short fat guy online 2010-03-20T18:12:27+00:00 ExpressionEngine Copyright (c) 2010, Mickey WSU Match Day tag:shortfatguy.com,2010:blog.php/1.1303 2010-03-18T20:14:25+00:00 2010-03-20T18:12:27+00:00 2010-03-18T20:14:25+00:00 Mickey mickey@shortfatguy.com Blogging, Joe's Travels, Personal, News, TV, Video View Category From WDIV.  Supposedly, my nephew Joe is somewhere in this video…

]]> Meryl Streep in The Pottymouth tag:shortfatguy.com,2010:blog.php/1.1302 2010-01-27T05:28:54+00:00 2010-01-27T14:05:55+00:00 2010-01-27T05:28:54+00:00 Mickey mickey@shortfatguy.com TV, Video View Category I seem to like these clips, where a bit of profanity slips by the network censors.  I guess it illustrates how harmless it is when they actually hit the airways, how pointless it is to try and camouflage them.  Also, it’s funny to hear the E! censor try to bleep the word and fail so badly.
    Here’s the video, from E!‘s Golden Globes post-show coverage…

]]> 2009-09-12: U2 in Chicago tag:shortfatguy.com,2009:blog.php/1.1301 2009-09-14T03:57:23+00:00 2009-09-16T03:23:26+00:00 2009-09-14T03:57:23+00:00 Mickey mickey@shortfatguy.com Music, Photos, Video View Category We left for Chicago yesterday morning and returned this afternoon, for another pilgrimage to see U2.  It was a great show as always, but I’m still of a mind that their best tours are the stripped down ones, like the Elevation tour, rather than this current one, which, like Pop Mart, threatens to dwarf or diminish the band with its huge, distracting, yet admittedly impressive stage.
    My photos are available here and here’s a collection of clips off my Cyber-shot camera.

2009-09-12: U2 in Chicago from ShortFatGuy on Vimeo.

    (Originally uploaded September 13 but revised, re-edited, and re-uploaded September 15.)

]]> Obama Responds to His Republican Critics tag:shortfatguy.com,2009:blog.php/1.1300 2009-09-11T05:36:11+00:00 2009-09-11T15:15:14+00:00 2009-09-11T05:36:11+00:00 Mickey mickey@shortfatguy.com News, Politics, Photos View Category In the wake of last night’s address to a joint session of congress, President Obama had this to say to the critics of his health care proposals:

Possibly my new favorite Internet meme

    From Flickr, by way of Reddit.

 

]]> Number Nine… Number Nine… tag:shortfatguy.com,2009:blog.php/1.1299 2009-09-09T13:09:57+00:00 2009-09-09T04:33:18+00:00 2009-09-09T13:09:57+00:00 Mickey mickey@shortfatguy.com
09/09/09



Happy World Beatles Day!

]]> Ford Model T Centennial tag:shortfatguy.com,2009:blog.php/1.1298 2009-09-07T22:39:33+00:00 2009-09-07T23:07:35+00:00 2009-09-07T22:39:33+00:00 Mickey mickey@shortfatguy.com Blogging, Personal, News, Video View Category Looks like I’m using the Labor Day weekend to finally complete long unfinished video projects.  Here’s footage I shot Friday, September 5 2008, of the Model T Centennial, at Ford’s World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan.

Ford Model T Centennial (2008) from ShortFatGuy on Vimeo.

]]> Mackinac Island Wedding tag:shortfatguy.com,2009:blog.php/1.1297 2009-09-07T00:38:40+00:00 2009-09-07T00:41:41+00:00 2009-09-07T00:38:40+00:00 Mickey mickey@shortfatguy.com Blogging, Personal, Video View Category It only took eleven months to put this little video together.  Maybe I was afraid to confess one big reason I attended Brian and Lindsey’s wedding, as you’ll plainly see, was just to get back to Mackinac Island.

Mackinac Island Wedding (2008) from ShortFatGuy on Vimeo.

]]> 2009 Dearborn Homecoming Fireworks tag:shortfatguy.com,2009:blog.php/1.1295 2009-08-09T16:14:07+00:00 2009-08-09T16:16:14+00:00 2009-08-09T16:14:07+00:00 Mickey mickey@shortfatguy.com Video View Category The tradition lives on!

2009 Dearborn Homecoming Fireworks (HD) from ShortFatGuy on Vimeo.

]]> Greg Galdes tag:shortfatguy.com,2009:blog.php/1.1296 2009-07-28T00:42:58+00:00 2009-08-11T00:44:59+00:00 2009-07-28T00:42:58+00:00 Mickey mickey@shortfatguy.com Blogging, Personal     Unfortunate and sad news.  We have lost a friend, a family member, a valued member of our Wastin’ Away on the North Coast podcast, a University of Michigan graduate, and a fellow long time football season ticket holder for 27 years—and all around UM sports nut.
    Greg Galdes died on Sunday, July 26, 2009.  He leaves behind wife Cathy, daughters Yvonne (14) and Bethany (11), mother Virginia and father Charles.  He is also survived by siblings Gary, Cheryl (Carlton Engstrom), Cynthia (Stefan Majlinger), Caroline (Chris Theodorovich) and Catherine (Chris Melody).
    Viewing information for Greg Galdes is below.

Viewing Wednesday, 7/29/09 - 1:00 pm to 8:00pm {7pm Rosary Service}
John N. Santeiu & Son Funeral Homes
1139 Inkster Road Garden City, MI. 48135
734-427-3800

Funeral: Thursday 7/30/09 at Divine Child, 11:30am {viewing 11-11:30}
1055 N. Silvery Lane
Dearborn, MI 48128
313-277-3110

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    Added July 29: from yesterday’s E-Edition of the Detroit Free Press


    Added July 30: our tribute video to Greg can be seen at Nothing But Monkeys.com, with lots of photos of us all looking young and thin.

]]> Jake the Web Slayer tag:shortfatguy.com,2009:blog.php/1.1294 2009-07-12T22:09:31+00:00 2009-07-12T22:14:32+00:00 2009-07-12T22:09:31+00:00 Mickey mickey@shortfatguy.com Blogging, Personal, Video View Category My nephew Jake was given one job: clear the webs off the deck.  Ever vigilant, always armed, he becomes Jake the Web Slayer.  (Recorded way back in 1998, on Easter, April 11.)

Jake the Web Slayer from ShortFatGuy on Vimeo.

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