A ticket I’d consider
I’m pretty sure I won’t be voting for the white guy this year… but then again, I just might… If…
Author: Brian
Don’t you wish you were us?
I rode my bike this weekend. And some of the time I was naked.
If I have to explain why, you probably wouldn’t get it.
Some events are only able to be experienced, not explained.
I only took a few pics myself.
I’m going to do that every year for the rest of my life, as long as I can ride a bike. Maybe even more often.
Here’s to dad
I’ll blog about the party and World Naked Bike Ride later.
First, though: here’s to dad.
Happy Father’s Day, Dad!
Would you believe this is the only picture in my collection of my dad? I apologize for the grain and general poor quality of it; this was cropped out of a larger picture of other family members, who may kill me if I post them on the internet.
Dad may kill me, too, but hey, it’s Father’s Day.
The picture was taken on Christmas Day, 2003, in Puerto Vallarta Mexico, in our hotel room. We were all on a family vacation. Dad’s doing what he always does; taking lots of pictures.
Hey, maybe him being behind the camera is why I don’t have many pictures of him?
I’m off to a barbecue at my sister’s house; her husband grills up a mean steak. Maybe I’ll try to sneak in some more shots of dad.
Outside the party
The 2008 World Naked Bike Ride pre-party slowly begins.
Second year in a row
I’m just now leaving my apartment and heading to the Naked Bike Ride.
I promised my favorite stripper I’d bring back pictures this time.
Things I learned this week 3
Third in a series.
- One man may or may not be able to make a difference. But one man can make a statement of opposition, draw a line in the sand, and put down a marker for the future to say “at least I was paying attention.”
- I really like the idea of selling boiled/filtered water to physicians in the Middle Ages. Y’know, if I ever find myself transported back in time.
- John McCain does not “get” the internet.
- As if I needed a reason to love Scarlett Johanssen or Barack Obama more, here’s one more.
- There are days when it seems the best thing for Democrats is for Republicans to be honest.
- Always ride my bike within the law, or be prepared to be Tasered.
- There are some Christians who either take their religion too seriously, or aren’t quite up to speed on this whole “parody” thing. It’s too difficult to tell sometimes. Seriously? Not just worrying about who will take care of your pets post-Rapture… but coming up with a formula to help decide? No, seriously? That has to be humor. And yet, I just can’t tell.
- Kim Kardashian’s butt is nearly perfect.
My New Bike
I took the long way home today from the shop.
Brand-new 2008 Kona Smoke 2-9.
It’s much lighter and more nimble than my old bike.
Oceanographers in Ory-gone
My favorite part of this is how Penn basically gives up on pronouncing Oregon correctly and chooses “Wisconsin” instead… and then realizes how little oceanfront there is in Wisconsin… and settles on our fine neighbor to the north, Washington.
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From Crackle:
Wordplay
“Nation, there are seven Eskimo words for ‘snow’ and all of them also mean ‘opportunity.'” – Steven Colbert
Lisa Simpson: “The Chinese use the same word for crisis as they do for opportunity!”
Homer Simpson: “Yes! Crisitunity!“
Upgrade
In case anyone’s wondering, yes, I will likely be buying an iPhone 3G.
I mean, within minutes of the end of the keynote yesterday, I was already asking my friends and family if they wanted to buy my current iPhone. I knew I was getting one even before I knew that the 3G data plan would cost me $10 more a month, and that there were more restrictions on purchase and activation, and that the amount I could sell my old iPhone for would drop to nearly nothing. Of course I would be upgrading. Duh.
But now that the effects of the reality distortion field started to wane, I realized that I could hold off a bit. I need to find out for certain if the lower cost of the iPhone 3G was going to work the way the regular subsidies worked; in other words, is the lower price only available to new contracts, not existing customers? I’d like to see what real-world battery life was like. I’d like to see if 3G speeds were really worth it.
So I will likely wait until later this summer to make my purchase. I won’t be an early adopter just yet.
But holy fuck I am so getting one.