what i'm up to or see pictures. look for update on monday the 6th.