Week In Review: July 26-August 1 Sunday is here once again so it's time to review my pop culture highlights of the week. Plus, a look at an amazing birthday gift! Enjoy.
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Week In Review :: July 19-25 Hello all! It's time to recap my favorites in music, food, tv, movies, and more from the past week.
Music: I'm really loving Arcade Fire's new single "Suburbs" from their...
Flipboard for iPad Ok, so I had been doing pretty well at not wanting an iPad.
Then I saw this. Flipboard.
Looks impressive. What do you think?
For a more in-depth article on Flipboard,...
Forrest Gump and the Influence of Your Life
No matter what mood I'm in or how many times I've seen it, I can always watch Forrest Gump.
The stories draw you in and the characters feel like old friends.
It's...
Still holding out hope for the iPhone to come to Verizon?
Take a look at this interesting (and humorous) infograph from Mac Life about the rumors of the iPhone/Verizon match up.
Check out the trailer for the new David Fincher-directed Facebook film, The Social Network. Film is based on the founding of Facebook and it’s controversial history. The script was written by Aaron Sorkin based off the book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding Of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Monday, Genius, and Betrayal by Ben Mezrich.
No matter what mood I’m in or how many times I’ve seen it, I can always watch Forrest Gump.
The stories draw you in and the characters feel like old friends.
It’s beautiful to see how one life can influence so many others.
Easily, we forget that we have the potential to be a positive influence in the lives of those around us, and for me, this movie reminds me of that fact.
James Truslow Adams said, “The great use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.”
How are you spending your life?
Will people feel the reverberations of your existence when you’re dead and gone?
Or, Will your influence end when you are six feet under?
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The new video for She & Him’s “Thieves” is in the typical retro fashion that we’ve come to expect from the duo. Enjoy.
(via Pitchfork)
Here is a video I recently put together for Friends of Ft. Liberte highlighting the ways in which so many of you cared for the people of Haiti following January’s catastrophic earthquake.
Please repost, share, and get involved. www.HaitiFriends.tumblr.com (blog) or www.HaitiFriends.com
An interesting breakdown of who’s using which social media sites.
You might be surprised by some of the statistics.
Vote for my photo “The King of Haiti” in the Hipstamatic Photo Contest!
This is a little boy I met in Haiti named Geoff. He’s more like a 40 year old man trapped in a babies body. Vote now!
If you’re in the Clarksburg, WV area this weekend do yourself a favor and check out the St. Spyridon Greek Food Festival. The festival runs Friday, June 11 and Saturday, June 12 from 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
The festival is held at the beautiful St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church. (1010 Factory St. Clarksburg, WV 26301)
Check out the menu ahead of time online HERE.
Stop by and eat some amazing food or your orders can be called in, faxed, or emailed at least 30 minutes ahead of when you need to pick them up.
Here are a few of my favorite photos I took today in Haiti.
One of my favorite bands, The National, performed live on David Letterman last night. Look carefully to catch Sufjan Stevens singing backup and rockin’ a mean tambourine. Enjoy.
