Well, I somehow got everything done on my to-do list yesterday. Phils won another one on the road, beating the Pads 3-1 – solid performance from the Flyin’ Hawaiian.  Watched UFC 118 at the end of the night, and I’m not sure I’ve seen an entire night of domaination/near mismatches. Even Florian vs. Maynard was a clinic by Gray – I really thought KenFlo was going to put up a better showing. I was really happy with the Garden State’s own, Frankie Edgar beating B.J. Penn. Couture’s humiliation of James Toney was as expected, I just thought it would have had some drama to it.

Today Abbe and I are due for our long run, this week is only 6 miles, we should do well at this distance.

Here’s me playing the intro to Jeff Buckley‘s Grace…

Here’s me playing Either Way by Wilco…

Movie Reviews…

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – this really is a brilliant film. I know everyone expects this hippie to love anything subtitled, but calling this film the “greatest Swedish film ever made” isn’t a joke at all. The acting is incredible and anytime a two and a half hour movie keeps you this tense, that’s a sign of a well-told story. Really excellent.

Moon – talk about great acting… wow. Sam Rockwell is insanely great in this flick. I’m amazed this film only won a lot of smaller industry awards, this is a really significant effort. That said, this concept of losing one’s mind in isolation has absolutely been done before – but this isn’t Castaway set on the moon, it’s great sci-fi. That said, if you thought 2001 was boring and slow, this isn’t your kind of film.

• Hipster Dinosaurs
• Attempts to Fly
• Here’s where I tell Jose Canseco something important

Small Business/Tech Links…

• How to Make Free iTunes Ringtones

Sometimes when I fold laundry, I’m a pirate…

So the countertops folks (Masterpiece Kitchens, Solid Surface Designs, Fessenden Hall, and BEN FM/Greater Media ) are here! I did my first interview this morning, big thanks to Kelly and Jay from Greater Media for helping me through that. Here are some before pictures…

I wanted to mention that Abbe got our Disney Marathon team donations page up. The name of our team is All For Layna, named in honor of Abbe’s cousin Alayna (who was diagnosed with leukemia earlier this Spring – and she’s doing awesome). This allows anyone to donate towards both of our goals.

• Flamebone – f yeah
• I have no idea what is going on here… but I love Japan

Small Business/Tech Links…

• 20 Cool Twitter Accounts for Fun and Inspiration
• 8 Bit NES Harddrives – thanks Marty
• Using RSS Feed To Increase Traffic
• 6 Ways To Kill Your Servers – Learning to Scale the Hard Way – thanks BLP

This weeks is gonna be nutzo (to borrow a word from The Fonz) – two dance recitals, Knoxville hospital project, lots of work for EMS, Abbe has four orders she wants to get completed, one site for me to finish, guitar and piano lessons to teach, and the usual carting kids to school and such. It’s a shorter week, but plenty going on. In the meantime, here are pictures from the wedding Abbe and I attended this weekend in Coplay, PA…

• xkcd : Geeks and Nerds
• Ewok Song Karaoke
• Rick K. and the Allnighters – watch the drummer
• Captain Planet Returns From Vacation

Big Yellow Taxi… a guitar lesson for Jan…

• The Slutty Halloween Costume Song – thanks Mel
• Costumes for Your Junk – thanks Mel
• So That’s How Twins are Made!
• Robbery Mask Fail
• Giant Treehouse – awesome
• xkcd : October 30th
• Minimalist Nativity Set – German people are great

Links for my geeky homies…

• WordPress 2 Released for iPhone
• Someecards iPhone App
• Five Must Follow Twitter Lists
• 10 Essential Entrepreneurs to Follow

It’s a slow news day so…

Still not sure what you’re going to wear for Halloween? There is still time left! Lots of gag costumes, adult themed outfits, super heroes, etc. For that one night you can just look flat-out ridonkulous…

• Ask Henson
• Free Yard Leaves!
• Newsreader Attacked by Giant Seagull
• Gummi Worm Chromosomes – this isn’t quite Gummi Bears, but intended for Marty
• Best Halloween Costumes Ever… oh man, oh man

Links for my geeky homies…

• 50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business
• Geekiest Groom’s Cake Ever? Star Wars Tauntaun Cake