Bubble Giraffe
Originally uploaded by themarkpike.
There’s an artist in DC who makes tape sculptures and puts them in random spots about town. Whenever I stumble across one, it always makes gives me a different perspective of a path I’ve walked a hundred times before.

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Honestly, how did Cal Ripken do it? He played 2,632 straight games and I was decommissioned from work today with a case of the common cold.
Despite feeling like my head was going to explode, I was still able to pull off a half-day at the office and set my own personal record at home— the [...]

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Just booked tickets to SXSW (Huge Music Festival!!!), where I’ll be representing Cdigix, a subscription music service that I write editorial content for.
Pasted below is a short selection from a recent review of a Wu-Tang Clan show in Washington, DC.
I scalped my ticket to a Wu-Tang concert off of somebody whose name was “King”. I [...]

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This was my fortune I got with my dinner tonight. Coincidentally, I was accepted to law school today as well. I wouldn’t read too much into this lucky fortune; the “lucky” numbers on the back weren’t even close to the DC Lotto winners Let me get this straight: Pro-Bono has nothing to do [...]

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I don’t really have a Valentine, so I’m buying one in an auction. It’s on European ebay. She’s beautiful. She was born 37 years ago to the date. Her name is “Olivetti.” Her beauty is put on pedestals in museums of design. People make websites showing off the time they’ve spent with [...]

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Blizzard Bricks
Originally uploaded by themarkpike.
Thoughts While Watching the 2006 Winter Olympics at 4:00am EST.
1) The French Bobsled team really messed up by not naming their squad “Moulin Luge.”
2) Ratings would be much higher if they found a way to incorporate more lava.
3) I really want to have a sports announcer follow me [...]

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Under Construction…
After finally purchasing the domain name last month, I finally went ahead and purchased some webspace from the lovely hosts over at Dreamhost.
I’ve grown out of this beautiful blogspot address. Now, I’ve got all the digital lincoln logs I need to put together my very own webpage.
Things you’ll be seeing over at themarkpike.com in [...]

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One of my good buddy’s from elementary school has relaunched his sports blog after a long hiatus. He’s a big fan of UVA athletics, and we’ve been making ACC predictions and trading analysis for about 10 years on college basketball.
He sent me an email with a bunch of questions (I felt like I was being [...]

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Choppers
Originally uploaded by themarkpike.
Helicopters hyphenate the horizon.
I snapped this on my drive down to Virginia Beach this weekend.

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I saw my shadow on a radio show in Boston.
Somehow, they found what I wrote last year on my blog and featured it in their Groundhog Day piece.
Check out the website for the piece here…
Or listen to the radio show here…

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