As always, The Big Picture has some amazing photographs, this time of The Inauguration of President Barack Obama. The third one -- a satellite photo of the National Mall -- really gives you a "holy crap!" shot of the number of people there.

...courtesy of The Onion:

Bush Spends Day Feverishly Booby-Trapping Desk

Vice Presidential Handlers Lure Cheney Into Traveling Crate

Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency

Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency

A short documentary on Circle A Cycles featuring my brother, Brian:

I've been wanting to get back into shooting photos lately. The recent snowstorms provided a good subject, but my dislike of cold + laziness kept me inside. But I really have to keep practicing, so I had the kids show off their favorite stuffed animal while I played with the off-camera flash.

This is the fourth year of my annual soundtrack project, and here is this year's summary of my musical tastes. Again, the only rule is that the songs chosen have to fit on a regular audio CD.

1. Thes One: "Gate City Savings And Loan"
2. The Shins: "Little Boxes"
3. Wire: "Outdoor Miner"
4. The La's: "Feelin' (live)"
5. Vampire Weekend: "A-Punk"
6. The Smiths: "The Headmaster Ritual"
7. The Ventures: "Medley: Walk–Don't Run; Lullaby Of The Leaves; Perfidia (live)"
8. DJ Alibi: "One Day"
9. The Corporation: "Sweet Musille"
10. Minutemen: "Viet Nam"
11. The Clash: "Rudie Can't Fail"
12. The English Beat: "Two Swords"
13. Beck: "Gamma Ray"
14. The Hives: "You Got It All...Wrong"
15. Sweetthieves: "N.P.N."
16. Sunny Day Real Estate: "Theo B"
17. Smashing Pumpkins: "Tarantula"
18. Rush: "Best I Can"
19. Guided By Voices: "Surgical Focus"
20. Digable Planets: "9th Wonder (Blackitolism)"
21. Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass: "Whipped Cream (Anthony Marinelli Remix)"
22. People Under the Stairs: "Step Bacc"
23. King Tubby: "I Am, I Am The King"

Since I don't follow football, basketball, hockey or NASCAR, the months between October and March are just a countdown to spring training. So while I've heard that some Boston-area teams are doing well, I still follow only off-season baseball.

So far the Yankees have signed both C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett -- with more to come I'm sure, which is reminiscent of this old Onion article. But as Surviving Grady reminds us with the latest Cashman-Headwarmer dialogue -- "Haven't We Been Here Before?" -- that's not going to guarantee championship number 27.

What do I do on a Sunday evening after the kids are in bed? Why, optimize one of my personal websites for iPhone viewing...for fun! So now if you view a Sinko podcast on your iPhone or iPod touch, the layout will be optimized for your smaller screen.

And yes, I know:

I was a huge Lego fan growing up, so Gizmodo's article about the Lego company's Memory Lane -- the secret vault with almost every Lego set ever manufactured -- really brought me back. It was actually cool seeing Space Galaxy Explorer and castle (two of my favorite sets) again...I guess the Lego nerd is still in me.

Here is your pro-Obama link...