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Randoms Log 1

It occurred to me that I'm a person who likes ramble. Lucky for you, I've kept that to a minimum here on this blog. On the other hand, this blog has been lacking some character lately so I thought I would incorporate a few ramblings into single posts every so often. Feel free to comment on any given ramble, or completely ignore them and wait until I post something worth your while. Cheers.

Hair

My hair appears to have reached a max-length. It's grown longer than I've ever really had it. But now in the shower I'm starting to notice that hairs from my head seem to be clogging up the drain. I have a feeling I'm going to be losing my hair quicker than I think.

Driving

I can't stand slow drivers. I understand folks driving moving vans or big rigs or it's somehow obvious that you've got a motor problem where I can see smoke coming out of our hood. But besides those people, everyone should be driving fast. The speed limit should really be 85 MPH on all highways that are currently 65 MPH. And what's with three lane roads that have 35 MPH speed limits. Have you ever driven that slow? Really, try it. It's hard.

Canadian Beer

In all honesty, wasn't as great as I thought it was going to be. After trying a dozen Hefeweizen beers in Vancouver, my conclusion is that America still makes better Hef's (yes, even better than Belgium). People generally say American beer is crap, but it's not true. It's just that the only "American beer" people can think of is Budweiser, Miller, or Coors. Go out and try a Widmer Brother, a Blue Moon, a Sierra Nevada, or a Gordon Bierch. You know what I'm talking about.

The Portland Airport has free wifi

I think all airports should have free wifi. Just like the city of Mountain View.

Playing songs on repeat

I am creature of the "repeat song" feature that media players include. When I hear a song I like, I play it to death; over and over and over again. I amaze myself though that even when I've played a song 50 times over, I still won't know the words. It doesn't mean I'm not listening, it just means I'm listening to their voices, not their words. I consider a song successful if I feel the way the artist had intended, even if I didn't understand the words.

Canon vs Nikon

This age old debate still seems to populate forums and mailing lists. I personally shoot with Nikon, and I have my own reasons why that I'm not going to into. But really, if you're one of those people that still complains about this, you're not taking enough pictures. The only thing that Canon and Nikon users can both agree on, is that they're both better than Sony and Pentax.

Twitter

I've been using Twitter for almost a year now and it's hard to say why I keep using it. There's a funny paradox that runs across my mind every time I send a message to Twitter. You see, I do it as a personal benefit to myself. Like keeping a little journal of snippets of what I'm doing as I live. I figure that one day it will actually be interesting to go back and read. On the other hand, I keep my Twitters public and I have "friends" on Twitter. With that in mind I always think to myself "people are going to read this, so I should be clever." Often times, that keeps me from twittering anything at all. Every twitter I make, I think it's going to be the last; until I send another.

Facebook

Seriously. Still?

Camping

I have always said, and will always say "Camping without a camp fire is pointless." If you didn't have a camp fire, then you didn't go camping. Period.

Bike to work day

About ten months ago it was Bike to work Day. Kind of like an Earth Day. You know, keep the car at home and pollute the earth a little less than you normally do. I took on this feat, however, I didn't bike back home (I got a ride back). To this day, my bike has been sitting next to my desk. Perhaps the next Bike to work Day that rolls around, I'll return home with my bike.

Sushi

About a week ago I tried Sushi for the first time, probably ever, and it wasn't bad.