Welcome to the my Web site, v. XII. The blog is typically published Monday - Saturday. My primary topics tend to be the Nats, Penn State (esp. football), BeltwayLand, transportation, media, photos and more. The rest of the site gets updated as warranted and is noted on the blog.
Sesame Street's 40th anniversary gives me an excuse to post Cookie Monster videos - William World News
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Sesame Street's 40th anniversary gives me an excuse to post Cookie Monster videos
Cookie Monster! He's my favorite Sesame Street character and I'm please my son seems to like him too. Word of advice to new parents -- get the Cookie Monster bath towel for your baby.
Anyway, here are some highlights:
Some of his best stuff is when he goes off of Sesame Street:
What will become of the Muppets? - William World News
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
What will become of the Muppets?
Fuzzy Renaissance - The Times Ever since Jim Henson died, the Muppets have not had that much direction and have gone through several ownership changes. Disney owns them now and is gearing up to get the franchise moving again.
Tom, they stole another one of your ideas again! (sort of) - William World News
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Tom, they stole another one of your ideas again! (sort of)
Our friend Tom ('96 Film/Video) always had brilliant ideas to share, like Eating Las Vegas ("You can't ask me to stop eating"). He was heartbroken when we told him that we learned someone actually did it. As far as I know, nobody put his Reservoir Muppets together, but I learned of something that is close enough (might want to wear headphones if viewing at work):
If Johnny Cash were still alive, today would be his birthday. Let's commemorate that the best way possible -- video of his appearance on The Muppet Show.
Observations XV: Scenes from a Mall - William World News
Monday, December 11, 2006
Observations XV: Scenes from a Mall
Aside from cutting through the food court at Pentagon City to get to the Metro, I spend very little time in malls. I did little Christmas shopping at Tysons Corner Center last week. I was successful, but reminded that even in one of the best malls in the country still suffers from the same problems as all malls -- bad service and scary teenagers. Seriously, the majority of teens there seemed to have unnatural hair colors, lots of visible piercings or both. The only young women there who didn't seem to have lots of body mods were wearing hijabs. For all I know, they have green hair underneath.
After a trip to Hershey, my boss came back with eight different kinds of Hershey kisses. EIGHT! As a culture, we just might be getting too specialized. The ones with caramel were really good though.
D'oh! Russia seems to have fully embraced never stopped its old ways.
I can't say that I am a Mariah Carey fan, but her "All I Want for Christmas is You" is one of the better original pop Christmas songs. That's not enough for me to overlook her ripping off the Tom Tom Club though.
John Denver and the Muppets -- A Christmas Together is the best Christmas album. We listened to it while we decorated our tree.
It always seems to be less than 30° on the night of a company holiday party.
We have nine Penn State ornaments on our Christmas tree.
I really missed spinach, I'm glad it has returned. Along similar lines I never get around to buying green onions because whenever I think of it, they are being recalled by a Mexican restaurant chain.
Cable TV has officially run out of ideas: Animals in The Womb
If there was an ocean in Colorado, everyone would move there.
I don't think there is anything that ruins a workout quite like running on an elliptical next to a woman with a serious eating disorder who has just soiled herself.
I think I blew out my PC's speakers with "The Laundromat Song" by The Dead Milkmen.
Tons of old school reminders lately, the latest being the song "Heaven Beside You" by Nervarna & Chains. That tune was ubiquitous my freshmen year. Also, someone found my site by Googling one of my former roommates names.
Hmm, that reminds me of a Steely Dan song I need to buy.
Merry Widow, my favorite run at Big Boulder ski resort, has been turned into a snowboard run, d'oh! That seals it, nothing but Camelback from now on. Hopefully, it will get cold up there soon.
Classical music isn't entirely gone from DC. Just move your dial to 91.5 FM, and you can pick up WBJC out of Baltimore.
Having said that, hopefully Baltimore won't go the Dan Snyder route and give up its classical station to Peter Angelos.
# posted by MC Hamme :
Monday, December 11, 2006 4:09:00 PM
Are you kidding? That's the one thing Colorado lacks! It'd definitely get the wife interested. Plus, being closer to sea level would definitely alleviate the altitude sickness.
# posted by Muha :
Monday, December 11, 2006 10:08:00 PM
Metroblogging DC readers have already found out the good news -- there is a Muppet exhibit at the National Museum of American History! It starts today and ends on Sept. 4. Bork bork bork!Also, I moved the Metroblogging DC widget to the right navigation, underneath my photo.
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Kevin McGuire :
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 3:52:00 PM