http://crumiller.com/b Crumiller family blog Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:03:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://crumiller.com/b/2008/10/19/breaking-news-open-thread-13/ It's that time again.  I'm working on my resolutions, and by "working on" I mean vaguely thinking now and then about something I might like to try for.  My resolutions don't involve resolve nearly as much as fuzzy intent. So far I have my old standby, which I call The Five ... http://crumiller.com/b/2008/12/29/new-years-resolutions-2/ Cats keep Lost Boy Warm http://crumiller.com/b/2008/12/21/another-heartwarming-animal-human-story/ I have sort of mixed feelings about Will Smith.  Mostly positive: I think he is a good actor, and his TV show was great, just feel sort of "eh" about a lot of his movies.  But I was still disappointed to hear that Will Smith has given $122,500 to Scientology ... http://crumiller.com/b/2008/12/19/et-tu-will/ I know penguins are passe these days but Ricky was an early adopter, and he still keeps up.  You might enjoy this short (1:30)  video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4 http://crumiller.com/b/2008/12/18/penguin-video-from-the-bbc/ We are not really celebrating until this weekend (or at least not that I'm in on), but today is Dad's 50th birthday!!!  Insert dumb joke about "over the hill" here.  :) http://crumiller.com/b/2008/12/17/happy-birthday-dad/ I found this awesome webpage where you can just fill in a person or company's name, say how many paragraphs you want, and it'll automatically generate a fake complaint about them. It's pretty funny: http://www.pakin.org/complaint Here's a sample complaint about Dad: My original goal for this letter was to scrutinize Jon Crumiller's ... http://crumiller.com/b/2008/12/17/hilarious-auto-complaint/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv_-jO4o5Xo Dan Preston sent me this. http://crumiller.com/b/2008/12/16/merry-christmas-everyone/ Real props to Jon Stewart in this one. I hate it how he's just preaching to the choir, but he makes great points about the gay marriage issue--definitely worth a watch. http://crooksandliars.com/media/play/wmv/6936/24527 http://crumiller.com/b/2008/12/11/jon-stewart-vs-mike-huckabee/ http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/08/1703037.aspx Cousin Randy made msnbc. http://crumiller.com/b/2008/12/08/brag-alert-4/