Today Kristina and I woke up early to head to Glacier National Park with her uncle Andre. It took us 3 hours to get there from Great Falls but it was well worth it. The mountains towered above us and some had snow on them. We made our way to the middle of the park at Logans Pass. It was windy and cold up there and we were only wearing shorts, t-shirts, and flip flops. As we slowly drove out of the park we stopped at scenic pull offs to take pictures and take in the view. Right now we are eating at The Curly Bear before heading home for the wedding rehersal and dinner.

The mere fact that they sell this at Wal Mart kills me.

Kristina’s Uncle, Andre, took me around to see Great Falls while the girls decorated the church for the wedding on Saturday. We stopped at Giant Springs State Park which is right along the Missouri River. Even though the temperature was 92 today, the constant gentle breeze made it comfortable. The lack of humidity also helps.

When we were up in the clouds I took this shot of the wing when we were somewhere between Denver and Great Falls. The inside of the Montana Airport was small and empty. There was a decorative mountain scene with a mountain lion, water fall and native american statue at the very top. Getting off the plane I saw a real native american but taking a picture of her would be rude.

At Denver International Airport the mens restrooms also double as tornado shelters. Also, the free wifi here is not mobile friendly. First they make you scroll through 10 pages of legalese then they make you watch a 30 second commercial that is in a format unsuported by my phone. At any rate, onwards to Great Falls, Montana.

Kristina and I are waiting to board our flight to Montana for Kristina’s cousin’s wedding. We have a 2 hour layover in Denver before reaching the big sky country so expect to see another update then.

My co-worker Paulo was on Fox 5’s News Edge at 11 last night. He shot some video of a large crowd at the Foggy Bottom metro station yesterday morning. For whatever reason two of the three escalators were stopped with the third going down. There were more people trying to go up and out of the station that a huge line formed as grumpy commuters trudged up the long flight of stairs. Some people even decided to go up against the moving escalator fighting the sparse crowd trying to enter.

With a little help from social networking and a lot more luck, Paulo’s footage made it onto the local news. Here is the chain of events:

1. Paulo shoots the footage on his way to work.
2. Paulo posts the footage to the DC-centric blog WeLoveDC.com.
3. The story gets submitted to the social news site Digg.com where I throw my support behind it and give it my vote.
4. Stories that I digg get posted to my mini-feed on Facebook because I have linked my Digg and Facebook accounts together.
5. The dugg story ends up in a friends news feed who happens to work at Fox 5.
6. My friend IMs me thinking I shot the video but I forward him on to Paulo.
7. Fox 5 sets up an interview with Paulo later that afternoon.

And this is the final result.

Another co-worker Mike Weinstein (guy in blue shirt) made a brief appearance in the video by simply showing up at the same time as Paulo’s interview. I had nothing to do with that one.

Be sure to check out Paulo’s take on all of this.

I added the popular Facebook application Compare People for shits and giggles. The basic premise, for those unfamiliar, is you compare two friends on random questions that range from “who is more tech-savvy” to “who would you rather sleep with.” Every now and then Compare People will send out an e-mail showing random facts from your social graph.

One such e-mail (copied below) proved that A-List-Internet-Web-Celebs are way better at everything than you will ever be.

This email was sent by Compare People. You can disable emails here.
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Highest ranked in each category

* “Who is funnier”
1. Jeff Macpherson
2. Leo Laporte
3. Jason McCabe Calacanis

* “Who is more creative”
1. Leo Laporte
2. Jeff Macpherson
3. Jason McCabe Calacanis

* “Who would I rather be trapped on a desert island with”
1. Leo Laporte
2. Jeff Macpherson
3. Danielle Cohen

* “Who is more famous”
1. Leo Laporte
2. Jeff Macpherson
3. Jason McCabe Calacanis

* “Who is more popular”
1. Leo Laporte
2. Jeff Macpherson
3. Jason McCabe Calacanis