The latest Think About The Way is posted here. Not sure what I think of it yet. Full text below the jump.
PersonalThink About The Way, WritingNovember 14, 2009
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I’ve been going through my old emails lately, trying to see if I’ve ever written anything of importance. The jury is still out on that, but I did find something interesting: an email I sent to one of my friends about my predictions for this new-fangled Internet thing. I sent it on 14 September 1999, a bit more than ten years ago. Tomorrow I’ll talk about how my thoughts have held up over time and whether I can get a job as a professional prognosticator. Here it is below the fold:
We started out in Philadelphia, then spent two days in New York. Our last weekend was upon us, though, and we in DC. We arrived early Friday afternoon and checked into our hotel in Rosslyn, across the river from Georgetown. Julia used to live in Rosslyn during college, and Mo’s girlfriend also lived in the neighborhood, making it a convenient location. We stayed in a Hilton, which was nice enough, but after the hotel in New York, it seemed wastefully gigantic.
Personal, PhotographyVacation, Washington DCOctober 14, 2009
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Our first couple days in New York behind us, Wednesday Julia wanted to go shopping, so after sleeping in a bit to recover from the previous night’s barhopping, we headed out to shop first at the Century 21 store (where Julia bought a new purse), then to SoHo. Like our previous shopping experiences, we saw a great deal of things we couldn’t afford, but there were some nice, more affordable clothes that Julia picked up at places like Banana Republic and Esprit. After our shopping spree we went to a sushi place in Midtown for some all-you-can-eat sushi, which wasn’t bad. Post-dinner, we went to a couple bars in Midtown, then back to the hotel for the night.
Personal, PhotographyNew York, VacationOctober 13, 2009
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When we left off, we had just arrived in New York outside of Penn Station on the Bolt Bus. We grabbed a cab, not wanting to haul our suitcases on the subway, and headed down to Chinatown where our hotel was located, the Comfort Inn Manhattan Bridge. It is a fairly new hotel, in a very convenient location, and had a pretty good price for a New York hotel. As you can see in the review, I would recommend it no problem. And it has a pretty nice view:
Personal, PhotographyNew York, VacationOctober 12, 2009
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Julia and I left for our vacation on Friday, September 25th. It certainly didn’t start out well: due to a light mist falling and runway construction, our flight to Milwaukee was canceled before we even arrived at the airport. Fortunately, we were rebooked onto a direct flight to Philadelphia, but it wouldn’t be leaving for several hours. After spending that time at Ike’s in the airport, and enduring several more delays, we finally boarded for the uneventful flight to Philly.
Personal, PhotographyPhiladelphia, VacationOctober 11, 2009
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Julia and I are heading off to Philadelphia, New York, and DC for a bit of a vacation. Neither of us have been to Philly, and Julia has never been to New York, so it will be a lot of fun. I’m taking my camera of course, and I’m looking forward to taking photos in a very urban environment.
Back in October!
I’m a biker. Living in Minneapolis is a real treat for bikers, as we have dozens of miles of trails to take advantage of: the Grand Rounds circling the city, the Midtown Greenway, the Kenwood Trail, the path along Hiawatha and the LRT, not to mention all of the on-street bike paths there are. With more bike-friendly plans on the way (I’m not the only one to be happy that the insane center bike lanes on Hennepin are disappearing), it’s little wonder that Minneapolis is second in the country when it comes to people who commute on bike, despite our harsh winters.
Despite the bike-friendly nature of the area, though, if bikers continue to act like they are acting, we will soon wear out our welcome. I’ve always had an issue with bikers who blatantly disregard traffic laws: running stop signs and stop lights, going the wrong way down one-way streets, and so forth. In the past, the number of transgressions committed by bikers were outnumbered by the transgressions against bikers taken by people in vehicles, and so it balanced out. But lately, perhaps due to some kind of acquiescence on the part of drivers to the reality of biking, there are far more bikers acting like idiots than drivers.
I try to call my fellow bikers out on this when I can, but when I’m stopped at a stop light and some idiot zooms through, it can be a bit hard to catch up. Whether it does any good is questionable, but somebody needs to speak up.
I do this not because I love laws, but because I respect the laws of physics: in a war between vehicles and bikes, bikes will lose, and I see no need to antagonize drivers so they have an excuse to start in on bikers. When one biker disobeys the law, we are all put at risk.
A while back I talked about the troubles I was having with my mail being forwarded to my new place, and my attempt at using a certified letter sent to myself to find out why. I’m not sure if sending that letter helped a whole lot, but when I went to the post office and asked where it was, it seems that everything finally got kicked into gear, and this week I finally started getting forwarded mail. If only it had worked instantly like the real tracert instead of almost a month!
PersonalAugust 20, 2009
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I started wet shaving several months ago. Not to save money, as the Consumerist article talks about, although you certainly do. Truth be told, I don’t even remember why I decided to switch or how I stumbled upon it. It does take longer to shave, but I notice less neck irritation than when I used to use shaving-gel-in-a-can and a Mach Infinity Ultra Turbo Megablast cartridge razor. It’s a lot more relaxing too.
PersonalWet shavingAugust 03, 2009
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