http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:01:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The weekend before last, we went up to Chicago to celebrate our friend Brent's 40th birthday. I should insert some sort of "holy shit, we're getting old" type of observation here, but the fact is, 40 doesn't really seem all that old any more. Besides, I'm only 38. Our ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/739 Suppose you're a song, and you live on my ipod. And suppose you're the type of song that would like to be as highly rated as you can be. In other words, you're an over achiever of the mp3 community. How do you get that coveted 5-star ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/733 One more Mardi Gras note about my kid, if you can bear it. He was on the local news Tuesday, featured right at the beginning of the story. I'm linking it in formatted for two players, hoping that your browser will at least be able to pick up ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/723 When I left for work today, Vanya was in the den, still in his pajamas, watching a Batman cartoon. When I came by the house at lunchtime, the same episode of Batman was blaring, the volume through the stereo turned up to full blast. I could hear the ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/721 You can read the boxscore for yourself, and you've seen about the TV ratings already. Here are some stats that you'll only see on theskinny. 4God's ranking in Louisiana Facebook "likes," behind New Orleans Saints, Black and Gold, and Drew Brees. 5God's ranking in New Orleans Facebook "likes." Shockey comes ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/719 Two weekends ago, when we went down for the NFC Championship game, Mrs. theskinnyonbenny and I were eating oysters and drinking our lunchtime cocktails at a restaurant called Bourbon House. It happened to be the next shop down from the place where our dear friend Stacie had her rehearsal ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/716 I just received this invite to a lunch today. The emphasis in the message is mine. From: ______________ Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 9:04 Subject: BRAG Lunch today The BRAG Lunch is a monthly, informal round-table lunch for developers within the Greater Baton Rouge area. It is FREE and open to developers of all skill ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/713 Greg Oden has issued a statement about the nude pictures of him that have been released in the public sector. I want to apologize to everybody, Portland, fans, the organization. It was very embarrassing. It was something that happened over a year-and-a-half ago. It was taken and sent over a year-and-a-half ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/710 First of all, this is worth (another) watch: Second, here's a video I took from Canal Street about an hour after the game. Be warned that I had been drinking for about 10 hours at that point, and that I know I drop at least one F-bomb. And it ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/704 I have to admit, the Saints conference championship has been very moving to me. I'm surprised to find myself a lot more affected than when LSU won either of their football championships. Perhaps, in my mind, the Tigers were always a good team that would one day find ... http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/702