Monthly Archive for July, 2008

Pros vs. Joes

Nate Robinson, Joakim Noah, Ron Artest play NBA Live on the Wii in the ESPN Cafeteria.

Stream The Hold Steady’s New Album Stay Positive

The Hold Steady’s Stay Positive streaming with artist commentary on IMEEM. One of my favorite current band and has potential to be my favorite album of the summer (once I can get it on my iPod :)). Constructive Summer is a great summer anthem and there are a couple other instant hits for me on there. I just ordered the album today, so I’m hoping it will get here quickly.

The Onion Enjoys Jamie Moyer’s Pitching

Jamie Moyer Change-Up Arrives At Home Plate After Long Journey. Great piece from the Onion. My favorite part is how the batter actually gets two swings off before striking out. I’m always impressed with how easily the Onion has translated their humor to sports material.

Hammonasset Beach

Ended up at the beach to cap my day of fun.

Your Name in Lights

I went to an open house today for ESPN’s Graphics Department and they made up a player card for each of us. Pretty amazing stuff - a pretty impressive mix of people with design and technical backgrounds.

Fireworks!!!

Billy didn’t like all the noise.

Coach Gal on YouTube

This is my high school football coach and gym teacher. This only skims the surface of what he was like.

Wall-E Makes Woman Cry, Earns her a Trip to Pixar

Hello Luxo: My Pixar Adventure. This girl was so moved by the original teaser trailer for Wall-E that she cried. So she filmed herself crying over it again and posted it on YouTube. Pixar employees saw it and were moved by her being moved by their work, so they invited her to the wrap party. Great story. It’s funny because I remember when I first saw that trailer I got goosebumps too.

Arrested Development Movie is a “Sure” Thing

Tambor: Big-Screen Version Of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT ‘For Sure’!! Let the Great Experiment begin!! I loved Arrested Development’s entire run, including its finale but I couldn’t resist a few more hours with George Michael, Gob, Tobias, and Maeby. It’s hard to imagine this not being amazing.