The final countdown

Relive the countdown!

Freaky Friday

Today's is all weird because of the holidays and it kind of feels like this:

Post by storyful.

Not really, but whatevs.
My most popular post of 2014 was a listicle that made it to Romenesko. If none of this makes any sense, it probably means you're not a journalist.
Congratulations!
Oddly, my most popular post of 2014 that was not from 2014 was a 2012 tutorial on how to make Pinterest slideshows because I guess that's what people want to do.  #ohwell.

Mario Cuomo was, "A man of contradictions who enjoyed Socratic arguments with himself." That's a beautiful line for any obit. Mine will probably be, "Ivan Lajara liked to brag that he made it to Romenesko."  #ohwell.

Before I forget. Happy New Year!
Here's some obligatory Hudson Valley stories: Uptown Kingston parties hard. Area seniors party harder. First baby!

Here's the last part of the Jay from Serial interview. Conclusion: reddit can be a scary place.
But it also can be fun. And, yes, weird. Very weird. Don't be weird.

Downton Abbey returns to US shores on Sunday so this is as good time as any to drop this weird thing.  

One cat:

One Google Glass photo:

Yesterday's Internet, Today! is a random experiment in which I throw in a bunch of links I tweeted, faved or saw the day before or in the morning.  Have you subscribed to this yet?

Slim pickings

Might be time for a new dictionary h/t @DwayneKroohs pic.twitter.com/oXsTOlfU7K
— Ivan Lajara (@ivanlajara) December 24, 2014

Merry Time After Christmas But Before New Year With An Awkward Weekend In The Middle!

I was not quite online yesterday because a large man trespassed into my home and ate my cookies and drank my milk and littered the whole place. I heard it was a spree, too, and it happened even though NORAD was chasing him. 

Do you feel like writing a funny caption? Of course you don't. 

Did you watch 'The Interview'? I didn't, but I watched this cheaply looking remake of the Star Wars trailer, for free. Freedom wins.

Do you like predictions? Doesn't matter, here's another one: Most things you'll see online from now until the new year will be year-end listicles and, uh, predictions, because everyone's light on copy. Prediction 2: The upcoming New Year's Eve party in Downtown Kingston is only going to get bigger.

Kind-of UPDATE: I ran into this the other day but I forgot and then the awesome ladies at the Watershed Post reminded me that yet another publication has chosen the Catskills as a place to go but instead of saying stuff about 'hipsters,' they used 'hicksters.'

I said my piece.  But also, stop trying to make 'hicksters' happen. It's not going to happen.

One cat (photoshopped in 5 places in Downtown Kingston):

One Google Glass photo:

Yesterday's Internet, Today! is a quasi-feature in which I throw in a bunch of links I tweeted, faved or saw the day before or in the morning.  I also post a cat and a Google Glass photo. This tagline keeps changing because I don't know what I'm doing.