As the Olympics are fast approaching, it seems appropriate that we here at IHJ should hand out a few trivia medals.  First, bronze goes to Caitlin for deciphering 13 out of 15 of the websites.  Jenn is awarded the silver for 14 (in her defense, she’s not a Flickr user).  And gold goes to Wren for a perfect 15 out of 15 (not quite sure what national anthem to play here, maybe just the Ally McBeal theme song or something).  However, in a rarely seen Olympic ceremony, I must designate a ’special’ platinum medal for Saxtor who not only got 15 out of 15 but provided the exact url and page position for each picture (although I suppose such high honors in such a contest really means you spend the most time in front of the computer on the internet, so ‘winning’ is more a matter of opinion).

My homebrew trivia went over pretty well last week, so I thought I’d give it another whack today.  I must preface however that this is an A-Town only trivia (others welcome, but good luck), I promise I’ll make up for those left out later. (more…)

Apparently when I wrote this, in my groggy state I marked it ‘private’ and it didn’t post.  However, just because I’m awake and rested now doesn’t mean I’m going to edit it or make it any better.  Enjoy!

Alright, it’s been a long weekend, and once again I’ve decided to spend my time foolishly with friends and family as well as doing homework.  As a result of this oversight (and the fact that I’d much rather do something half-way rather than just wait until I have time to do it properly) you get a short last minute ill-prepared review on whatever happens to be in my mind as I sit in bed (I promise I’ll try to keep it somewhat normal).  So, let’s see… (more…)

Ok, either I’m making these too easy or I’ve severely underestimated the craftiness of the IHJ readership.  I really didn’t think anyone was going to get figure out the diamond ransom exactly, or even close for that matter.  While Sean get’s partial credit this week, the full points have to go to Caitlin with her homing pigeon with a bag around it’s neck.  I’d love to give silver and gold medals, but honestly I really can’t be sure whether the Taiwanese police would have had a harder time tracking down the ultra-light, velociraptor or the portkey (all such obvious solutions by the way, let’s see some creativity next time!).  Speaking of creativity, I am very proud this week to humbly (proud and humble?) present my very first original Tuesday Trivia! (more…)

I’m a dad, there’s no turning back.  As such, it is my sacred right, nay, duty, to document every single second of my childrens’ lives.  Unfortunately I accumulate material far faster than I have any outlet for it.  Plus, it doesn’t help that for some reason I seem to equate deleting a picture of my child with some kind of abuse, I just can’t do it.  On top of all that, we’ve arrived at the future (I always figured circa 2000 it started being ‘The Future’) and instead of a jet-pack or a flying car, I get a phone with camera and video capability to only further my addiction of filling the collective memory of the world’s computers with pictures of my son eating ice-cream.  So, in an attempt to clear my phone’s memory (I can’t fit all my new Beyonce ringtones on there otherwise), I give you the completely random and uncensored collections of videos and pictures stored on my phone.  I have no idea when any were taken or whether they currently make sense any more, but at some time in the past I apparently thought that they were the makings of precious moments which could not be lost at any cost.  If anyone else is feeling particularly brave (or bored) I’m sure there’s plenty of you with a phone full of equally compelling and … special, pics and vids, so dump ‘em on the interweb and give me an address so we can all gawk and wonder at your random moments.

I realize the reviewing a movie is far from original and on top of it I’ve chosen one that’s probably been reviewed more than enough since it hit the screen, however it’s Sunday, it’s late, and I just saw it for the first time, so deal with it already.

Quick Review: Good.

Slightly Longer Review:  Originally I figured it would be hard to go wrong with a cast that included two of the major characters from Arrested Development, but I ended up like the movie much more instead because of Ellen Page (Juno) and Jennifer Garner.  Now, I know that pretty much every guy out there is currently passing around a pettition to have my man card revoked for reccommending a girl movie based on the merits of said girl actresses, but hear me out here for a second before you kick me to the curb. (more…)

Once again, well done everybody, pat yourselves on the back! Special credit this week goes out to Bruce for his… special answers. Also, as much as it pains me I must give credit to Sean and his Marines again for their early answers, even if they were spam blocked at first (I keep telling him I don’t want to buy any of his Viagra!). I know that word and number problems aren’t everyone’s cup of tea (or pint of pale ale as the case may be), so I thought we’d mix it up a little this week. This week’s trivia is a real-life situation that actually happened several years ago. Plus I figure most of the IHJ readers will have an advantage since it requires getting inside the mind of a criminal. The key here is creative thinking, no tricks or wordplay. Extra bonus points to anyone who comes up with a solution that would work besides what actually happened. So, here we go…

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 Now, for the two  or three of you who actually keep up on a daily basis with IHJ (Thanks mom!), you may have been worrying that something has happened to me since you didn’t get your regular dose of weekend review (or, more likely, you just figured that I had once again made promises, gotten lazy, and forgotten them).  Well, the weekend isn’t quite over, so don’t start writing any moving eulogies or obituaries yet (save those for my funeral, my will includes door prizes for the most moving, most funny and most references to Chuck Norris).  Today just happens to be National Cubicle Day, so it seems only fair to keep on celebrating the weekend (especially since that gives me at least another couple hours to finish this post). 

With maybe the exception of motivational posters and maybe a copy of the latest TPS report (don’t forget the cover sheet), comics are probably the one thing you can find on almost any cubicle.  They’re fun, imaginative, colorful, creative; basically they’re the anti-cubicle.  “But wait, ” you say “my cube is already covered in comics, I don’t have room for any more!”  Fear not my brave cube farmer, I have gathered together my favorite web-comics for you enjoy alt-tab over to when the boss isn’t looking.  Enjoy!

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Thanks to Jenn’s ridicule, you get no picture this week, I hope you’re all happy.  Well, I must say that I am truly amazed someone actually came up with the correct answer for the typing question for last week.  Technically, the correct answer was “skepticisms”, but here in the Air Force we usually have to curve all the statistics we get from the Marines anyway, so I think we can give Sean one extra letter.  Additionally, I’m glad to see that Tim has turned away from his path of truth and simplicity and embraced a path of loopholes and obfuscation which will surely place him as valedictorian of his law school in no time.  Plus, props to Bruce for a)Solving the hat riddle, and b) not using this methodology in deciding whether or not I could marry Jenn.  Anyway, not a lot of time this week, so my idea of embedding an interactive puzzle will have to wait, just a couple of new spins on old classics - Enjoy!

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I’ve been looking for a laptop for a while now; at first I had one picked out that was nice and big and had a touch screen and all other kind of fancy stuff. Then I realized a couple of things- One, I’ve already done my part to take up too much space on the earth by having two giant children, and two (slightly more important), I don’t have what the kids call “money”. All that in mind, so far I’m happy to say I’m quite pleased with the newest addition to our family. (more…)

Quick update - For those of you interested, I just put up the pictures from Jonah’s Birthday, video is still being whittled down.  Some of the pics may be repetitive, we just put them all up there and some of them are time lapse.  Enjoy!