We live in a wonderful age. It amazes me how accessible things are today. If I want to read a book, I can buy it and read it on my Kindle in under a minute or two. If I have a question, the Internet has an answer. Well, it has several answers, and most of them are junk, but you get my meaning.
This year is my 20th high school reunion. I moved to Idaho for the last year and a half of high school, but was invited to attend a reunion in Hood River OR, where I originally went to school. Nobody in Idaho ever contacted me about a 20th here, and I wouldn't go if they did, but that's beside the point. So I set about trying to find some of the few friends I had back then with whom I haven't been in contact in the last two decades.
I was successful, and better than I had hoped, but it lead me to think about how connected we are today, and how much easier it is to stay in touch with people than it ever has been before. With social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and the new Google Plus you can't hardly stay away from people unless you never join in the first place.
Twenty years ago, I might send a letter if I had your address, or call on your birthday if I had your number and remembered your birthday. Today with email and text, tweets, wall-posting, or stream-sharing such a contact takes moments, and can be done whilst waiting in the checkout line at the grocery store.
These truly are amazing times in which we live.
Let's have a thinking exercise. Take the phrase mess with the bull, you get the horns and make a new one in the same spirit.
For example, I'll start a couple:
Mess with the cat, you get the fuzzy ears. (not so good)
Mess with the moose, you get the antlers. (better)
Mess with the angler fish, you get the lantern thingy. (awesome)
Now you try!
I would put short hoses at the pumps to punish the people that pull up on the wrong side just to get a quicker spot.
I'm feeling a little oversubscribed. Between Twitter, RSS feeds of my favorite sites, and (sigh) Facebook, I typically get at least two copies of every bit of information, and frequently all three.
What I need now is a good duplicate-detecting social site aggregator.
Means I'll have a nicer day inside while it's still Spring…
Stupid allergies.
I would pay money for a Porkins is my wingman t-shirt. Someone should make one so I can buy it.
I haven't had much to say here, and like my mom always told me, "If you don't have anything snarky to say, don't say anything at all." At least that's what I think she said.
Well, maybe that's what I heard.
Anyway, work is as busy as usual, not enough hours in the day, blah blah.
My wife asked what I wanted for Valentine's Day. I said I didn't want anything, no big deal. What I didn't say was what I really wanted: robot pants and a velociraptor with head-mounted lasers to do my bidding.
To be fair, they'd be pretty expensive.
Everyone that's seen a pigeon raise your hand.
Now, everyone that's never seen a baby pigeon lower your hand.
Notice how few hands are left up? Why is this, you ask? Lacking better scientific evidence, let me explain it by asking two more questions:
Have you ever seen a fat pigeon? Yes? Okay, ever see one so fat it couldn't fly? No?? Of course not!
Pigeons are like amoebas in that they reproduce asexually. You see, when a pigeon reaches a certain size after gorging itself on fattening tourist fare, it splits into two smaller, hungrier pigeons. This is why you see so many at heavily-trafficked tourist destinations like Piazza San Marco in Venice. It also explains that, while you may see a few corpulent pigeons, you'll never see one so morbidly obese that it cannot fly.
I lost a filling over Christmas. I found out that I need a crown to replace it. Fortunately, no root canal was necessary. My excellent dentist took care of it right when I called. He did a great job of making sure I was numb before drilling, too.
Holy cow I just had to blow my nose with half my face numb. FAIL!
My Sunday Twitter Updates didn't sync here yesterday. I blame the INTERNETS. They're always breaking crap.
Well, the short answer is not much, really. I've been collecting addresses for Christmas cards and I have a few to write tonight. We'll probably mail them out on Friday.
It's been pretty darn cold here the last three days or so, low temps in the single digits. I had to dig out my long scarf!
I'm going to make some more sourdough tonight, and look up a holiday cookie recipe to make tomorrow.
I haven't posted much because work has been busy, and if I log in during the evening hours I'm probably playing M.U.L.E. and not blogging…
How is killing the only two evil Jedi in the universe bringing balance to the Force?
I'm thinking about seeing the new Star Trek movie tonight. Not that I'm a big Star Trek fan (I like most science fiction regardless of franchise), but I've heard tons of good reviews from people I know about the movie.
Plus, Lorien is out of town. There's no way she would go with me to see it, so it's a good time. What do you think, Internet?
I was up this morning at 3:30 because I couldn't sleep anymore. I had a lot of extra stress heaped on me Monday evening and just couldn't get it off my mind. When I woke up, I just couldn't find a way to get back to sleep, so I got up and watched the season finale of 24. There was some distant lightning early today, but no thunder. The wind picked up shortly after, and was blowing most of the day, but wasn't as strong as it was so early.
Around 5am I tried to lie back down and sleep, but it didn't work. I just ended up staring in to space for two hours. But the good side of this is that tonight I should sleep pretty well. I've tried to stay up as late as I can (Lorien's not even home yet) so I don't wake up just as early tomorrow. Just had a couple of frozen burritos for a late dinner.
I also glued the silent switch back on to my iPhone. Stupid thing fell off when I was on the way home today. I very nearly superglued it down at the silent spot, a little dab of superglue sure goes a long way. But I switched it back and forth a few times as it continued to dry and it seems pretty good now.
In these past few days I've managed to get in touch with a few people I haven't seen nor heard from in years. Of course, not many people have had to track me down. I'm quite easy to find online. Perhaps that's not a good thing. Well, if I can't get famous, there's always infamy to consider…