short fat guy online http://www.shortfatguy.com/blog.php en mickey@shortfatguy.com Copyright 2008 2008-11-09T17:27:39-05:00 Happy Birthday to Me! http://www.shortfatguy.com/blog.php/mtmodern/comments/happy_birthday_to_me3/ Blogging, Personal View Category It doesn’t seem that long ago I wrote my last birthday entry.  This means the years are going by faster or I’m not writing enough.  I suspect the latter.  Therefore I’ll keep the list short this year.
    Here’s what the Detroit Free Press horoscope, written by Holiday Mathis, has to say about my upcoming year:

You really walk your talk this year and make remarkable progress to long held goals.  A strong supporter helps you maintain your motivation.  You’re thinking globally and acting locally through December as you make choices to benefit the planet.  A loved one makes a big affectionate gesture in July.

]]> 2008-11-09T17:27:39-05:00 Under a Blood Red Shirtsleeve http://www.shortfatguy.com/blog.php/mtmodern/comments/under_a_blood_red_shirtsleeve/ Music, Photos View Category Now this is some hardcore U2ing…

By special request, Steve’s tattoo

]]> 2008-10-22T05:25:36-05:00 Happy 60th Anniversary, Mom and Dad! http://www.shortfatguy.com/blog.php/mtmodern/comments/happy_60th_anniversary_mom_and_dad/ Blogging, Personal, Photos View Category My mom and dad celebrated their 60th anniversary on Wednesday; but, today, Sunday, the whole family came together for an anniversary brunch.  Here, my mom shows off the dress she wore sixty years ago for the wedding.

The bride

    Gotta loves those ’40s fashions!

]]> 2008-09-08T00:47:15-05:00 Quick, Get Me Video of Walter Reed! No, the Other Walter Reed! http://www.shortfatguy.com/blog.php/mtmodern/comments/quick_get_me_video_of_walter_reed_no_the_other_walter_reed/ News, Politics, WTF, TV View Category I too kept wondering why the RNCC kept showing that mansion facade behind McCain last night.  (And after ten minutes I was wondering if they could show other channels to watch.) Turns out there was a reason ... just not a very good reason.  Apparently they meant to show video of Walter Reed military hospital but ended up with video of Walter Reed Middle School.  You have to read this to believe it.
    I wonder if this kind of half-assed web search explains their VP pick.

]]> 2008-09-05T15:27:30-05:00 Nick & Heather’s Wedding (Highlights) http://www.shortfatguy.com/blog.php/mtmodern/comments/nick_heathers_wedding_highlights/ Blogging, Personal, Video View Category The wedding was last year, and I’m too late for their anniversary, but for some reason I felt compelled this weekend to take my old HD footage and make a mini-movie.


Nick & Heather’s Wedding (Highlights) [HD] from ShortFatGuy on Vimeo.

    It took me two days before I got a decent export out of FCP, and the video still doesn’t play too well for me through Vimeo.  Is it playing okay for you?

]]> 2008-09-03T03:41:44-05:00 WJR Tigers March http://www.shortfatguy.com/blog.php/mtmodern/comments/wjr_tigers_march/ Blogging, Personal, Music View Category Yes, it’s well known the Internet Makes You Stupid®, but sometimes it can be your friend.  I was just reminiscing about an old sound from childhood when I realized I should see if I could find it online.  And lo and behold I could and did.  I had to do a little editing of the original MP3 I found, to get it the way I remembered it, so I figured I might as well share the final product here.
    Here it is.  The march they used to play on WJR 760 AM before Detroit Tiger games.

    Download the MP3 of it here.

]]> 2008-08-31T05:28:04-05:00 On the 8’s http://www.shortfatguy.com/blog.php/mtmodern/comments/on_the_8s/ Blogging
08/08/08


]]> 2008-08-08T12:08:36-05:00 Dearborn Fireworks: 2008 http://www.shortfatguy.com/blog.php/mtmodern/comments/dearborn_fireworks_2008/ Blogging, Personal, Podcast, Video View Category My SFG podcast is showing signs of life again.  After a couple years absence, I finally made it back to the Dearborn Homecoming city festival this weekend.  I’ve also loved their incredible and impressive fireworks, and this year’s display did not disappoint.  Here’s the grand finale, from Saturday, August 2 2008.


Dearborn Homecoming Grand Finale (HD) from ShortFatGuy on Vimeo.

    Update: on August 26 2008, I deleted the original embed and replaced it with this HD version.  My poor four-year-old G5 can barely handle it (mainly since Adobe’s Flash for Mac sucks) but maybe it looks better on your computer.

]]> 2008-08-03T06:41:14-05:00 Horrible Goodness http://www.shortfatguy.com/blog.php/mtmodern/comments/horrible_goodness/ Blogging, Movies, TV, Video View Category Why no updates?  What’s the point.  How I can compete with the Internet awesomeness of this?


]]> 2008-07-17T00:39:19-05:00 Newsmaker http://www.shortfatguy.com/blog.php/mtmodern/comments/newsmaker/ Blogging, Links, News View Category Shit, they plagiarized my short story!  A Macedonian man kills three women so he can report the murders for his newspaper.

    • ABC News (US)
    • Guardian (UK)

    (My story on other hand involved an anchorman and TV station.)

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