Video vignettes from the past fortnight in July. Enjoy.

July Fortnight from themarkpike and Vimeo.

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A penny for your thoughts? The commenters from Consumerist have weighed in with their two cents about the typo hypo. Many believed that the Hotels.com typo was entirely too obvious to be relied upon by a reasonable customer, some even going as far as to say it would be grossly unethical for somebody to try [...]

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Cross Country Motel 2005
My sister has been planning a European vacation with her fiancé and was perusing deals on Hotels.com last week. She was quite surprised when she found vacancy at The Ritz Hotel in London for just one penny a night. You read that correctly, $.01. Without wasting a second, because afterall, time is [...]

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I was on vacation in Florida. It was nice.

Florida on Vimeo

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What do Jews do on Christmas day? Great question.
I attempted an answer in this quick video vignette. It appears that we order Chinese food and watch football games we don’t necessarily care that much about.
Though this ethnography is not the definitive documentary on the subject, there is a high-degree of accuracy in random sampling. In [...]

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… when I’m busy making plans.
Mark’s Holiday Tour 2K6-2K7:

December 15-17: Virginia Beach, VA
December 17-22: Washington, DC
December 22-25: Virginia Beach, VA
December 25-31: Happiest Place on Earth, FL
January 1-?: New York City, NY
January ?-?: Suggestions-ville, USA (Population- You)
January 12-14: Atlanta, GA

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Thanksgiving Cheerleaders
Originally uploaded by themarkpike.

A friend of mine sends out a Thanksgiving email every year where everybody submits a note about what they’re thankful for. She compiles it and then sends it out to the massive list.
This was my contribution for 2006:
family, friends, food on the table, long distance phone calls, handwritten words, intramural sports, [...]

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Hollywood Blaise
Originally uploaded by themarkpike.
I always thought there should be some punctuation on the Hollywood sign. They could add an exclamation point, a comma, or at least an ellipsis…
This is a hike me and Blaise took in Hollywood with horsepower and hills.
I brought along my fake Super 8 camera and took some video of us [...]

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Finished up the job, moved out of DC, drove cross-country, and now it’s time to pack up the bags again.
I’m in transition back home in Virginia Beach, getting ready to head back to school. I’ll be attending William and Mary Law School this Fall, and I move in to a new apartment next week in [...]

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Arrived in Los Angeles earlier this weekend and I’ve been couch-surfing ever since. Hopefully you’ve been following me on the other road trip specific blog for the past 2 weeks. It’s been an amazing experience!
I just did a radio interview with the Young Turks, and I think they asked me more questions about my sex [...]

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