• Adages,  Quotes,  Sowell

    Line of the moment

    From Thomas Sowell

    “Intellectuals’ ability to think of people in the abstract is a dangerous talent in a world where people differ in all the ways that make them people.”

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  • Music,  Open Mic Night

    The open mic night went well

    I was quite pleased with my performance and the response. It’s reassuring to hear yourself through the monitors. I did “Raining Here This Morning”, “Red Clay Halo”, “Walkin’ Cane”, and “Blackjack County Chain”. I could have slowed them all down a tad, but on the whole, I’m pretty happy. A good first real open mic night.

  • Biz,  rants

    Pecked to death by ducks

    This would seem to be the month of work-related stress, aggravation and rage.

    Failing to plan is planning to fail.

    Why are people allergic to details?

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  • Music,  Photography

    Yet another gallery


    My black and white phase continues with my visit to the Oakhurst Earth Day celebration. It was dark and I forgot the new monopod, so the photos turned out a bit grainy. I decided to accentuate the grainyness in most of the photos via photoshop.

    Check out the new gallery.

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  • Atlanta,  Cycling,  Photography

    The long ride

    Yesterday, for no particular reason, I decided to go on a long bike ride. I originally wanted to just see where Ponce de Leon Road ended, but the countryside was so pleasant and the roads to bikeable that I decided to set a personal record. I wound up going 25 miles out to Conyers on a very pleasant day. My total mileage was 50.5 miles, in about three and a half hours. Surprisingly I’m not that tired today.

    On the way to Conyers, I passed through Lithonia, which contains a store containing some form of Christian/Voodoo items (from what I could tell). The images below are of the front window of the store.

  • Cycling

    My first half century

    I rode from my house to Conyers today (and back). It wound up being over 50 miles, which is a new record for me. I’m exhausted; it was fun though. More details later.

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  • Bush,  Libertarianism,  Politics

    Interesting poll numbers

    Bush hits 33% approval or so says Fox, and the affection isn’t going anywhere else. Why isn’t everyone happier about this? America is essentially having a libertarian perception of it’s government (similar to the mid 90’s actually). I’m thrilled, but the rest of the libertarian blogsphere seems to not notice this at all. It’s odd.

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