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I’ve been blogging more in recent times. The increase in activity has brought me additional attention from comment spammers, I think. Most of my comment spam has been claiming to be from bloggers at Harvard Law School. I’m not even sure why that is. The e-mail addresses and URLs all appear to be legitimate, but the comments are all nonsense like I would expect from spam.

So, if you really are a blogger at Harvard, and you want to leave a comment here, shoot me a separate e-mail at mark [at] ask-mark [dot] com.

It appears that my posts a few years back about Rachel Bilson’s guest spot on Chuck has been getting some attention since Kristin Kreuk has joined for a few episodes as Hannah.

I haven’t yet had a chance to watch this week’s episode of Chuck, so I can’t do much right now to comment and talk about Hannah. Rest assured that I’ll have more soon. Sorry for the delay!

I’m just going to vomit into this post my thoughts on the season premiere of LOST as I watch it (just a few hours behind). Thoughts after the jump (there will be spoilers).
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I’ve pulled the trigger. I am committing myself to this for 2010. I am going to take 52 self portraits this year, one each week, starting with this one:

I really want to put the T1i to good use, and I think this is a great way to do it. I hope to develop my photography skills throughout the year. I was inspired to do self portraits, rather than just general photographs, by Lauren Randolph and her 365 in 2009.

I have wanted to do Project 365 for the past couple of years, and I have failed miserably at each attempt (like this one). My failures were mostly rooted in forgetfulness and a lack of creativity. We’ll see how this goes. I think I have a much better chance at succeeding, needing to only come up with about 1/7 of the photos needed for Project 365.

Wish me luck!

My friends don’t listen to enough pop music. So, here’s almost five minutes that will recap the year’s top 25 pop hits, according to Billboard. Enjoy!

DJ Earworm has also made the mp3 available.

A few years ago, on our way to a friend’s gig at Durty Nellie’s, we found ourselves on the wrong side of a Metra crossing gate. Tonight, the same thing happened to someone in Bensenville. Three people were reported to have suffered minor injuries. It was much less devastating that it could have because the train clipped the vehicle, rather than broadsiding it. Perhaps towns that have railway crossings should consider better management of the roads near the tracks when winter storms come through. I admit that I am a little more wary of my surroundings when I come across train tracks, but sometimes bad stuff can’t be avoided.

The only problem with this video is that there’s one person missing:

If only Christmas 2009 could be like this (plus me – I’m hiding in one of the boxes, yeah, that’s the ticket!):

We miss you, Pete! Merry Christmas out there!