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The Big Caption

Patrick Bennett — Tue, 25 May 2010 15:50:11 +0000

As people all across the US watch the situation in the gulf (if they haven’t tuned it out already), you can’t help but agree with today’s caption from The Big Caption.

Michael Jackson is Dead

Patrick Bennett — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:35:50 +0000

So, this is a historic day. I just want to remember it…

Inauguration Day

Patrick Bennett — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:01:37 +0000

Today is the day we’ve been waiting for a long time.

For some people, it might be around 2 years from the start of Obama’s campaign. For others, perhaps 4 years, from the start of Bush’s last term. I know some people have been waiting for this day during Bush’s whole 8 years of presidency. Then, many others say they’ve been waiting for this moment for the past 36 years since Martin Luther King told the world about his dream. But really, it can easily be said that this moment has been coming for this country’s entire time in existence.

The feeling you get from everyone you run into (in New York at least) is that we have a chance to take this country into a bold new direction by all working together. It’s a pretty awe inspiring notion.

I suppose we need to remember to get over that awe and get out there and make a difference.

Flight 1549

Patrick Bennett — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:47:02 +0000

As a person who inherintly doesn’t like to fly. This is a day I should remember.

It’s a day where a plane loses both of its engines shortly after lift-off and a talented captain and his flight crew set it down expertly in the Hudson saving everyone on board. Astounding.

The Nike+ Human Race 10k

Patrick Bennett — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:18:44 +0000

After just getting Nike+ and 5 runs using Nike+, I decided I could complete a full 10k and be a part of the Nike+ global Human Race event… What the hell was I thinking!?

Anyway, I did complete it, although it was extremely difficult.

I should remember to try to work up to these types of things sometimes…

Yearly Cemetery Visit

Patrick Bennett — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:45:25 +0000

Every year I try to make it out to Green-Wood Cemetery at least once during October. Last Saturday we went for a nice walk amongst the tombstones around dusk occasionally stopping to take a couple photos.

I should remember to visit the cemetery more often, and also remember not to get locked in after closing next time. Oops.

Deutsche Bank Fire

Patrick Bennett — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:26:54 +0000

Last Saturday, after a morning of taking photos in Red Hook, I had to run into the city to buy a helmet before Motorsports closed at 5. By 4:20, I was in a car service car cruising through the Battery Tunnel. It seemed like I was going to make it, but then traffic stopped.

There were a ton of cops and all the tourists I assume were there to see Ground Zero were looking up into the sky instead of down at The Lack. When it seemed like we had come to the end of the traffic jam, there was a cop there forcing everyone going north on the West Side Highway to turn around!

I was pissed, it was 4:40 by now and there was no way I was making it all the way up to 46th street by 5. So, I got out and began walking to a different shop. When I rounded the corner to wade through the tourists past Century 21, I saw it.

It was a smoky blaze and it turns out that a couple firefighters died fighting it.

I should remember… I dunno… that bad shit happens, I guess.

Kurt Vonnegut Died today

Patrick Bennett — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:27:42 +0000

Yeah, Kurt Vonnegut died today at age 84. From the Times obituary: “, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in novels like ‘Slaughterhouse-Five,’ ‘Cat’s Cradle’ and ‘God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater’ caught the temper of his times and the imagination of a generation, died last night in Manhattan… Mr. Vonnegut suffered irreversible brain injuries as a result of a fall several weeks ago, according to his wife, Jill Krementz.”

Just some history to remember.

Captain America Dead

Patrick Bennett — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:49:34 +0000

In what could only be a clear statement on the current state of the our country, Marvel killed off Captain America (the very embodiment of all that’s good about the American way of life) in the issue that hit comic store shelves yesterday with a lone sniper shot. Rather than in a blaze of glory, Cap went out with a pop as he walked from a court house.

I think this is a pretty memorable moment for American culture, especially because most Americans won’t even know it happened.

Apple iPhone unveiled

Patrick Bennett — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:55:26 +0000

I think this day will go down in history as the day the cellphone industry changed forever. Today, Apple ~~Computer~~, Inc decided to decimate the competition in the cellphone industry by unveiling the most advanced and gorgeous cellphone, iPod, internet hybrid device ever. EVER.

I can’t wait until June!!!!