Views from a Midwesterner who’s trying to eliminate his mid-sectionTumblr (3.0; @charliefoxtrot)http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/Lqp1f7qjYmaxki6akLS4BjsVo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/260165001/colporteur-my-wifes-uncle-works-in-a-military" target="_blank">soupsoup</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://colporteur.tumblr.com/post/96313303/my-wifes-uncle-works-in-a-military-hospital-and" target="_blank">colporteur</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><i>“My wife’s uncle works in a military hospital and told me about this. Its pretty amazing. Kevin Garrad (3rd Infantry Division) was on a street patrol in Iraq (Tikrit I believe) and as he rounded the corner of a building an armed (AK-47) insurgent came from the other side.<br/><br/> The two of them were within just a few feet of each other when they opened fire. The insurgent was killed and Kevin was hit in the left chest where his IPod was in his jacket pocket. It slowed the bullet down enough that it did not completely penetrate his body armor. Fortunately, Kevin suffered no wound.”</i></p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/260243097http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/260243097Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:42:43 -0800<p>Now I just need to find some potluck out there. Anyone know of any?</p>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/256536194http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/256536194Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:06:55 -0800<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktlukmhrKO1qzrfaqo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Troubadour. Dec 18. El Vez Xmas. Who’s coming with me?</p>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/255434481http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/255434481Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:36:21 -0800<p>We’re hiring. Tech people and Account Managers.</p> <p>scottsteg{at}yahoo.com if you wanna talk about it.</p> <p>If you have a friend, send them my way too.</p>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/250120480http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/250120480Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:36:00 -0800“The characters in this movie should be arrested for loitering with intent to moan.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a href="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091118/REVIEWS/911199998" target="_blank">Ebert!!!</a> (via <a href="http://goldenfiddle.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">goldenfiddle</a>)</p> <p>Don’t forget this classic quip:<br/>“…sitting through this experience is like driving a pickup in low gear though a sullen sea of Brylcreem.”</p> <p>Oh Twilight, I shall never see thee</p></em>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/249429936http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/249429936Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:55:54 -0800<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktchflFmAB1qzrfaqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>GPOYW - I wish I was in a sidecar in Beijing right now.</p>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/249401032http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/249401032Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:14:09 -0800<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktcgrgsmgD1qzrfaqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m finally done scanning my negatives. I just wish I developed them myself. Oh yeah, I could do that…</p> <p>Beijing rocks.</p>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/249389997http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/249389997Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:59:38 -0800<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kta1pdH8ez1qaqyqoo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://heckyeahup.tumblr.com/post/247714899/dug-i-was-hiding-under-your-porch-because-i-love" target="_blank">heckyeahup</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>Dug: </b>I was hiding under your porch because I love you. Can I stay?</p> </blockquote> <p>This one’s better. Again, its the perfect combo.</p>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/249042935http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/249042935Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:32:24 -0800<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktb70rpZX11qzlu28o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://animalinsider.com/post/248728135/whiskeyandgoatsmilk-via-ahlowhee" target="_blank">animalinsider</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://whiskeyandgoatsmilk.tumblr.com/post/248725009/via-ahlowhee" target="_blank">whiskeyandgoatsmilk</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://ahlowhee.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">ahlowhee</a>)</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>My favorite character only because he is a combo of two dogs I currently know.</p>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/248773861http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/248773861Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:47:34 -0800<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kta0oiNhi41qzrfaqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Wicker Man/Equalizer/Hot Fuzz actor Edward Woodward - RIP</p>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/247692281http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/247692281Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:17:06 -0800<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/17/emily-chang-cnn-reporter_n_360360.html">Emily Chang, CNN Reporter, Detained In Shanghai Over Obama-Mao T-Shirt</a>: <p>Holy. Sh*t. This could have been me.</p>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/247375760http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/247375760Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:59:00 -0800<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt85ue2tfM1qzrfaqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One morning in Kabukicho, I noticed that even the cats in the narrow streets offer massages, but only to their own kind. Sneaky I must say, yet still adorable.</p> <p>Ah Tokyo, I still miss you.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottsteg/4099930976/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottsteg/4099930976/</a></p>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/246469592http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/246469592Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:13:00 -0800<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt7ugjnom91qzrfaqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tsukiji Market - Tokyo - 5:45am</p> <p>I got most of my Asia negatives scanned. Beijing is still in the development process.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottsteg/sets/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottsteg/sets/</a></p>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/246246503http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/246246503Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:07:31 -0800<a href="http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/11/13/2127121.aspx">Bye bye "Oba-Mao"</a>: <p><img src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/091113-obamao-hmed220p.standard.jpg" width="298" height="228"/></p> <p>I bought a few of these, I should have got a freakin’ case.</p>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/246222367http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/246222367Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:35:39 -0800<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://widgets.nbc.com/o/4727a250e66f9723/4afc5e8bd74da197/4af87157d7886690/3ff86c73/-cpid/1ca50ce82de3b093" id="W4727a250e66f97234afc5e8bd74da197" width="400" height="294"><param name="movie" value="http://widgets.nbc.com/o/4727a250e66f9723/4afc5e8bd74da197/4af87157d7886690/3ff86c73/-cpid/1ca50ce82de3b093" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowNetworking" value="all" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></object><br/><br/><p>I never saw ‘Twilight’ and probably won’t follow the series that much anyway. However, I’d go see this.</p>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/241713576http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/241713576Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:18:22 -0800<script src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?height=269&embedCode=M2ZGt5Og9SprWclg-3UwGeEASeVtJFwG&width=480"></script><br/><br/><p>Movie quotes where quote = film title.</p>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/238566045http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/238566045Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:39:11 -0800<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kstyxejaUN1qzrfaqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Richard Kiel (the man who played the metal-toothed Jaws from the James Bond films) never stops growing.</p>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/237834621http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/237834621Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:17:00 -0800<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kstd36l4Qk1qzrfaqo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/237440696http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/237440696Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:25:54 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9s89FqNpXO4&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/9s89FqNpXO4&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>Now I know the best way to open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew. It becomes pretty much genius towards the end so disregard that the demonstrator is pretty much not in need of a bottle at the time the video was taken.</p>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/232239933http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/232239933Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:47:31 -0800<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksjkklRGBI1qz9kayo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://terminalvelocity.tumblr.com/post/231964004/the-largest-cruise-ship-in-the-world-is-five-times" target="_blank">terminalvelocity</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://twistedsifter.com/2009/11/oasis-of-the-seas-worlds-largest-cruise-ship/" target="_blank">The Largest Cruise Ship in the World is Five Times the Size of the Titanic | TwistedSifter</a></p> <p>That is big.</p> </blockquote> <p>Even if you hate cruises, I’d give this a try. Truly a floating city.</p>http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/232020913http://charliefoxtrot.tumblr.com/post/232020913Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:52:53 -0800