Update: Moved to WordPress
Well I finally have taken the time to move my blog away from Blogger over to WordPress. It took me a bit longer than I’d hoped and I’m not entirely sure that everything is working. Please tell me if you have issues.
Daily Show: Stem Cells & The War On Terror(ble) Diseases
A nice comparison of the administration’s position on Stem Cell research vs. their opinion on deaths in Iraq.
David Copperfield: Portal
Okay, I’m in a magic mood this morning.
Penn and Teller Do the Cups and Balls Trick with Clear Cups
Penn and Teller reveal how the cups and balls trick works using see-through cups.
American Bar Association: Bush is Destroying the Constitution
President Bush’s penchant for writing exceptions to laws he has just signed violates the Constitution, an American Bar Association task force says in a report highly critical of the practice.
Our wedding announcement
This is to announce that on August 12, 2006 at 11:20am, Manue and I will be married here in Oslo, Norway.
Manue and I met here in Norway and started dating at the end of last summer (just 10 short days before I was supposed to move back to Austin). After returning to the US, we talked every day and it became obvious that I needed to get back to Oslo ASAP :) I ended up staying for much of December, January, February & March here. Then, in late March, we headed back to Austin for a couple of weeks. That’s where I proposed. Unfortunately, she was only over for a short time and had to leave in early April. I flew back to Oslo May 17 and we’ve been together here ever since.
We’ll be moving back to Austin this fall to live. But since immigrating to the US is not an easy thing to do (Manue is French), we’ve decided to have the ceremony here in Norway. It simplifies things greatly from the perspective of us getting back and settled in the shortest amount of time. Unfortunately, it means that we’re having to schedule a ceremony on short notice (we just got the date this morning). Once the ceremony is complete, we’ll be starting the immigration process, and, if all goes well, we’ll be celebrating Halloween with all the crazies on 6th street in Austin :)
While we’re very happy to finally be able to start our life together in the US, we’re also sad that we can’t share this day with all of you here in Norway. Unfortunately, the cost of getting to Norway on such short notice is quite expensive. While we would love to have you all here, we understand that it’s most likely not possible.
But don’t despair!! We’ve decided to also have a ceremony in Austin and a party in Franklin County once we’re back and settled a bit (most likely next spring). We’ll also be travelling around a bit in the states once we get back to see family and friends. Hopefully we’ll get to see many of you before next spring.
Anyway, guess that’s all for now. Please check out our Flickr accounts if you want to see more of what we’ve been up to.
Shad’s Flickr Sets
Manue’s Flickr Sets
Photos of Manue
Hope you’re all well and happy. We both look forward to seeing you all very soon…
Shad & Manue
DJ Ted Stevens Techno Remix
“The internet is a series of tubes…”
Bush Personally Blocked Spying Probe
I blogged about this sometime back but I wanted to update….
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that President Bush personally blocked Justice Department lawyers from pursuing an internal probe of the warrantless eavesdropping program.
Vanity Fair: The Story Behind “Loose Change”
With $6,000 and a laptop computer, three kids from upstate New York made a documentary about 9/11 that spread across the Internet and threw millions for a loop.
Here’s a link to the actual video discussed in the article. It’s almost an hour long, but pretty interesting… link