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I picked up a Samsung Upstage at Best Buy last night. While the whole experience has been a nightmare, I can definitely not recommend this phone. I'm by no means a power-user, but when the battery runs dry after 3/4 of a day's work, you've got problems. I should have known when the salesman registered me on the Sprint network with a box with no phone. Let me tell you, it's a lot easier to get your number ported to a display phone than you'd think. We called Sprint,...

198 Iraqi civilians die in one afternoon and we barely blink. 33 die in Virginia and the blowhards on the news can't shut up. This is definitely a weird world we live in......

it only takes a minute, one morsel of news to really put me back into my place. the knowledge that 33+ lives were senselessly ended and many thousands of more emotionally wounded can suddenly make the petty and small disappear. it's easy to get wrapped around your own problems and turn a blind eye to those who are really in need. i wonder how many deaths and violent acts would really occur if we were more conscious of our friends and peers. i tell myself that i had a...

I'm still so surprised at how clear and vivid the nikon D40's pictures are... Coupled with Adobe Lightroom, it's quite the tandem. I'm having fun just piddling with it and I can't imagine how great it will be once I really have something to be taking pictures of......

From Lee Iacoca's upcoming book; a rather well-written synopsis of where I agree we stand. It's mind-boggling how messed up our country has become so quickly and how little is being done to remedy our problems. Next year, it's back to the election cycle and the sunday christian and the "don't watch the news or read the paper but still vote republican" go back on their moral high horse and we just end up deeper, and deeper in shit. A Hell of a Mess So here's where we stand. We're...

A great story about one of the best violinists in the world, playing for busy rush-hour riders and not even getting noticed... STATION AND POSITIONED HIMSELF AGAINST A WALL BESIDE A TRASH BASKET. By most measures, he was nondescript: a youngish white man in jeans, a long-sleeved T-shirt and a Washington Nationals baseball cap. From a small case, he removed a violin. Placing the open case at his feet, he shrewdly threw in a few dollars and pocket change as seed money, swiveled it to face pedestrian traffic, and...

As I alluded to in my last post, I'm now the proud owner of a Nikon D40 (Thanks Whitney!). It's quite nice and a good start into the dSLR market. It's been a while since my photography class in high school; but I'm quite enjoying the power and ease of use of this camera. It takes fabulous pictures out of the box, but the true magic is when you start manipulating the photos. Hoover recommended Adobe LightRoom which I'd played around with before. I redownloaded the trial and started...

I was hoping to write today about this beautiful new camera I received yesterday. I was going to post wonderful pictures and talk about how wonderful my girlfriend is. You see, last week wasn't too good. I had my first wreck; sliding into the back of a girl on IH820 in Fort Worth. No one was hurt and the damage wasn't too severe, but it was still not the most pleasant experience I've ever had. I went to Lubbock this past weekend and had a nice visit with my family,...