I'm still around...

I'm still here...

Things have been quiet for the most part the last few weeks or so.  I've been spending most of my last few weeks dealing with Plasma and Oxygas cutting machines long distance.  Most of what has been running through my head lately is the same type of scattered observations that make up my internal monologue.

• I've got Connecticut the week after next...if it wasn't for business...I would be hard pressed to come up with a reason to go there in the first place.

• I have come to the conclusion that I like bluetooth cellphone headsets.  Especially when you don't notice them at first, and you assume that what you are seeing is some lunatic talking out loud to the voices in their brain.  It seems to me to be an accurate portrayal of the world :)

• If DAZ would make a human realistic figure that was a low on resource use as Aiko 3, I would be a very happy panda.  V4 sure as hell ain't it...it definitely uses a lot of horses....I'm definitely apprehensive of what this is going to mean for the upcoming Micheal upgrade.

• I don't watch all that much in the way of televison...but I have definitely become enthralled with "The Wire".

• I am cursing the gods over the fact that Coca Cola discontinued Black Cherry Vanilla Coke.  Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper is a decent substitute...but BCVC was my favorite soda of all time.  When I am in an experimental mood, I think I may try to put together my own.  When I get it done, I will post the recipe :)

• The one fashion weakness I have is for wristwatches...and I must admit that I absolutely lust after the Tag Heuer Carrera. Absolutely flawless workmanship from what I have seen.  It's just a pity it costs so damn much.

• And furthermore I curse everyone who was in favor of making my section of Indiana go to Eastern Daylight Time.  We are 90 fucking miles from Chicago, we do not need to be on the same time as New York City.

• I'm trying to get over the fact that Requiem is coming up on it's 1000th comic.  In retrospect, it kinda blows my mind a bit, looking at all the different pieces of software I have went through so far in the making of this nihilistic epic ;)

• I am noting with a great deal of sadness that my local area is slowly running out of abandoned buildings to explore.  Urban renewal has taken most of the cool ones away.

• The techie side of me is mourning the discontinuation of the Dell Axim PDA line.  Probably the best thing to come out of Dell too...a great value for the money.  The thing is it's all about the smart phone now.  Despite the fact that they are underpowered on the CPU side and you can't check your notes and contact list while you are talking to someone...or the fact that not everybody wants or needs a cellphone....Still ebay has a number of them in good shape still available...and there is an interesting one at HP that looks good too...It may be time for me to step up to something like a Treo eventually.  The idea of broadband conectivity with an actual usable pda type platform is very appealing to me.
  

• Does anybody do a smartphone that has an 802.11b connnection in it?