The Ongoing List of Reasons Why I Love the Internet…
454) Decided that my room was becoming unbearably hot. Decided to e-mail stranger on Craigslist to inquire about their advertised AC unit on sale for $30. One hour later, my room is air-conditioned and I am cool.
455) A friend sent me Thom Yorke’s new solo album [...]

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An open letter to the host of MTV’s celebration of bigotry.
Originally published in Campus Progress…
Dear Mr. Wilmer Valderramma,
Congrats on making Yo Momma the hit #3 television show in MTV’s lineup! I’ve been a huge fan of your show ever since I stumbled across it on Mother’s Day when I was looking for a new episode [...]

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Check out this advice column I helped with for the fine folks at Campus Progress

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Originally uploaded by themarkpike.
This is a meta-photo of our Preakness experience. We were on the outside looking in, but it was amazing people watching.
Faced with the choice of standing in the muddy infield, or rubbing elbows with the hat-wearing air-conditioned box seat ticketholders for cheaper; I went with the hats.
My [...]

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A sampling of a conversation I recently had with my father via e-mail:
Mark: [...]

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Week 2

“I’m a treehugger, not a dendrophiliac.”
Previously on the New Yorker Cartoon Contest…
Attempted Captions:2
Suggestions Used: 0

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I made a dopetastic Mother’s Day Mix for 2K6 and ran to the post office with plenty of time to spare on Friday afternoon. Having addressed the envelope “To: Mom” and paying for the overnight express, I was pretty sure the USPS would deliver the gift to my mommy even if they had to endure [...]

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Originally uploaded by themarkpike.
I snapped this picture of an albino squirrel that makes its home in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, DC.
Perhaps I should start my own Albino Squirrel Preservation Society?
Dare I make the gentrification joke? Nah.
Would an albino panda bear be considered a polar bear?

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So I’ve recently developed an obsession with the New Yorker cartoon caption contest. I’m going to try to remember to post my submissions here on a weekly (weakly) basis. I’ll probably forget.

“I guess you had to be there.”
Also, just as “42” was the answer to the big question of life in The Hitchhiker’s Guide [...]

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Originally uploaded by themarkpike.
Surprised the sister up in New York City this weekend. Her boyfriend became her fiance on Saturday afternoon in Central Park, and we were waiting at a fancy schmancy Italian restaurant to have a delicious celebratory dinner and Mazel Tov cocktails in the evening.
The plan had been [...]

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