So, I wake up this morning and see this emblazoned on the front page of yahoo about Obama's recent trip to Japan...and already it gets the blood boiling ( Read more... )

November 9 is a significant date for many a year. Here are some examples ( Read more... )

Seeing this put up on a friend's LJ, I decided to give an updated list of the states and countries that I have visited. Note: I only count a state/country "visited" when I have slept overnight there. Driving through a state or changing planes at an airport in the state does not count. That's why I don't have states like Delaware, Rhode Island and ( Read more... )

I know, I still have yet to write the Scotland travel report...I've been lazy :-P

Anyway, I wanted to share this little nugget with everybody. It's from a comic called XKCD...funny stuff. Anyway, I saw this comic and figured that it fit perfectly with my normal sleep pattern...and anyone else who knows me will agree.

http://xkcd.com/448/

Taking from ( Read more... )

Heya all! I know I owe everybody a trip report from Scotland...but I've been running around all over the place in the meanwhile. I just wanted to let everybody know that I, Matt Keefe, will be on the radio tonight ( Read more... )

I know I haven't really posted a lot in this thing, but I just wanted to let all my friends know that if you don't see me online for the next 7-8 days, that's 'cause I'll be in Scotland with the family on a huge vacation! I'll be sure to take pictures and show them to those of you that want to see them. Anyway, gotta run...I'm off to Newark airport ( Read more... )

As most of you all know, there was a shooting at Virginia Tech, the deadliest shooting incident in US history. As one who has recently graduated from a large university like VT and who still currently lives right outside one, this has shaken me a little more than most other tragedies the news networks blast across our screens in an attempt to get a ( Read more... )

Just a random british humour related aside...

I present to you proof that almost any video that's sped up with the Benny Hill theme song playing is funny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq-TvO3GvsU

That is all.

*raises his right hand ( Read more... )

All righty. Before I go into my observations on this whole mess, read the article here to get a background on what I'm talkin' about:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070201/ap_on_re_us/suspicious_devices

Now...these Aqua Teen Hunger Force things have been in other cities for WEEKS without so much as a peep. But apparantly Boston is just a little more ( Read more... )