http://www.tompreuss.com I'll keep guessing, you keep checking... Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:13:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On my way home Saturday evening on the 1 train, there was an old man sitting on the right side of the car sketching a man sitting across from him. This isn't the first time I'd seen someone doing this, and while we watched him, my friend Kenny commented ... http://www.tompreuss.com/2008/08/18/subway-drawing/ I recently finished my latest cross-stitch project. It was a gift for my old boss Patrick (you may remember him having a sense of humor) regarding a joke a comedian once made regarding what we did (work in a university housing office). I made the pattern myself using KXStitch. ... http://www.tompreuss.com/2008/08/12/cross-stitch-project/ See? I'm cool. http://www.tompreuss.com/2008/08/05/validation-from-my-gmail-account/ A rap about CERN's Large Hadron Collider. Written and performed by alpinekat, aka Katherine McAlpine. Beats by Will Barras. Best rap ever. http://www.tompreuss.com/2008/07/31/large-hadron-rap/ I made some cookies yesterday using the Original Nestlé Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe (without the nuts) and with the slight modification of refrigerating the dough for forty-eight hours before baking per the recent New York Times article that suggested as much. They were very well received. [gallery] http://www.tompreuss.com/2008/07/27/chocolate-chip-cookies/ I signed up for Facebook on October 31st, 2004. I last edited my profile on November 1st, 2004. The information I included at that time, while not much, was carefully calculated to withstand the test of time. Facebook used to have a feature that listed on each profile a ... http://www.tompreuss.com/2008/06/30/facebook-update/ So I have a lot of t-shirts. Each one has a story; if you see me wearing one, feel free to ask me about its story. Left to right, top to bottom (stacks ordered reverse-chronologically by date of laundry load): First stack Pace University Wellness Week 2007 #1 The River Project green V-Day Until ... http://www.tompreuss.com/2008/06/20/t-shirt-inventory/ There's a storm rolling in. [gallery] http://www.tompreuss.com/2008/06/16/storm-rolling-in/ So I met my nephew Andrew yesterday. My brother and sister-in-law brought him down for the weekend to visit. Here's some video my father put together of me and him: He's a cute little guy. See Apatosaurus and Normal human body temperature for more info. http://www.tompreuss.com/2008/05/25/andrew-at-six-months/ So I pulled the "filling up the office with packing peanuts (but not really)" prank on my boss. Here are some photos and videos of the setup and his reaction: [gallery] http://www.tompreuss.com/2008/05/21/packing-peanut-prank/