September 09, 2007
I AM A COOL NERD GOD and JENNE IS MY QUEEN
THAT'S RIGHT! I am indeed a COOL NERD GOD! Lesser nerds worship me! My Results Jenne's results What kind of nerd are you? Oh don't dent it. YOU ARE A NERD! Why? Because you read this blog, probably have a blog (or did) of you own, post photos on line,...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
09-09-07
April 24, 2007
If My Life Were a Movie it Would Be...
Via Some Winged Creature. The Movie Of Your Life Is An Indie Flick You do things your own way - and it's made for colorful times. Your life hasn't turned out how anyone expected, thank goodness! Your best movie matches: Clerks, Garden State, Napoleon Dynamite If Your Life Was a...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
04-24-07
October 17, 2006
From Human to Billboard in Thirty Seconds.
It's no wonder our perception of beauty is distorted. Click here and see a the amazing transformation of human to billboard. Now, did that just blow your mind? Via MM....
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Posted by Will Burnham on
10-17-06
September 30, 2006
Peter... watch out for your cornhole, man...
This is Cornhole Country Originally uploaded by manahanwill. If you've seen the movie Office Space you know that line. The one where Peter Gibbons thinks he is facing jail time in a "Federal Pound Me in the Ass Prison" and his neighbor, Lawrence warns him to... well it's pretty...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
09-30-06
September 28, 2006
More Tales from Ohio ~ Statues, Airplanes and Briars... OH MY
Icarus Originally uploaded by manahanwill. On Sunday the 24, Jenne and I joined our friend, retired USAF Colonel Al Howey for a personal tour of the National Museum of the United States Airforce. We hadn't seen Al and his wife Barb in eight years! We would see Barb later...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
09-28-06
July 04, 2006
Happy Birthday USA!
Old Glories Originally uploaded by manahanwill. I have posted several images from this year's A Salute to Independence celebration at Antietam National Battlefield on my Flicker site. See the other photos by clicking the image at right. Jenne and I hope you are having a wonderful 4th of July...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
07-04-06
April 26, 2006
Chernobyl Legacy ~ 20 Years Later
The following link will take you to a photographic essay by Paul Fusco. There is voice over by Mister Fusco with his photo essay. The images are in B&W and they are very powerful, they are moving, they are sad and they can be disturbing. They are of the legacy...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
04-26-06
April 24, 2006
Antietam Nation Cemetery Cleanup
Antietam Nation Cemetery Cleanup Originally uploaded by manahanwill. Today I volunteered at the National Cemetery at Antietam national Battlefield in Sharpsburg, MD. I was there to help organize and supervise the more than three hundred area middle school students who would be doing the actual cleaning. It was a...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
04-24-06
March 22, 2006
Happy Birthday to William Shatner!
Today should be a national holiday in both the United States and our great white north neighbor, Canada! It's William Shatner's SEVENTY-THIRD BIRTHDAY! We should all have the day off to celebrate by watching Shatner movies, listening to Shatner sing indie songs and sharing our favorite Shatner stories! Speaking of...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
03-22-06
March 14, 2006
Happy 40th B-Day, Profpan
Profpan and the giant head - 3 of 3 Originally uploaded by manahanwill. Recently my good friend, Profpan turned the big four OH! Around sixty family and friends surprised him with a birthday bash. In this photo Profpan dances the night away while wearing a giant head, much to...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
03-14-06
February 14, 2006
Speed, Mini-Vans and Soccer Moms Don't Mix
D'OH Originally uploaded by manahanwill. Another image to file under "Stupid Shit I see on My Commute". Actually, I file these under "Tales of the Commute" under the heading, "Topics" on the left side-bar. I saw this single vehicle accident a week ago Wednesday. I have been trying to...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
02-14-06
February 13, 2006
File Under S...
Dog & Driver Originally uploaded by manahanwill. ... for stupid shit I see on my daily commute. This image was made a week ago today, on my commute home. You've heard of Car & Driver magazine, well how about Dog & Driver. No, I do not think this is...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
02-13-06
February 11, 2006
Gnome, Gnome of my Own
My Gnome Mage Character, Burnsie Originally uploaded by manahanwill. I have posted a collection screen shots of my Gnome Fire Mage charatcer, Burnsie from the massively multiplayer on-line RPG, World of Warcraft, to my Flickr site. A few days ago I wrote about WoW and I promised some screen...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
02-11-06
February 08, 2006
Mages and Monsters and Quests... OH WOW!!!!
This entry rated HG17 by the Academy of Game Arts & Sciences for its high geek factor. You have been warned. Burnsie, Twenty Sixth Level Mage of the Gnomeregan Exiles and member of the guild, the Legion of the Lorax, jumped excitedly on the small mound of dirt and shouted...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
02-08-06
January 19, 2006
The Girl Who Named a Planet
Now 87 years of age, Venetia Phair (née Burney) is the only person in the world who can claim to have named a planet. In 1930, at just 11 years of age, Mrs Phair suggested the title Pluto for the newly discovered ninth planet. This is the kind of news...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
01-19-06
November 21, 2005
XBox360 Campers
XBox360 Campers Originally uploaded by manahanwill. 5:17 PM Monday October 21, 2005 in front of the Ellicott City Target store. These guys are camped out for the XBox 360. It's pouring rain and they have a long wait. I don't know if Target is opening at midnight or their...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
11-21-05
October 27, 2005
Another Has Joined Us
My influence has spawned another online presence! My photographer friend, Tom Perry has opened a free account over at Flickr. He has joined us in the world of personal web sites. Join me in welcoming him with the traditional chant! "Gooble gobble, gooble, gobble. One of us, we accept him,...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
10-27-05
October 24, 2005
Number Two Thousand
On the evening news tonight I hear that the number of US souls lost in Iraq is one thousand one hundred and ninety eight. Two more… two more American service people and the death toll reaches two-thousand. I am not going to go on about what I think of the...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
10-24-05
October 13, 2005
Welcome to America, Chewbacca!
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a Wookiee named Chewbacca growled and howled his way through "Star Wars" movies. On Monday, the actor who played him will take the oath to become an American citizen. Yep, even Chewie wants to be an American....
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Posted by Will Burnham on
10-13-05
October 11, 2005
Fiddler in the Park
Fiddler in the Park Photograph made on the park in front of the town hall of Shepardstown, WV on Saturday October 1st, 2005....
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Posted by Will Burnham on
10-11-05
October 02, 2005
In the Street and Jenne's Birthday
I can't believe that it's already been a year since Jenne's last birthday. It seems like last week that a bunch of us got together at the Bavarian Inn in Shepardstown, WV for her B-day dinner/party. Well this year I took Jenne out for the day. We started off in...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
10-02-05
September 21, 2005
A lot of questions and no answers.
I received a phone message last night that said, “Hi Will. This is Christie. I haven’t spoken with you guys in a long while, but I need you to give me a call. I need to talk with you about Elisa. Call my cell phone as soon as you can...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
09-21-05
September 10, 2005
The Uses of Disaster... Notes on bad weather and good government
Go here and read this. I found this a very interesting read about disasters, human nature and government. A snippet from the article. "...the people classified as victims generally do what can be done to save themselves and one another. In doing so, they discover not only the potential power...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
09-10-05
August 30, 2005
How to Help Katrina Victims
The American Red Cross has a telephone hotline to receive donations from citizens. The number is 1-800-435-7669. Other information on Red Cross emergency programs is available at the Red Cross Web site. Other relief organizations soliciting donations include: Salvation Army National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster Episcopal Relief and Development...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
08-30-05
August 29, 2005
Can't Stop Watching
For information on hurricane Katrina relief, call 866-GET-INFO or visit www.redcross.org I am addicted to The Weather Channel, CNN and even the FOX News Network right now. Katrina has its hold on me. This is tragic history happening live and I can’t stop watching. I can’t stop thinking about the...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
08-29-05
August 25, 2005
Half People
Half People, Mannequins photographed on Ocracoke Island, NC, June 2005. "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid." -- Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
08-25-05
August 21, 2005
I'll Have a Coffee and a Blog Roll to go!
I am adding a few bloggers to the links at left under Blogs I Read. Jazzy G is a college student, jazz musician and photographer in the Lone Star State. You know the place where the star at night are big and brite. She said once that she wants to...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
08-21-05
July 31, 2005
Of Work and Swifter Dusters
I apologize if you have been waiting for me to write about my first week on the new job. I have just been busy with ‘honey do’ things this weekend, plus I washed the MINI again, and washed Jenne’s Honda, and did my share of the house cleaning, and we...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
07-31-05
July 17, 2005
As Something to Remind Me
My blog/cyber friend, Julie at the blog, A Life on the Konza Praire has started a new section on her blog called Reminders. Here's how Julie describes it... "I am constantly running across little tidbits, mostly cartoons, that remind me of people, places, etc. Rather than emailing them willy-nilly, I've...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
07-17-05
May 17, 2005
Pass in Time
So much stays unknown till the time has come. Did you imagine you could ever be so strong, Then watch your fear just turn into relief? Your sea of doubt become your own belief? Though tears don't come to cry some grief away, The tears will help to keep...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
05-17-05
May 16, 2005
Tension
don't rely on me my feet are stuck and my eyes leak but I feel the ceiling drop the floor rising it won't stop time away is all I need a curse walks around here I see it hide behind my chair and it peers at me it's grip...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
05-16-05
May 11, 2005
Red
Red Baltimore Pow Wow May 1st, 2005 "Happiness is inward and not outward; and so it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are." -Henry Van Dyke "One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
05-11-05
May 01, 2005
Pow Wow
I spent Sunday at the annual Baltimore Pow Wow on the south side of the city. It was my first time at this 15+ year old event (no one could agree how long it has been going on so this is an setimate). It's a Spring music and performance arts...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
05-01-05
April 21, 2005
Frosty the Snowman says, "NO TRESPASSING"
No trespassing or Frosty the Snowman will open a can of wintery whoop ass on you! That snowman may have an inviting look - all smiles and friendly-like - but I think he is trying to entrap kids just so he can kill them. All he needs is a...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
04-21-05
April 19, 2005
You're a Poet and You Didn't Know It
If the Internet has one short coming it is a lack of memes and truly free porn. You know what a meme is right? If your answer is yes get a life and move on to the next paragraph. If your answer is no then continue reading.... oh hell just...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
04-19-05
April 08, 2005
Best Buy Again Proves they are WORST BUY
via Prof Pan A word to my good neighbor, Lt. Dan who likes to use two dollar bills at White Trash Mart (AKA Walmart). Stay the hell out of Best Buy - this is good advice at anytime - or you might end up like Baltimore County resident, Mr. Mike...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
04-08-05
April 05, 2005
Star Boy to the Cult of Everything that is Will
On March 27th I received the below email from a Mr. Jeff Colson. Back when I ran a comic book store in Westminster, MD in the mid 1980’s he was a customer of mine. Jeff has been reading my web site for a while now. Because I thought this would...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
04-05-05
March 24, 2005
It's Alyson Hannigan Day
Before you begin to fear that my web page is turning into a celebrity birthday page let me assure you that it is not. I don't really get into the whole celeb/sports star worship thing, I just have a few folks that I sort dig and Alyson (sometimes spelled Allison)...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
03-24-05
March 16, 2005
Happy Birthday to Professor Pan
I wanna give a big shout out HAPPY BIRTHDAY to good friend and Dungeon Master par excelence, Professor Pan, AKA Michael H. Be sure to celebrate it by throwing back a few cold and frosty beers with good friends! Umm beer arrrrhhhhhh....
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Posted by Will Burnham on
03-16-05
February 23, 2005
Flying the Unfriendly Skies
This entry rated SHG-13 by the Academy of Gaming Arts and Sciences for its Super High Geek factor. It is about combat flight simulations and may not be of interest to everyone. I really geek out in this one. One of my many hobbies - yes ANOTHER hobby - is...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
02-23-05
February 10, 2005
Discrimination is Discrimination is Discrimination
Virginia pushed forward on Monday with moving backward socially and culturally. The Virginia House voted 78-18 in favor of the amendment, which defines marriage as the union of a man and woman and bans same-sex civil unions. Well there's another point in the victory column for the champions of discrimination,...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
02-10-05
Mess ~ Thursday Challenge Image for 02.10.05
Brianna and the Ice Cream Back in December, Jenne and I visited for a day with Jenne's younger brother, Jon and his family. It was the first time I got to meet my niece and nephew, Brianna and Joshua. I hit it off real well with the kids and...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
02-10-05
November 29, 2004
Peace, Love, and SOUL-eyrette
And Spock too. Join me in the welcoming chant, "Gooble gobble, gooble, gobble. One of us, we accept him, one of us. Gooble, gobble, gooble, gobble..." Our good friend, Steve Souleyrette - AKA Rat Bastard, that's his PC game callsign - has his very own web log now. You can...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
11-29-04
September 20, 2004
Antietam Day Two
Ready for the Coming Storm, 128th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry monument along Cornfield Ave. Getting up Saturday morning was a little rough. My muscles were sore from the previous day's hike. No pain in my back though for which I am thankful. I packed a couple of extra pairs of...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
09-20-04
September 19, 2004
Survivor Antietam!
Friday and Saturday at Antietam National Battlefield proved to be an exercise in wet weather survival... well at least for the Friday morning and early afternoon phases. At times it rained so hard that the rain was coming down at a 45 degree angle! There was no way to keep...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
09-19-04
September 17, 2004
A Call for Volunteers!
Ready... Aim... I am off volunteering at Antietam National Battlefield today and Saturday. I am assisting with the special events (rain or shine) for the 142nd Anniversary of the Battle. I will be back on Sunday September 19th. I don't expect to have many - if any - photographs...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
09-17-04
September 13, 2004
Lonely ~ Moody Monday Image for 09.13.04
Lonely Boy Click here to see this image in full color. Because Lynn asked for it in all B&W. Yes, I did photograph more than women while making people photographs at Hershey Park a week ago. I saw this boy sitting all by himself. No family or friends seemed...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
09-13-04
September 10, 2004
Who Likes Short Shorts? Advertisers, that's who!
Cheer for short shorts! As guys, let me clarify that, as straight guys we check out women all of the time. We are hard wired to do so. It’s nature, instinct and YES it is how God made us. A couple of years of moral and religious training is...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
09-10-04
September 06, 2004
Hershey Park Happily Invaded
They live and they are among us and only I can see them through my camera! Invisible alien creatures latching onto children! Won't somebody please think of the children?! This girl at Hershey Park was only vaguely aware of the alien presence on her back. My attempts to tell her...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
09-06-04
August 10, 2004
Hugs for Sale! OR... Franchising Affection
I am upstairs this morning getting ready for work. Jenne is downstairs getting her lunch ready. I hear the muffled sounds of the talking heads on the morning news program. Good Morning America or some such show. I think I hear the word “cuddle” and some giggling from the co-talking...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
08-10-04
August 03, 2004
How Common is Your Name?
Via my blogless friend, Michael. Michael is the #4 most common male name. 2.629% of men in the US are named Michael. Around 3,220,525 US men are named Michael! and right after that.... William is the #5 most common male name. 2.451% of men in the US are named William....
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Posted by Will Burnham on
08-03-04
July 21, 2004
Somewhat, In the Hot Seat
You may recall a while back that I was going top start a bi-weekly feature here on this site called In The Host Seat. Do you remember that? Yes? No? Well I do. I started with the infamous Habid and then didn't get around to doing another one because real...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
07-21-04
July 18, 2004
I am a Golden God!
Jenne has Jeff and Becky to thank for putting me onto to this latest Internet personality test. Jeff even predicted that I would get the result I did. So much for my being modest and keeping my ego in check. You know, I used to take these Internet personality tests...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
07-18-04
July 09, 2004
Daddy Habid Please Come Home
I received this photo in my email today apparently from the sons of Habid el Sharif! As regular readers may have noticed Habid hasn't posted in a long time, since I came down on him about his comments about the girl with the blue-green hair. Seems he has not...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
07-09-04
June 16, 2004
100 Things About Me
1. I was born in 1965 at Church Home Hospital in east Baltimore, MD. The hospital no longer exists. 2. I am a Capricorn. Uhh, Capricorn, eh? What are they like? Ooh, but... he is the son of God, our Messiah. King of the Jews! And that's Capricorn, is it?...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
06-16-04
April 21, 2004
In the Hotspot! Who Is HABID
That is the question on my mind. Who is this regular and mysterious reader from afar! Where exactly is Afar?. Where did he learn the English? HABID we want to know more about you our Internet friend. Here is a list of questions that I would like for you to...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
04-21-04