July, 2009

Jerry Springer is Satan’s first friend on PC World’s fake Facebook page

Technology publication “PC World” created a “Facebook page they would like to see” for Satan (the devil, Beelzebub, Lucifer). It’s pretty funny – espeically for local Cincinnatians – who see that former Cincinnati mayor and current talk show host Jerry Springer is Satan’s first friend (or last friend, I suppose – but at the top [...]

Still one of my favorite articles from the Driehaus campaign

Just going through my documents folder on my PC (why doesn’t Google Desktop search work on OpenOffice.org documents?), and came across the media clips file I kept while the communications director during Congressman Steve Driehaus‘s 2008 campaign. I have to say that some days working for the campaign felt like we were trying to slay [...]

My meat market

My meat market Originally uploaded by hjoew Found Wessel’s Meat Market in Illinois. Had to stop and get a photo. They specialize in "Wessels Meats," of which I take great offense.

Where are Joe and his Dad now?

Today, along with my Dad, Hermann, I am traveling west to just south of St. Louis (in Illinois) to pick up a car. Right now Pops is in the driver’s seat and I am in the front passenger seat, all teched out, with my mobile broadband card keeping me fully tethered to the online world, [...]

Watch out: Facebook chat scam

I was a camp counselor for eight summers (five at a YMCA of Greater Cincinnati day camp and three summers at Kennolyn Camps in Soquel, California – near Santa Cruz). Don’t hear too much from former campers these days. My last summer as a counselor was 1999. But, as any former counselor can tell you, [...]

Don McPherson, 1957-2009

I awoke especially early this morning and began checking friends’ blogs and was shocked awake. Why? I found this very sad news. Don McPherson, whom I had not seen in about four years, passed away a few days ago. Tears stream down my face as I write this. Despite the distance and our friend-of-a-friend friendship, [...]

Joe Bundy

Joe Bundy Originally uploaded by hjoew

Zoo family portait

Zoo family portait Originally uploaded by hjoew Back at the Cincinnati Zoo, I got a photo taken with some of the family.