Mark Pike

When was the last time you won’t roller skating? If you have to think, then it’s been way too long.
To remedy our skating deficiency, we headed out to D’Light Skate N’ Palace this weekend. It was the most fun I’d had at a skating rink since I skinned my knee while trying to impress my [...]

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Video vignettes from the past fortnight in July. Enjoy.

July Fortnight from themarkpike and Vimeo.

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I wrote a piece for Campus Progress about why not having an iPhone might be a blessing in disguise. This way, the NSA won’t be wiretapping your phone! Check it out, and feel free to leave comments over there.
But on the real, Steve Jobs, if you wanna hook me up with a free iPhone, I [...]

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Ever since hearing that there was a new pizza place in town with a ping pong theme, I’ve been trying to hit it up and get served a slice. Unfortunately every time I visited Comet Ping Pong, the kitchen was closed (but they still allow you to play table tennis on the free table out [...]

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Time-Lapse Video of Mt. Pleasant in Washington, DC from sundown July 3rd until the night of July 4th. Fireworks can be seen poppin’ here and there.

July 4th Time-Lapse from themarkpike and Vimeo.

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Happy Independence Day!
Looking for a recipe for your cookout? I really couldn’t resist posting up this ridiculicious recipe from my favorite video podcast (RSS: subscribe here). Mark Bittman, “The Minimalist”, and New York Times chef extraordinaire, offered up some Tuna Steak with fresh herbs and olives and it looks perfect for July 4th cookout festivities. [...]

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My sister got married. Her husband is one of the 3 people who reads my blog on a regular basis. The fact that he peruses this website, realizes my sister and I have similar genetic compositions, and still decided to take my sister’s hand in marriage is an amazing thing. Congrats!

I somehow managed to mention [...]

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