Where does the time go?

Well, it's my own damn fault, I let the site slide lately- and by lately, I mean by several months.

For that I am sorry.

Hell, I don't know whether or not people still pass by this little corner of the internet, but I do keep getting emails and comments from site readers.

To that, I have to answer a few questions that have arisen.

I was asked about my fear of balloons. To the anonymous reader who basically told me to get a grip, I have AND I have a better understanding of the fear after talking to a few doctors and reporters.

I was also asked by another person if I have pictures of the Himalaya ride I used to operate at Western Playland. I do have only one picture, and I will scan it and provide it for you if you leave me your email.

With new jobs come new responsibilities, and unfortunately the free time that was granted to me on my previous position has gone by. I no longer have the ample time allotted for finding the quirky and obscure, but I have been living a richer life from the benefits of the new job.

You can't beat that with a stick and $$ betting on a blugeoned seal.

Lets see, to catch everyone up I am still single, the Treo 700 died and was replaced with a Treo 755, the lappy's CD drive is working in spits and spurts, the Neon is hitting 73K, the doggies are all well and life seems to be going well.

I need to clean the cobwebs off the site and start being active again. I need to hone some of my writing skills and see where I can improve. I have big plans ahead.

I know, Ive teased on that in the past. It seems more tangible now.

Ciao!

So... Where was I?

It's been a while, hasn't it?

Yeah, it has. How are you guys? I'm doing pretty good, actually. I've been busy with life again. It is so strange to feel like I am alive again and a functioning member of society, capable of being social and living it up.

So, what have I been doing?

Simple.

Living life.

My best friend Wilson had asked me a few weeks back about helping him train his dog.

Well, thru the use of sophisticated computer technology- and a box of crayons, I have some YouTube videos of the hilarity. Evelyn had the camera, she weighs in on some of the training done. I will be posting that soon.

Had some issues with the car lately, scratched it up, got some bolts broken off, otherwise, its been a good vehicle.

I still want Joe's Stang.

Its the allure of a Mustang that makes me want it now. Good things come to those who wait.

And wait.

More later, I might be sprucing up the site in the next few weeks as well. Maybe finalize some new layouts before the end of the year.

Ciao for now guys!

Sorry, been busy

I have been blissfully absent the past few weeks, been devoting some time to the Magic Landing site (finished some of those updates recently) and in doing some driving. Quality drive time. was outside of Sierra Blanca a few days ago, took a few pictures, not enough to justify the trip though.

I want to head back out this weekend to take the pictures I didn't.

For the most part, I am fine, nothing major to write about; but I will start writing again soon.

I'm being pushed by several people to start my first major project since the Magic Landing site and I have to say I am excited to start it. More on that later.

Until next time...

Misc. etc.

First off, my laptop is dead. Sometime 2 weeks ago the hard drive failed when the system never came back from sleep mode. By all accounts, its death was quiet & peaceful. Fuck, that's just what I need-- a dead laptop. Thankfully its just a damn hard drive, and nothing more serious like a processor fan or something internal like that. That is a frivolous item that will need to be replaced in time. I have other things I need to deal with before I go and buy a new one.

One interesting thing I have discovered is how my sleep patterns are now showing I have an addiction to the internet and connectivity. I became so tweaked for internet news and hilarity, I actually downloaded and installed firmware updates to my PSP and am using that to get online. I also have my cell phone to do so, but its going off of the Sprint internet and that's as slow as a room full of retards contemplating Einsteins theories of relativity. I've been falling asleep earlier, but on a strange side note, I am waking up exactly one hour before my alarm clock goes off. This is strange, since I am also falling asleep before my normal sleep time.

Its annoying more than anything else.

I have some ideas rolling around in my head for a business venture, but I have to check the legality of it with the RIAA. The last thing I need is to have them come and shut me down for doing something benign & enforce a tariff on my earnings til the day I die. I won't reveal too much, but it involves something that everyone has, would like to have, but don't like the cost of them.

Vague enough for you?

One of the other things I had thought about was something that I try to do on an every day basis. I would say I am decently sharp witted, above average cognisance & have a better-than-average understanding of things around me. One thing that I am challenged with that really keeps me on my toes is the ability to describe the world to a blind man.

Stop and think about that for just a moment.

How do you describe normal every day objects to a visually impaired person? Better yet, how do you describe objects to a visually impaired person when their visual knowledge is from the time they were born to the time they were legally blind?

Here's an example:

This is what I was faced with. This is the Batman symbol from the 1989 version of Batman with Michael Keaton & Kim Basinger. When you have this to start from, how would you describe the Batman Begins symbol?

So, I started to think about it.

What in his memory knowledge would be the closest thing to this logo?

What in my memory knowledge would be the closest thing to this logo?

So I told him, imagine the original Thunderbird logo for the Ford Thunderbird, remove the tail feathers, loose the beak, add bat ears and a slightly battier wing, and that's the Batman Begins logo.

I stop and tell this story to people I know, just to make them stop and think about exactly how they sit and think about things in relation to others. It's a great creative thinking exercise that I think everyone should do. You never know when this might come in handy. It also might help out with some thoughts or ideas that boss' might have or ask you to come up with. See the world through the eyes of a blind man. It's amazing how much you can learn about yourself from doing these little things.

More soon. I don't know when I will get that new hard drive.

UPDATE

I have updated my Magic Landing site.

It's worth the read.