How old am I?

August 14th, 2008

I’m 30. All growns up. And yet, this video killed me. Watch the entire 4 minutes. It is worth every wasted second that you will never get back.


San Fran, the CliffsNotes

July 28th, 2008

Here’s a midterm report for those of you remotely interested (i.e. bored out of your mind).

First, I didn’t bring my camera cable with me, so I can’t post any decent pictures from my summer yet, but there are some extremely poor quality phone cam pics here to help you visualize the events contained in my riveting recap.

The job, or yob
(It might be pronounced with a silent J. Some things about the working world get forgotten in b-school.)
Pixar
The front gate in Emeryville, CA

To give you an idea of what goes on around here, this was how a couple of hours were spent last Friday afternoon: Pixar Motorama. Pixar employees showcased their sweet rides. There are three sets of photos on flickr [1, 2, 3] that captured some really good shots of the vehicles. I was more interested in this custom-made wood-framed chopper:

Chopper

But this old Studebaker wasn’t bad.

Studebaker

The sports

I managed to hit 2 Phillies games when they were in Oak-town visiting the A’s and caught a Cubbies-Giants tilt the following week. Monster Park is a pretty sweet venue, but the Coliseum… well… the Coliseum sucks. Let’s be honest. Although maybe the fact that kids can hang out on the second deck in right field and smoke massive amounts of weed is one of the selling points. Here’s a shot of Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz moments before a softly hit groundball, a Ruiz specialty.

Carlos
A whopping 10,000 fans fill the Coliseum

The Box Wars

I really have no commentary that can capture Box Wars, so you’ll have to check out the website yourself. But to answer your questions, yes, I know this person, and yes, he did some serious damage to recycling fanatics. [Box Wars]

Box Warrior

It’s not so bad out here…

Box Warrior

Happy Canada Day

July 1st, 2008

Canada Day

[someecards.com]

Americas Hat

My employee directory profile

June 21st, 2008

They’re still working on uploading my photo apparently.

directory

Go see WALL-E

June 14th, 2008

You’ll be indirectly contributing to my paycheck this summer. I’m leaving for San Fran tomorrow for a 10 week internship with Pixar. Don’t be jealous.

WALL-E

World Championship Recap

May 19th, 2008

I dropped the ball on giving a rundown of the tourney down at Duke a few weeks ago, so here’s a quick synopsis:

  • We started slow, playing terribly against SMU and lost 14-12, falling short in a comeback bid after spotting them an 11-0 halftime lead.
  • We took out our frustration on Yale, beating them 35-0 to ensure we’d make it out of the round robin and into the round of 16.
  • Thanks to our 1-1 record, we only had a 9 seed in the round of 16. We easily beat the 8 seed, NYU, 27-7 and then were able to call it a day.
  • Day 2 found us matched up in the quarterfinals with the no. 1 seed, London Business School. We led 3-0 at halftime, but they equalized shortly into the second half and then scored the tie-breaking try with only 3 minutes left to knock us out, 8-3. London made the finals only to fall to Smurfit, the business school at the University College Dublin. And that’s that. No world championship for the Rhinos.

Here we are after the NYU game with our lone cheerleader. She wasn’t too happy about posing with us. Click to see the larger image.

Rhino Team Photo

Also, now that the club leadership is transitioning, I’ve got the lucky task of updating the team’s webpage. I haven’t had a chance to get to it yet, but be sure to bookmark it for future reference: Rhino Rugby

You May Not Tongue the Crack of Liberty

April 17th, 2008

… but you may caress Thomas Jefferson’s stick.


[The700Level.com]

Stuff White People Like

April 10th, 2008

Guilty as charged…

[Stuff White People Like - #95 Rugby]

I’m heading to the MBA Rugby World Championships at Duke tomorrow, because that’s what we white folk do.

Rhino Tshirt

Greatest Picture of All Time

April 10th, 2008

No, not this one, although it is pretty sweet.

Russia

Yes, this one.

Lil Farley

A Muppet Tribute to St. Patty’s Day

March 17th, 2008

And with that, I depart for the Eastern Bloc.