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Spending a day outside with high powered rifles is neigh unbeatable in terms of general satisfaction. I was reminded of this today when a friend sent over a link to a very neat photo. What a great day.

More religious hilarity. A catholic mom finds out her son wants to be an athiest and completely freaks. Choice quote selection:

Son: “I dont belive in God.
Mom: “Bullshit!”
….
Son: “A lot can happen, you can think.”
Mom: “You are going to get absoloutly nothing, nothing for Christmas! Because Christmas is about Jesus Christ!”

Nifty site 15 Second Pitch has a pitch wizard tool to distill that 15 second elevator ride with the CEO into a pitch for you. Their tagline is “A personal introduction that is concise, compelling and conversational. No elevator required!”

Here is my lame attempt:

My name is Gardiner Allen and I am an expert technologist specializing in helping people better communicate. Knowing how to apply big ideas to real business scenarios I have a deep and fundamental understanding of how the modern world exchanges information. Over a cup of coffee I’ll show you how web technologies are essential to the future of innovation and business.

Hot damn, I sound like I know what I’m doing while oozing a wee bit-o-confidence.

Google has created a “My Maps” tool that lets you add shapes, lines, and points of interest to a map. I created a map for the STL loft district. Fun stuff!

Had an amazing Saturday with our photographers from Thorsen Photography. They really caught us having a good time and shot in some really cool places! Looking forward to our wedding photos after seeing our engagement photos!

You can see some over on Flickr

finally bothered installing wordpress et. al on my own website so I can be a mobile blogger. er, photoblogger. whatever.