Hi! Remember that candy, Chuckles? Yeah, I’ve got nothing to do with those. Welcome to my blog-in-progress. Some day, it will not suck. Today’s not that day. I also live here: twitter.com/echuckles and here: flickr.com/nochuckingaround and I used to live here back when we still called ‘em “weblogs”: xanga.com/echuckles Welcome to the neighborhood!Tumblr (3.0; @echuckles)http://echuckles.tumblr.com/Overheard in the mammoth line at Whole Foods: “Note to self: Never come here again.”http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/237487577http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/237487577Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:20:59 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xRKfZ0mGLaY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xRKfZ0mGLaY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Improv Everywhere’s latest stunt: I Love Lunch! The Musical. “I love lunch, it’s halfway to dinner.”</p>http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/235287539http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/235287539Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:38:00 -0500Jason Blair gives keynote speech to Washington and Lee Journalism Ethics Institute: My favorite part...http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/235199498http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/235199498Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:35:26 -0500journalism<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksnhwz7QUj1qz5btho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Leaves ‘n’ stuff</b></p>http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/234146860http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/234146860Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:24:38 -0500<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksnhwvKMC01qz5btho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><b>bald eagle:</b> <p>We saw a bald eagle circling above us!!!!!!! Then we saw another, and I demanded we move to a different location because I was scared they were going to eat us.</p>http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/234146818http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/234146818Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:24:34 -0500<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksnhwrMaHP1qz5btho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><b>Caffeine-free Cloisters:</b> <p>Over the weekend, we went on our second annual pilgrimage to see foliage at the Cloisters. I love the Cloisters! And I love Lucien! So it was obviously a very good combination, except for one slight difficulty: severe caffeine withdrawal. That day was only Day 2 of our joint effort to go coffee-free. Sometimes, you gotta give the ole’ coffee mug a break, even though it goes against everything every bone, fiber, and muscle in your body is telling you.</p>http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/234146783http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/234146783Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:24:30 -0500crap. just spelled my *name* wrong in a work email and fired it off before noticing the error....http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/234085156http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/234085156Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:55:17 -0500<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kslwd0jJgY1qz5btho1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Express Checkout PayPhrase that Amazon suggested for me is “Elizabeth’s Frail Glory.” I’m not sure what that means, but I think I’m offended by the implications.</p> <p>What’s yours?</p>http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/233259331http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/233259331Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:41:24 -0500amazonwtfNew device invented for Twitterers too overwhelmed by Twitter to use Twitter: Via WebNewser:...http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/233120525http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/233120525Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:39:34 -0500Twitter<a href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/11/how-i-exposed-fakeapstylebook/">Wired: How I Unmasked @FakeAPStylebook (an Only-on-Twitter Story)</a>http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/232068704http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/232068704Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:01:12 -0500twitterI keep waking up perpendicular. This is clearly an effort by my subconscious to never wake up on the...http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/230830908http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/230830908Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:49:22 -0500being selected to microwave tomato soup is really a lifetime commitment for whichever poor...http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/228112740http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/228112740Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:08:10 -0400New Yorkers seem real bummed this morning. Something big must’ve happened in the World Series...http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/226880141http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/226880141Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:24:40 -0400<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks96mrp2uC1qz5btho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><b>protection from the sun:</b> <p>at zack and hanna’s wedding over the summer. what do you think? good look?</p>http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/226477089http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/226477089Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:54:32 -0400Iceland's three McDonald's restaurants closing: “A Big Mac in Reykjavik already retails for...http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/224106943http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/224106943Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:23:59 -0400it’s days like this- when i whip out my metro card to open my front door- that i know the men...http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/223819417http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/223819417Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:44:21 -0400<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krz62yeCiG1qz5btho1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><b>HALP!:</b> <p>I’m on the bus to Boston and I’m either going to explode or get hepatitis!!</p>http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/221018033http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/221018033Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:06:37 -0400Technorati State of the Blogosphere Report: Who Are The Bloggers?: I see no mention of guys who sit...http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/218318337http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/218318337Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:22:41 -0400bloggersjust got an eye exam. my pupils are dilated and my vision is blurry. i have a sudden urge to operate...http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/218165116http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/218165116Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:23:53 -0400Held by the Taliban: NYT's David Rohde shares his story: He has published two of five parts of his...http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/217482816http://echuckles.tumblr.com/post/217482816Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:43:44 -0400NYT