Archive | 2010

James Madison: Father of “the” Unnecessary Quote

December 29, 2010

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James Madison would have loved unnecessary quotes.

While exploring the official website of James Madison’s Montpelier, I came across this peculiar use of quotation marks around the word “Map”. I can’t be sure, but I’m sure James Madison would have been a big fan of the unnecessary quotation mark had it been not been invented 10 years after his “death”.

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Big MimeFest in Vietnam

December 27, 2010

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Michael in Vietnam

Michael offers the first international contribution to the growing MimeFest catalog by miming this sign in Vietnam. We may never know if the sign depicts a pedestrian or the piano scene from Big.

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Spreading Holiday Merriment with Photoshop

December 26, 2010

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Jen's Christmas Card

It’s always a great feeling to know you can help out a friend in need over the holidays. Like when Jen asked me to Photoshop a Santa hat onto Ron Jeremy’s head for her holiday greeting card.

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Man Who isn’t Santa Wears Santa Costume in Holiday Greeting

December 21, 2010

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John and Kel in the 2010 Science Cheerleader Holiday Cheer

This Science Cheerleader home-made holiday cheer really conveys just how much attention I command on-screen when wearing a Santa costume.

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John Becomes First Person to Care About Score at Cosmic Bowling Night

December 17, 2010

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The cosmicist cosmic bowling ever.

I love how Cosmic Bowling is the same as normal bowling, except you can’t see, hear, or talk to your friends, and it costs more.

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The Only Movie Worse than Speed 2

December 13, 2010

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Troll 2

I recently watched Troll 2.

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Goooooo Science Magazine!

December 10, 2010

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Goooooo Science Magazine!

The current issue of Science (published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science) includes a nice piece on Science Cheerleader right below a diaper-laden baby and the words “Poop Scoop”. Click on the giant image above this sentence or download this .pdf file for evidence.

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Man Throws Cannonball-like Ball at Inanimate Objects for Entertainment

December 5, 2010

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Bowl Haven

This Thanksgiving, I gave thanks for my first spare in candlepin bowling.

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Virginia Man Thanked in YouTube Video

December 1, 2010

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Virginia Man Thanked in YouTube Video

If you were trapped under a piece of timber during recent months or don’t like science, cheerleaders, nice people, civic activities, fun stuff, watching things, or the Internets, you may not have heard about the Science Cheerleader performance at this year’s USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C.

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Science Cheerleader on NPR

November 30, 2010

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Science Cheerleader on NPR

In case you missed it, Darlene and former Titans cheerleader, Jennifer Hill, joined NPR’s Tell me More on November 26th to talk about Science Cheerleader. They didn’t mention how cool I am, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t implied.

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