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21Nov/094

I Can’t Quit You… Oh Wait, Actually I Can!

So what's a former Alaskan Governor who quit less than halfway through her term going to do now that she's on a book tour? Quit again! While visiting Noblesville, Indiana this past Thursday Sarah Palin decided that the last 300 people who just spent three hours getting wristbands and an additional three hours waiting in line just weren't worth her time anymore.

Were they pissed? You betcha'!! The mob boo'ed and yelled as she pulled away in her book tour bus:

I would be angry too. If I ever write a book and have a signing you can bet dollars to donuts I'm not going to leave until all the books are signed, my hand falls off, or all the sharpies at the store run out.

Only 1,000 people were allowed to be in that line to have their books signed, so she let down almost a third of her most devoted fans. Many of them got there very early in the morning just to wait in that line. I feel bad that those people had to learn the hard way that Sarah is, in reality, exactly the twit they used to claim she's not.

(via digg)

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20Nov/090

Merry-Go-Round

Libby on the carousel at the zoo:
Libby on the carousel

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19Nov/090

Base Jumping off Burj Dubai

The Burj Dubai, at 818m tall, is the tallest man-made structure in the world. It is scheduled to be completed on January 2010.

Here is a video of the first people to base jump off of the structure (back when it was "only" 600 meters tall):

To get a sense of just how BIG this building is, here is a more recent video taken from the pinnacle by the construction crew:

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17Nov/090

Happy 1,001st Post!

You, dear reader, are reading my 1,001st blog post! HOORAY!
Celebration over my 1,001 post: Brooklyn Bridge, New York City
Technically this is my 1,046th post on "Barron of Blog", for registered users can see 45 private posts. The very first post was January 8th, 2006, in which I complained about our broken camera (yeah, not much has changed).

To celebrate this momentous occasion, here's a look back at just a few of my "favorite" posts (in chronological order):
2006/01/31: Jed’s Other Poem Cool geek music video
2006/05/07: A Night of Lost Socks Ramblings of a mad man
2006/05/18: Bug of the Day: Giant Water Bug Post with the most comments
2006/05/19: Kane County Cougar's Game Oh yeah, this is what we did before kids!
2006/09/05: Network Neutrality: Barack Obama Yeah, I've been a supporter of his for a while
2007/03/09: Baby Girl Barron Birth announcement for Libby
2007/10/23: Gap Casting Call Pics A few good pics of Libby
2008/03/12: Hulu is Online Milestone for online media
2008/04/27: Tuckered Out Sleeping baby
2008/06/16: Facing Down the Storm Love our faces
2008/10/23: Pumpkin Patch Pics Love the lighting of these pics
2008/11/12: Libby on the Potty Funny maybe only to me
2008/12/01: First Snow Fun in the snow
2009/02/24: Future Guitar Hero Hawesome
2009/06/03: The Perfect Sunday Yes, yes it was
2009/06/04: Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Version Still cracks me up

You can also see links to my first 1,000 posts on this page.

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16Nov/090

Turkey Run

A couple weeks ago we made a trip over to Turkey Run State Park with our good friends Heather and Brent. Libby did great, spending most of the time either riding in our baby backpack or stomping along in the leaves.

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