My Parents: Squirrel Whisperers

For the past two years or so, I have noticed an interesting trend at my parents' house:

Very large and fearless squirrels. Everywhere.

During this period, my parents have been providing easily 80% of these squirrels' (I've counted at least three of them) caloric intake.

It's even gotten to the point that these creatures will hear my dad come home from work and wait for him to exit his car. I'll walk by the dining room table to talk to my mom while looking out of our window to see furry paws tapping my patio doors. I'll be mowing the lawn until I soon realize that I'm walking through a mine field; not of explosives, but of walnuts.

They went on vacation last February and bestowed upon me the task of keeping the house in order while they were away. Because of the fact that I refused to provide for this family of supposed "wild" squirrels who were taking residence at my house, I noticed a lack of activity in the backyward after a few days of my gross negligence. Fast-forward to a few weeks later to the day that my parents came back from Florida and you would have thought these squirrels had just won the lottery. I've never seen such happiness before in the eyes of rodents.

Like a boss.

My experimentation with panoramic photography

DISCLAIMER: I BY NO MEANS PRETEND TO KNOW ANYTHING WHATSOEVER ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY. I SIMPLY ENJOY PRETTY PICTURES.

A couple months ago, my Android phone received the Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade (ICS 4.0) which ultimately fixed a few quirks and enabled me expanded functionality. Most notably, my camera can now take panoramic photos. There have been a number of occurrences during the past few months where I found my surroundings to be beautiful enough to warrant a panoramic photograph. Embedded below are a few examples.

You can also view these photos in a slightly larger format in my photo gallery.

I paid $250 to become a shareholder in what!?

Go Pack Go.

Update on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 9:25PM by Jesse Zakshesky

The fact that people like him even EXIST is reason enough to love this team.

"There’s no professional sports team in America that has a relationship with its community like the Packers have with Green Bay."

#HamSlamwich

In terms of career success, Josh Hamilton is the best offensive player in his league. Darvin Ham hasn't been heard from in 3 years. As a matter of fact, this very article you're reading, right now, is the only time in recorded history that both Darvin Ham and Josh Hamilton have ever been mentioned in the same sentence before. Ever.

I made a quick chart to compare them:

Somewhere, Chris Berman is jealous that he didn't come up with this nickname himself.With that being said, Darvin Ham was dynamic enough to at least gain some national exposure, in Milwaukee of all places, because of one simple fact.

The dude could dunk.

During one of the few times that the Milwaukee Bucks played a game on national TV in the early 2000s, Darvin Ham stole the ball away from Allen Iverson, ran past Dikembe Mutombo's oblong body, and dunked violently enough that Marv Albert screamed:

Darvin just served Philadelphia a Ham Slamwich."

Since that moment, being a fan of this dude was the only reason I even liked the Milwaukee Bucks, and why I followed his career vigilantly after. (Which meant I had to watch Detroit Pistons games. It sucked.) Naturally, I was a little pissed off when I heard some moron on ESPN referring to one of Hamilton's home runs as a "Ham Slamwich." 

I just realized how incredibly stupid this article is. Enjoy the two videos below. I mean, the dude breaks a glass backboard...it's pretty badass.

I really can't believe I just spent 35 minutes of my life documenting Darvin Ham's career.

I've officially eaten at Parthenon Gyros too many times

Anybody who knows me personally understands that I have an insatiable addiction to Parthenon Gyros. Not only is the food sublime, but the Europop is second to none. 

Long story short, my Shazam app has gotten A LOT better at identifying international hits. 

WARNING: This song is EXTREMELY catchy and likely will be stuck in your head until you wake up tomorrow morning.

Update on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 5:13PM by Jesse Zakshesky

FYI: THE ABOVE POSTED SONG, HENCEFORTH, SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE GYRO ANTHEM.