Ryan Imel

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Posted on April 27, 2009 to:

It seems I’m an evil socialist

By Ryan

Of course I only mean evil in the sense that it has lately become a bad ideology, on par with the Boogeyman. He’s probably socialist too.

The results of a political placement test I took earlier tonight:

My political leanings, a chart

This sort of test is useful, especially for determining just how blindly you are following a particular political party/candidate in the states. I’m one to call foul on the process in general, but I suppose my leanings speak for themselves. I’m thinking doing this test every year or so would make for some interesting introspection, especially if one tracked exactly what responses one gave throughout the test.

If you choose to take the test as well, let me know how it comes out. And, more importantly, how the results reflect on where you placed yourself pre- taking it. I’m curious.

Posted on April 22, 2009 to:

Reflection

Morning

By Ryan

Just a bit of a stream of consciousness video. Been a while since touching base on here.

Theme Playground: themeplayground.com
My Lost blog: lostbits.ryanimel.com
Watch: awesome infographic video: vimeo.com/2030361
Listen: Ben Kweller “On My Way”
Read: thoughts on Macheist: log.scifihifi.com/post/89882957/macheist

Posted on March 27, 2009 to:

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What it feels like to have a lost kitty

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I couldn’t believe it, even after it seemed as though it had to be the case. Sometime on Tuesday afternoon, between noon and three o’clock, I opened the door. I subsequently closed the door. And upon further investigation, later that afternoon, it hit me.

My cat had ran out when the door was open.

Lucky for me I was only figuring this out when Ashley came back from her classes, so it wasn’t as though she was going to freak out or anything (riiiiight).

For the next 5 hours or so, a lot of things seemed to happen all at once.

Posted on February 27, 2009 to:

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Night out seeing a chick flick

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Last weekend Ashley and I went out with a few friends and saw He’s Just Not That Into You. While the movie wasn’t all that bad (I wasn’t expecting much, and it grew on Ashley the farther along it went), the real entertainment was the cardboard promo for the new Friday the 13th with a space for your face. Commence photos, after the jump.

Posted on February 21, 2009 to:

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Found: This is why you’re fat

By Ryan

Oh good god. This is why you’re fat:

Bacon Cheese Pizza Burger

Giant burger between two large meat pizzas, eggs, bacon, colby and pepper jack cheese.

Via Scott Andreas. Who knows where he found it.

Posted on February 18, 2009 to:

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This is what happens…

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This is what happens when you miss watching Lost with your friends:

Totally psyched Justin out on this one. And totally worth it!

Yeah, I’m a jerk.

Posted on February 11, 2009 to:

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StartupWeekend announced “open” at BIL

By Ryan

So this may seem really silly to some of you, but this was actually a pretty exciting moment for me. Among all of the prep for Ashley’s birthday on Saturday, I was keeping an eye peeled at the live feed from the BIL conference to see Andrew Hyde announce something that I’ve had the pleasure to work on for the past couple of weeks.

Here’s the screenshot I took. Yeah, I’m a dork.

BTW, most of the chat that happens on live feed chats is all centered around the quality of the feed. Just sayin'.

Exciting, because this is really the first time that anything I was a part of was announced to a group this large, and being broadcasted on the web for me to see way over here in the midwest. Cool stuff.

Oh yeah, and Startup Weekend’s new site is pretty badass. Check it out, especially if you’re into the idea of being in a startup. And badass things.

Posted on February 9, 2009 to:

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Andrew Hyde

Awesome Obama audio

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From April Winchell:

Ray, a fellow classmate of Obama’s, was also bi-racial, and also trying to define himself. But what set him apart was his colorful manner of self-expression. Ray cursed like a motherfucker.

This would all be snickerworthy enough, but it turns out that Obama actually read the audiobook version of Dreams From My Father.

And that means he read Ray’s quotes.

Who doesn’t want to hear their president cursing? Check it out on April’s blog.

Posted on February 9, 2009 to:

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Ashley’s 21st Birthday

By Ryan

My Ashley turned 21 today (well, technically yesterday) and we were lucky enough to be able to hang out with a big bunch of friends and family. Her parents came to Fort Wayne from Peoria, and we were able to scrunch about 15 or so people into my apartment. Fun, fun!

Honestly, though, probably the most memorable part of the night was when we arrived at Granite City, a cool little brewery/restaurant here in town, and Ashley let us know that she had forgotten her license. Seeing as how a big reason for going out there was for her to enjoy ordering some alcohol, this was a big setback. So the night started a little later than we intended as she ran back home to grab it, but we all had a nice laugh about it.

Be sure to open the full post to see all of the photos.

Posted on February 8, 2009 to:

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Jazz by the Joseph Lisinicchia Quartet

By Ryan