Barron of Blog

Good St. Patrick’s Day

Mike B. — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:01:46 +0000

It was a good St. Patrick's Day. I went over to Mikey's house to play Guitar Hero, drink Guinness, and eventually end up at the bar down the street eating chicken nachos (Shannon and Libby were out of town). Cheers!

Flogging the Scientists

Mike B. — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:26:54 +0000

A look at global climate change research and reporting; it is truly astonishing how scientific studies and interviews are twisted and manipulated to point in the polar opposite direction by the time they reach blogs and headlines:

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Happy Pi Day

Mike B. — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:20:40 +0000

Happy Pi Day!

Fairy Tea Party

Mike B. — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:14:58 +0000

I took Libby to a Fairy Tea Party at our local library. The party was in honor of one of the librarians, who came as the Fairy Queen, who had worked there for 20 years. They had some people there from the Indy Dance Academy to teach them some ballet moves as well.

Movie Trailer

Mike B. — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:55:00 +0000

Every movie trailer ever made. Ever.
*CATCHPHRASE!*

You might also enjoy their "9 Ways to Treat a Woman".

Water Usage During Olympic Hockey Game

Mike B. — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:14:43 +0000

Water usage during Canada's 2010 Olympic hockey game, as compiled by Epcor (their utility company):

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Presidential Reunion

Mike B. — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:01:05 +0000

I feel compelled to post this video, not the least of which is the cast (which I won't give away since part of my joy watching this was the surprise):

Funny or Die's Presidential Reunion

La la lo, la la lo, la la looooo…

Mike B. — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:24:10 +0000

The weird thing is that I do this in the mirror every morning.

No, It Didn’t Fall Off the Back of a Truck…

Mike B. — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:10:18 +0000

I have a slight obsession with buying stuff through a local liquidation warehouse and re-selling the items that I don't want over e-bay. In general I buy a lot which has something I want, then I turnaround and sell the rest of the lot to break even (or sometimes make a profit).

To give you an idea of how patient my wife is, here is a picture of our office right after I unloaded a lot of Best Buy branded car speakers, home receivers, karaoke machines, and more:

Most of the items in this picture have already been shipped out, but if you need any car speakers please let me know.

I Hate Sandcastles

Mike B. — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:00:39 +0000

Cracks me up!

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Recovery Act: One Year Anniversary

Mike B. — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:25:30 +0000

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Penny and Libby (and Barbie)

Mike B. — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:15:08 +0000

Penny (aka Mike and Kristin's perfect pooch) played with Libby on Saturday night - both had a lot of fun running around, giggling, and of course playing with dolls:

I love how their ponytails match!

A History of Everything… in Flipbook Form

Mike B. — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:27:12 +0000

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Eating Snow

Mike B. — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:54:27 +0000

Libby loves to bring snow in from outside to eat it and/or watch it melt:

Baby Barron #2

Mike B. — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:56:28 +0000

I am proud to post the first video of Baby Barron Numero Dos. It's a video of Shannon's 20 week ultrasound. I tried to add annotations to make the images more understandable. You will notice that the video appears to pause at times; that was when the technician wanted to look more closely at something.