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Emily and I are heading out on Friday for a little vacation in my ancestral homeland (northern Illinois) to hang out, play games and drink like fish with my extended family. This is just a little post to say hi and check in on things me-related before we leave.
It’s worth mentioning that this blog was [...]

I’ve cut my first political campaign video. My friend, Philip Baruth, is running for Vermont State Senate. He approached me last year about doing some video work for the campaign. This four-minute piece is one of the results. We’re “premiering” it tonight at the Main Street Landing Black Box Theater at “Philipalooza,” a fundraiser for [...]

Has anyone ever seen SCOTUS nominee Elena Kagan and comedian/actor/comic book nerd, Patton Oswalt, in the same room together? I’m just saying…

It’s been a weird day. First the U.S. eked out a victory in the World Cup match against Algeria in the 91st minute, promoting the team into the knockout rounds, then Burlington was hit by and earthquake and President Obama fired the commander of military forces in Afghanistan over a Rolling Stone article.
Meanwhile, the longest [...]

Following the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent environmental disaster, President Obama understandably enforced a moratorium on new deep water oil rigs until we can find out why this one failed and, ideally, how we can deal with the situation a little better should it ever happen again. Yesterday, federal judge Martin Feldman imposed an injunction [...]

Long time readers of this blog may have noticed a certain… lag in the posting frequency around here. I could trot out the usual excuses of my relative hectic schedule and demanding lifestyle, but the truth is, my Internet habits have changed in the last couple of years.
Some time ago I switched my work schedule [...]

Emily has turned me into a soccer fan. In particular, we’ve been watching the English Premiere League season for the last several months. We added the Fox Soccer Channel to our cable line up, which brought in a ton of soccer on the TiVo. Emily is more into it than I am, but I think [...]

Here’s a quick look at some of the awesome TV that I’m enjoying right now that you should be watching too…
Sundays
The Pacific (HBO) – From the Band of Brothers team. It’s on episode 7 of 10 now and it’s not as good as BoB was but it’s close.
Treme (HBO) – David (The Wire) Simon created [...]

I’m writing a piece for SXSWorld Magazine about the recent Comcast/FCC DC circuit court decision and it’s implications for broadband regulatory structure and net neutrality. Sounds like fun, huh? Well if you’re a telecom policy wonk looking for some good info on all this brouhaha, this is the linkdump for you! To wit…

Here’s the initial [...]

…well it’s my blogoversary too.
This bad blog was begun in the wee hours of April 15th, 2004, making us six years old today. Please send cake.