a blog by stephen

I wonder if this guy realized his webcam was on??
Click here for the full video.
If you’re wondering… The song is Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone. <iTunes link>

I have placed Tsunami relief button here as well as on bottom-right of my blog. This links to a Google maintained page which lists various organizations involved in Tsunami relief efforts.

I have personally contributed to Oxfam America. Please consider giving to this or another charity of your choice.

Long Island has had the first (last?) Blizzard of 2005. The Weather Channel is calling it “The Winter Wallop”.
My car is currently buried under about 15″ of snow. Fun times to come.
This is a news image from another part of Long Island -

I have not been updating this lately, but today was definitely blog-able…
I saw one of my good friends today. He has been in Iraq working for the DoD and was going home today, transferring planes in JFK.
I was fretting all week about how I was only going to get to see him for a few minutes between International Arrivals and Domestic Departures security gate. So what is my solution to this dilemma? Read on… I actually bought a (fully refundable) plane ticket so I could get through security and wait with him for his next flight. We got to spend about 2 hours catching up - it was good. I got the refund processed for that flight I didn’t take to Atlanta, too - Thanks Delta! *wink*.

Happy New Year Everyone!

Yesterday was the last day of my 15 day driving suspension. (I’m told I drive too fast??)
Happy Day!