Decembeard, realized.

MOVEMBER!

All,

I am currently taking part in a little thing called Movember. As a means of raising funds to fight prostate cancer, I have made it a goal to grow a moustache just like this one by the end of this month. That said, if I can grow one a wee bit pervier, I will.

And rest assured, I will absolutely not be going anywhere near an elementary school before December 1st.

Now, Movember shouldn't be confused with Decembeard:

Nor should it be mixed up with Ratruary:

If you know another young buck taking part I can't recommend supporting his efforts enough. Now, if you'd like to throw any support my way I would be very much obliged. Every little bit helps and you can make an online donation in support of my efforts here. And yes, I did misspell my own name as Christoper when registering. Good for me.

Courage,

"Christoper"

Slow-Mo Water Droplets

Peeing is now at least 6.5 times funnier.

Enjoy.

I'm Not Quite Sure...

what this suggests about we as a people, but it's incredibly interesting, nonetheless.

Apparently, the manner in which we use the Google Searchbar has a dramatic effect on the suggestions that Google's algorithmic brain will produce.

Enjoy.

Chrstphr

No, I'm pretty sure THIS is it.

Knock the Dust Off these Typin' Fingers

Hey y'all (if you're still around)

A couple of random thoughts for the day:

-Will history books continue to be written/published in the future? Considering how much information (in the form of current events) gets published to the internet hourly will there be need/want to reproduce and contextualize a tiny fraction of that information in an attempt to survey the history of this, that, or the other thing?

-If the answer to the above is yes, what information will be included? One major movement in the field of history has been to revisit what we consider to be the "official" history with accounts from the down-trodden (the Jews in Europe, the Slaves in America); but in the internet age the tale of the down-trodden is quite readily accessible (just look at citizen journalism of this year's election crisis in Iran). We don't need the academics to go back and unearth that history. It's already there, albeit in the form of blogs, Facebook status updates and Tweets.

-At what point will I stop watching professional sports with the belief that all of the athletes are older than I am? Growing up it was very easy to understand that the Chicago Bulls were all grown-ups. But now? LeBron James is actually two years younger than I am (almost three considering his late birthday), as is Chris Bosh (2 years and 1 week, to be exact) yet I watch both of those cats play with that same juvenile mentality. When will I begin to think of professional athletes as "young guys"?

Well, I'm back to writing, but I sure as shit wasn't making any guarantees as to quality!

Chrstphr

p.s. The picture above is the fruit of the googling "random picture" labour

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Anyone who has followed my sporadic writing must certainly have noted the, uh, sporadic nature of my writing (ugh, I'm rusty).

There are a few reasons for my on again/off again relationship with online writing.

First, I, throughout the day, come up with (what I think are) great ideas. By the time I get home, eat dinner, finish work and polish off a couple episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond I simply don't have the will power to produce a lengthy account of my witty repartee with representatives of the service industry.

Second, I have killed numerous posts simply because I thought they were shit. This, inevitably, puts me in a bad mood. Why write at all, ever?

Third, I now maintain a second blog for the purposes of the law school and during those times when I feel a flash of brilliance (read: skill that rises just slightly above mediocrity) I feel it more appropriate to funnel that towards the avenue which I have been retained to update.

So, what to do, what to do? Well, there still are definitely times when I feel like writing a short novel, and as such I wouldn't even think of removing/erasing this guy. Almost 180 posts in. We have a history.

But in the interim I have come up with a compromise. I introduce to you my newest venture:

http://christophercrighton.tumblr.com

It's what is referred to by those in-the-know (a sect of society with which I do not identify) as a tumblelog. The point is to provide shorter posts comprised of quick thoughts and multimedia accoutrements. This, I can assure you, accords much more with the way my ADDled brain works (note: I take no feeling of uniqueness in this. If you are a male, aged, 7-64, you probably have ADD. And it's curable: pay attention and don't act like a spazz).

So, the goal will be to post my goings on in this new format, while occasionally coming back to this space to expand on some ideas. And, I will continue to write for Legally Blogged so there will be a readily-available outlet for my long-windedness.

If you so desire, please add the above to your bookmarks and let's weather this change together. Hand in hand.

We can do this.

Courage.

C

UPDATE: For those of you who'd rather not seek out the new blog (maybe because you were friends with both EsseQuamVideri and I and you don't want to have to pick, whatever...) you can follow along in the top right, where the BoingBoing feed used to be.