Month: August 2008

My grandpa, Harold Martin, is a good man who has had great influence on me. Through my life, I’ve thought that people who talked about family members as their heroes were small creatures who just couldn’t see the big picture. Why would you say your dad is your hero when you can look to history and find figures such as John Rockefeller, Julius Caesar or Genghis Khan?… read more “Harold Martin: My Hero”

Ludacris released the following video backing Barack Obama.

Barack Obama’s people are not happy about the ghetto rapper’s dirty lyrics and released a statement criticizing Ludacris. I think its BS that Barack Obama’s people are criticizing Ludacris’s lyrics now in a blatant attempt to pander to socially conservative voters. Barack Obama has Ludacris on his iPod and they have been friends for awhile, so it’s ridiculous to suddenly come out against Ludacris because of the dirty lyrics in his song.… read more “Ludacris Backs Obama, But Obama Not Happy”

Perhaps a better title could have been chosen by the editor….

I went on the art walk Thursday with Nick Fitzer and Brian Hanson. Lots of fun, then we went to the Red Hook brewery for their weekly outdoor summer movie.

Funny picture showing what happens when you search Google for “Special People”.

The famous comedian Bernie Mac died as a result of complications from pneumonia. Bernie Mac suffered from a lung disease named sarcoidosis which his an inflammatory lung disease that creates little lumps of cells in the body’s organs, but his publicist said the pneumonia was not related to the sarcoidosis.

The fact that Bernie Mac is dead at such a young age (50) and so suddenly is shocking and sad.… read more “Bernie Mac Dead”

My roommate from my sophomore year of college is in Seattle and we went out last night. Some of the photos from our adventure our below.

… read more “Shannon Visits”