An Expat in London

Northwest Airlines meal fror London to Mimneapolis, not bad and definitely American-size proportions...

Oct 31st

Landed in DIA and it’s midnight London time. Been drinking lots (water, tea, &...

Oct 30th

On Heathrow to Minneapolis flight now & it’s half empty— glad I worried about...

Oct 30th

up bright and early for flight back to States. Looking forward to crashing on the plane and tackling...

Oct 30th

NPR reviewing Girl Talk’s ‘Feed the Animals’ album, heard about this related to...

Oct 29th

Russel Brand & Jonathan Roth kicked off BBC for rude joke/skit (need to find clip on YouTube)....

Oct 29th

Tweeted this night but it didn’t post (9:45pm GMT): It’s official, it’s snowing in...

Oct 29th

Twet

Oct 29th

Traffic south of Liverpool Street Station is a disaster, avoid like the plague

Oct 29th

It’s official, it’s now snowing in London

Oct 28th

En route to Dublin Castle in Camden to see mate’s band, Easter Sunday, rock the place

Oct 28th

Listen to my station on Blip.fm! http://blip.fm/invite/chrish

Oct 27th

Now playing: Mike Doughty - Wednesday (Contra la Puerta) http://tinyurl.com/4ob9wg...

Oct 27th

Going strong w/ Mike Doughty’s song “Wednesday (Contra la Puerta)” on repeat since...

Oct 27th

Re-tweeting @newmediajim: BREAKING NEWS: ATF DISRUPTS SKINHEAD PLOT TO ASSASINATE OBAMA...

Oct 27th

BREAKING NEWS (via NP and WAMU): Sen. Stevens guilty on all 7 charges. Another nail in Congressional...

Oct 27th

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Re-blogged via joelaz: RjDj iPhone App The RjDj iPhone app is fantastic. The app picks up real...

Oct 27th

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Re-blogged via joelaz: Bon Iver - Flume

Oct 27th

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Re-blogged via chrish: Will Ferrell as Dubya (on the Hot Lady and the Tiger Woods Guy)

Oct 27th

Cousin Jenna and fiance John meeting Sen. Obama in Ft....

Oct 27th

For UK snowboarders, Travis Rice’s movie, “That’s It, That’s All”...

Oct 26th

“You better have a year’s worth of cash and a revenue model...”
— Angel Investor Ron Conway...

Oct 26th

“A suited, and obviously late, business man bustled up from...”
— Oh how the Brits love their...

Oct 26th

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From my Dad, urging me to vote. Via CNNBC video.

Oct 26th

The Gherkin up close

Oct 26th

Friday means the weekend. Via SomeECards.com

Oct 24th

Amazing Thievery Corporation show New Year’s Eve in SanFran. Use code ‘sfnye’ at...

Oct 23rd

Listened to Marketplace’s interview w/ new AIG CEO Ed Liddy— very humble & honest in...

Oct 22nd

Amazing Red Bull Air Race photos via Boston Globe, thanks @peterlamotte for link—...

Oct 22nd

Rocking out to David Byrne and Brian Emo’s song “Strange Overtones”...

Oct 22nd

Listening to Aqualung perform on KCRW from last Fri., seems to be appropriate music for a overcast,...

Oct 21st

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Listening to Aqualung perform on KCRW from last Fri., seems to be appropriate music for a overcast,...

Oct 21st

First person I know mentioned in NYT...

Not sure if it means I’m getting old or a sign that I grew up quite lucky (probably some of...

Oct 20th

'Drunk' pilot arrested at Heathrow

Oct 20th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-10-19)

Oct 19th

Chicken and pasta tonight, tasty

Oct 19th

chrish: Another interesting company name…

Oct 19th

Carhatt store is amazing, never knew they had this many non-jean clothes before, cool stuff

Oct 19th

Cool fall day in East London, listrning to Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Cigarettes and...

Oct 19th

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HOWTO ride a London Bus, Colonial Film Board 1950 - Boing Boing

Oct 19th

Watching Little Britain and the fat lady costumes when they’re naked may be the grosiest thing...

Oct 18th

Watching Best of TB Series snowboard videos on DVD, came free in the 100th issue of Onboard...

Oct 18th

Perhaps the funniest FAIL dog photo yet, believe me you’ll laugh & it will brighten your...

Oct 17th

CEB won best video in Adobe eStuido’s Learning Challenge campaign http://tinyurl.com/5so99a

Oct 17th

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CEB won Best Video winner in the Adobe® eLearning Challenge campaign. We’re finally doing some...

Oct 17th

My buddy Patrick, an official photographer for the City of Chicago posted first giga-photo panorama...

Oct 16th

Think you know Joe the Plumber? Hear the the new “Joe the Plumber” fictional epic,...

Oct 16th

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7672149.stm Queen visisted Google London HQ today & Google...

Oct 16th

Waiting for the Burton movie to start at Zigfrid downstairs in Hoxton, drinking a beer and catching...

Oct 16th

Last reminder all snowboarders in/near London: Burton snowboard movie screening tonight near Old St...

Oct 16th

Walking toward Liverpool St. and drunk woman w/ fag & beer in hand is trapsing down Brick Lane...

Oct 16th

Went to bed extremely early last night. Listened to debate via WAMU as I slept— McCain seemed...

Oct 16th

Free Vitamin Water at Sainsbury near Holborn http://twitpic.com/gcbl

Oct 15th

http://tinyurl.com/4tm9e7 What personality traits & tactics to look for in the debate tonight

Oct 15th

Listening to Elbow’s version of Massive Attack’s song ‘Teardrop:’ Not bad,...

Oct 15th

http://tinyurl.com/44mpfj iPhone is a responsibility, not a right!

Oct 14th

Was I only one who didn’t know Twitterific URL bookmark trick for posting URLs to Twitter? No...

Oct 14th

Trying to close shop at work & mix of Athlete and Elbow tunes are pumping through the headphones...

Oct 14th

Via LCB Surf Store blog.

Oct 13th

Watching Steven Fry’s tour of America, he’s in New England now. Weird watching about...

Oct 12th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-10-12)

Oct 12th

Thanks to LCB, Burton snowboard movie ‘It’s Alwys Snowing Somewhere’ is screening...

Oct 12th

Back from run in Victoria Park, sunny & 70s in London today. Need to pick up knick-knacks on...

Oct 12th

Notice how Treasury is now approaching bailout/splurge, VERY DIFFERENT http://tinyurl.com/3nc3ee

Oct 11th

Best spots from Little Britian USA were woman at the park with her dog and the two beefcake guys at...

Oct 11th

Watching ‘Little Britisn USA’ on BBC 4, funny stuff I’ve heard, first time...

Oct 11th

Breaking— AP reporting that Palin acted inappropriately

Oct 11th

Re-tweeting @jasoncalacanis: “At open coffee london.. 40 people. Athens open coffee had 250!...

Oct 10th

Re-tweeting @loiclemeur “oh fuck http://tinyurl.com/5y6fjn” Best Economist cover...

Oct 10th

Me to little snowboard grom llast Fri. night at indoor ski hill: a fall doesn’t really hit...

Oct 10th

Back to ofc. after pub, cranking to DCFC’s “Your New Twin Sized Bed”...

Oct 10th

Just spotted the Google Street View car driving through central London on Southampton Row near...

Oct 10th

Foo Fighters telling McCain to stop using song “My Hero”, via BBC...

Oct 10th

Listening to This American Life as I walk to the tube; Ira and team explaining the crisis

Oct 10th

Trying to get outta work but Outlook keep crashing…

Oct 10th

More cool Tumblr sites: http://sadguysontradingfloors.tumblr.com/

Oct 10th

For snowboarders in & near London, check out www.channel4.com/freeze for big air comp &...

Oct 10th

Thanks to Gillmor Gang for heads up on this splurge site: http://www.buymyshitpile.com/

Oct 7th

Just heard on WAMU that new head of Smithsonian jumped on Twitter for the 1st time— anyone...

Oct 6th

just loved Death Cab For Cutie - Your New Twin Sized Bed http://hypem.com/track/613336

Oct 6th

Just heard on WAMU that new head of Smithsonian jumped on Twitter fi

Oct 6th

chrish: SnoZone, indoor snow hill in Milton Keynes: First...

Oct 5th

chrish: Snowboarding Bruise: Not as good as previous ones...

Oct 5th

chrish: Barnet v. Accrunfton Stanley football match

Oct 5th

Mexico City Journal:The Right Thing to Wear at the Wrong End...

Oct 5th

Stumbled upon this photo of Ben from last Christmas, via my...

Oct 5th

Eating dinner & watching Dragon’s Den on Dave, the best of episode. Just saw entreprenuer...

Oct 5th

At Cha Lounge (chai latte is okay), Brick Lane. Women w/ jack russell walks in; dog yelps quietly;...

Oct 5th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-10-5)

Oct 5th

Apologies to Fring team, error w/ underscore was my fault, didn’t realize was asking for Fring...

Oct 4th

Fashion show tonight in Victoria House & I wasn’t dressed the part but got past velvet...

Oct 4th

Just had 1st shouting match (he didn’t fight back though) on a London bus, used the word mate...

Oct 4th

Recommending podcasts a lot lately: Dallas Does Indie for cabbie listening to Subways; Shralp for...

Oct 4th

just loved Arizona - Colors http://hypem.com/track/648599

Oct 4th

just loved MGMT vs. Soulwax vs. Yeah Yeah Yeahs vs. Peaches - Fuck the Kids (Eve Massacre remix)...

Oct 4th

Walking out of ofc. in the dark, a mannequin standing by the bathroom scared the crap out of...

Oct 4th

just loved Throw Me The Statue - Ship http://hypem.com/track/635821

Oct 4th

At Barnet v. Acceington Stanley game. Barney pitch is famous for it’s slight incline from goal...

Oct 4th

All excited by Techcrunch news that Skype app, Tring, was now on iPhone but app won’t accept...

Oct 4th

Just heard via WAMU that Olsson’s Book stores in D.C. is closing, Terrible but not surprising...

Oct 4th

Battle wound from the snowboard park http://twitpic.com/ehry

Oct 4th

Realzing how sore I am. Think it was that failed/aborted frontside on the flat metal rail, scrapped...

Oct 3rd

Never been so happy to be on a bus. Cooler weather has arrived in London and this bus is toast warm

Oct 3rd

On way back after indoor snow slope, not sure I can call it a hill. Park and hits were small but...

Oct 3rd

On Midlands train to Milton Keynes and definitely an hour or more late, damn. Well at least the...

Oct 3rd

T-minus two hours to snowboarding at the indoor hill at Milton Keynes. Can’t wait but some...

Oct 3rd

Know bus route well enough now that as I use iPhone, without looking up I know when & which...

Oct 2nd

just loved Her Space Holiday - My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend http://hypem.com/track/486915

Oct 2nd

just loved Cassettes Won’t Listen - Freeze and Explode http://hypem.com/track/623104

Oct 2nd

Going snowboarding tomorrow night at Milton Keynes indoor hill just outside of London. 7-11pm Fri....

Oct 2nd