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Cool time lapse at the White House

Melissa Wade — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:54:55 +0000

Check out Reuters photographer Jason Reed’s time lapse project. I think my favorite bit was the Marine changeover and the way they opened the door for each other – so polite (I assume they don’t do that & turn their backs when guarding doors that might actually be attacked).

But I wanted to READ a blog – where are the words?

Melissa Wade — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:30:49 +0000

You are in the wrong place! While this isn’t one of those – here’s a big photo, say ooh, say aah, but you aren’t getting anything more today – kind of blogs (no, not because I can’t dig out photos that would cause you to oooh and aaah although to be honest new entries would be infrequent), it is still image-focused (you can read that “still” either way).

But if you need to read and have a great sense of humor (aka one that matches mine), you should really visit Mimi Smartypants - I’ve been reading her for years and years (not from the exact beginning, but I immediately read the year or so of archived posts way back when I first visited). Posting is irregular which probably makes it perfect for RSS reading whatever that is, but I like the happy surprise of finding a new post. Current one isn’t really one I’d point to normally to get someone hooked, but this bit IS Mimi Smartypants: “…I have a fever (and not any of the good kinds [Pac-Man, disco]) …” Disco Fever! Love it.

And now I’ve posted for the day :-). (I don’t know “Mimi” or Nora or the cats or the man and there isn’t even any hockey aside from occasional, pretty rare mentions of the Blackhawks as she is in Chicago.)

Brad Thiessen, goalie journalist

Melissa Wade — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:49:42 +0000

Nice to see that Brad Thiessen, former Northeastern University Husky, now member of the Pittsburgh Penguins organization, has continued his blog which he started for a journalism class at Northeastern. Definitely worth a read through the archives.

His last post mentioned that his roommate for the Penguins development camp was Eric Tangradi who I’ve shot in the past as a member of Team USA. Tangradi has had to have a couple of surgeries on his hand since last season ended after connecting with a skate blade. Hopefully his participation in the Pens camp is an indication that it is healing/rehabbing successfully.