One neighborhood starts something cool and trendy so all the others want to follow suit. First Thursday, Last Thursday and now Keener posted something about Last Tuesday in Beavertown.

I say screw them all - anyone want to start Middle Wednesday with me? Let’s pick an up-and-not-so-coming neighborhood like Felony Flats. We can have a WT garage tour and view all the graffiti art.

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Review: Fabulous! This show touches many emotions all the while being educational, entertaining and clean! If all documentaries were as enjoyable as this one I would know a whole lot more about the world around me. I feel uber-special because I saw this movie in the indie stage prior to being released in mainstream theatres. I can’t take all the credit for that, because it was a friend’s idea but still… Oh, and the penguins are not nearly as large as you might think they are.

… what to write on this blog sometime. Sean asked me today if I was going to sit around, relax and “blog.” I didn’t know it was a verb now. And then I thought what would I just go blog about? And the answer is, I have no freakin’ idea. But here I am still trying to make it work. I think after a while it will just come naturally or I can just struggle through it for a while.

So here I am watching Jeff Foxworthy (I’m so not a redneck but it was the best thing on while waiting for Rally Deutschland to air) and while I try to figure this out, I’ll let you feast your eyes on some of the wonderful food that I keep finding in my cupboards and fridge. This really makes me look like a very eligible bachelor, I’m sure, but oh well! I swear I’m not as nasty as this looks. Just check out the granite counter top in the background - that should say something hopefully.

Iffenyall messin’ with da ESC, this is the nicest thing we’ll do to ya. So keep it on yer side of the river, ya Tigard wankers.

It’s because the Postal Service needs these cool little backup cameras on all their vans. I wonder how much that cost to deploy nationwide…

Sure, she left a bunch of crap that I’d never use when she moved out months ago but the fancy tweezers I bought are gone. The hottie at Nordstrom’s cosmetics section upsold me from the el-cheapo model and the best part was when she said “I enjoy these.” As in someone enjoys tweezing stuff? Weird. But she was super hot so I bought them anyway. Who knows - maybe I would enjoy it too. Wrong - not so much. Well, a lot of good that loofah spunge does me when I need to pull an ingrown hair. And airport security confiscated my miniature swiss-army knife that had tweezers earlier this year. I swear, what did they think I can do with a 3/4″ knife that most women can’t do with their fingernails? Argh! Worst part is, this will be just like the toothpase where I forget to pick up tweezers for a couple weeks.

On my way in today, the crew from Z100 was talking about the recent club-related (or club vicinity) shootings and this article from WWeek. (I’m not going to dive into the article itself, because that is just way too much to discuss on its own. But that’s what spawned the thoughts.)

Well, the callers and the hosts got into their usual banter about who’s fault it is, etc. that kids turn out like this. Seems like everyone wants to blame something/someone all the time. The parents, the media, the school teachers, and so on. Ultimatley, why do we care who is to BLAME. A lot of good that does in blaming someone. I do think that “the media” needs to become a bit more socially responsible but that’s sure not going to happen. Yes, parents should monitor their children’s activities, but who can be everywhere all the time? Being overbearing doesn’t teach anything anyway, it just pushes people the other way.

What can we do? I think we need to collectively change our own attitudes. What can WE do to fix problems - not who’s fault is it. Not what parents need to do, or the media needs to do. What can I do? I don’t have the answer. I keep trying to change my attitude the minute I realize that I’m looking down on someone (yeah, it happens sometimes) I look at myself and see how good I have it. How can I help everyone else have it better?

I think it ultimately comes down to respect. I feel like a geezer when I think thoughts like “children now days have no respect” but it’s being more and more true!

So how do you teach respect? You don’t. I think respect is something you show, and demand. You can’t teach it, but you can discuss and teach the principles of respect. Then you have to show it and LIVE it every day. And yes, it starts at home because ultimately parents have a huge influence in their children’s fate.

Yeah, it was a bit of a ramble. But here’s the main point: It pisses me off when everyone blames someone, takes no accountability, and doesn’t do anything about things themselves. Do something about it, or keep your yap shut but don’t blame someone else who’s not doing anything about it either. Do something and say something. Don’t do anything and don’t say anything. Pick one.

Yeah, it’s in BFE(ast side) but there are some benefits. Like, oh, less taxes. Crime is really low because it’s yuppie ville. Let’s not forget the nice views from the house. Then last night as I’m taking Joey out to do his business, he tenses up and stares across the road. Not more than about 30 feet from me and Joey is a nice big deer. Fabulous! That, my friends, is one of the reasons I still like living in BFE. But, the house is for sale because I need to move closer in for many other reasons. In tribute, I wore my deer tee-shirt today to work to accompany the normal attire of shorts and flip-flops. I love my life…

Hopefully Keener won’t decide to add more rings to it so we can actually call it “done.” But, his additions made it most excellent and prettyeffinawesome. Again, just enough work to do to feel productive, but not enough to be tired. This time Sean hauled all the rock before I got there so he might have a different opinion on the amount of work… We also added some “mood lighting” on the deck for the party which lookes super sweet!

Here’s a couple pictures:

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Review: Concept = great. Execution = lackluster. The HP Ipaq 6315, fr those of you who don’t know what about it, is a brand new(ish) “smartphone” built exclusively for T-mobile. Think PocketPC, Phone, Camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and cellular internet all in one. Fan-effin-tastic! And I love it. When it works. Unfortunately that isn’t very consistently. The Ipaq locks up on almost a daily basis, and not just requiring a reboot. We’re talking battery removal, to cut all power to the phone. That, in itself isn’t such a big deal - you know, something you dislike but can live with. The icing on the cake, however, is the fact that when you remove the battery the game is over. Voila - you just lost ALL your info and performed a soft reset. Did you remember to make a backup this morning? I sure hope so. Supposedly with the new version of Windows Mobile, this is fixed but that doesn’t help me much. Anyone want to buy a 6315? I’ll comment on T-mobile’s wonderful coverage area another time…