Mark Pike

I’ll be at work tonight for the State of the Union. If you’re bored, or so frustrated that you’d like to throw a size 10 Nike at the TV, feel free to join us @ thinkprogress.org for the live blogging party.
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It was nearly 60 degrees (in January), further proof that global warming is very much real. Also, further proof that I really enjoy global warming.
The temperature wasn’t the only bizarre thing of the day.
Despite the amazing weather outside, we sat in a dimly lit basement bar and grille and had brunch away from the sunny [...]

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An Imagined Speech As Delivered to My Fantasy League Basketball Team in Our Fictional Locker Room After Realizing We’re in 10th Place out of 12 Teams
“This is it, fellas. This is the moment in the season when we’ve got to either get busy winning or start losing on purpose to get a better draft positition [...]

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TV changed politics forever. This sentence is usually followed by the example of JFK crushing Nixon in the 1960 televised debate, but losing the same exact debate on the radio broadcast. I think a much simpler example would be that a 400lb man named Howard Taft was once president, and this coincided with the era [...]

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As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve got a side gig writing for Cdigix, a music subscription service that caters to college kids. The stuff I write is subscription only for now, but I’m allowed to post some sneak peaks from time to time.
Here’s a quick piece I wrote about my music predictions for 2K6.
January
Chris Martin, the [...]

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Brooklyn Mobil
Originally uploaded by themarkpike.
Took the train from Manhattan over to Brooklyn. The conductor wished us “Gung hay fat choy” passing through Canal St. Crossing the river, “Welcome to Brooklyn- a nice place to visit, a great place to live.” Everybody was giggling at the PSA’s.

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Nobody knows this, but I’ve got frozen waffles in my pocket right now.
Mornings are just too rushed nowadays. There’s no time for a balanced breakfast; no two pieces of toast, no sunnysides, no sizzling bacon (the meat that eats like a chip), no brand-name breakfast cereals with plastic prizes, no fruit, and definitely no New [...]

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My Giant
Originally uploaded by themarkpike.
We were enjoying my friend’s dad’s sky box tickets for the Wizards vs. Celtics game this weekend. Neither team seemed to want to win, and nobody in the stadium seemed to care much about the contest. Everybody was glued to the TV to see the result [...]

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Stylish Breakfast
Originally uploaded by CamJansen.
Avocado, and a Lou Rawls retrospective. Smooth, like butter, but healthier.
I’ve continued experimenting with my new camera and figured I’ll continue to share the results with you until somebody tells me to stop.
This pic from this morning’s breakfast reminded me of a short story I wrote a [...]

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Cathode Ray Food
Originally uploaded by CamJansen.
I promised myself I would never be the type of person who writes publicly about what they had for dinner. That’s just boring.
In other news, this was pretty delicious.
Also, inspiration for these pictures were courtesy of Blaise and friends over at appetiteforinstruction.com

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