Summer, Beer, and such

* The ideal profession: Beer Archaeologist. I cannot express how badly I'd love being this.

* I'm going to pimp for a moment. Let me ditch the fedora for the pimp hat. If you don't have a Stein of Science, now is a good time to get one.

Think on it: it's going to be hot soon (or is if you live in a part of the Northern Hemisphere that doesn't have our awesome microclimate). You want something to keep your beer (or other beverage of choice) cool/cold.

Disclaimer: While I am not affiliated with Funranium Labs in any kind of professional capacity, I am a customer/patron, so my point-of-view is understandably a little biased.

Ponderance

Given the ungodly amount of caffeine in this morning's cup of coffee, I shouldn't be feeling as sleepy as I currently feel.

And this headache shouldn't be this bad, all things considered.

*sigh*

Thoughts

Random bits:

* Bamboo apparently can overcome the plant-killing powers of those with an "anti-green thumb".

* Obsessing over things doesn't help.

* Buying shiny, useless things - while fun - isn't good for one's finances, especially during a bad economy.

* Buying shiny, awesome things rocks, regardless of finances and economy.

* When pulling a band-aid off, best to yank hard and pull it off quickly. Unless it's one of those new, super-sticky band-aids. Those tear. Then you have to repeat a lot.

That kind of sucks, actually.

* A steady diet of news leads to depression. Best to mix liberally with brain-candy programming (DVDs, cheesy tv, etc.).

* Trying to teach is the best way to learn.

Seriously?

Okay, isn't the zombie preparedness thing going a little too far?

Zombie killer knives? Really?

*sigh*

Pedaling a story

I've recently returned to bicycling after dropping a hundred bucks on bicycle maintenance and repair.

Money well-spent.

So I'm back to taking the "green" route to work from time-to-time. Oh, how things change. Oh, how things don't.

It's been a year since I last bicycled to work. It's interesting how much construction has gone on along my route since I last rode. I don't normally take note of this when I drive as I'm far too interested in threats to my precious car.

There's more new buildings than I expected. There's an awful lot of vacant buildings as well. The economy is showing the strain all sorts of places.

My game of "count-the-hookers" appears to be on-hold for a while. Haven't seen any this week. I find that interesting, as Tuesday was a warm morning. You'd think it would be comfortable to be out in skanky attire in warm weather.

Clearly I know nothing.

blarg

Had the weirdest dream last night. I have a pocket watch that's a mock-up of the Chameleon Arch watch from "Doctor Who" (yes, I am that level of nerd... moving on...).

I dreamt I was wandering around Waikiki and had said watch on my person. I popped it open and then suddenly it was an Omni from the old "Voyagers" TV show.

If you don't know what that is, I pity you.

So I push the big button. Boom. Next thing I know, I'm in an Irish pub, enjoying a Smithwick's, and watching some ridiculous battle that kept morphing. It started with knights and crazy Scots fighting, then there were ninjas, then Daenerys Targaryen leads some dragons and such into the field and pretty much fries the competition.

I think there were Nazgul from The Lord of the Rings in there too. They were flying their dragon things. They were on the other side.

And they lost.

So the lessons here are:

1) Be careful what you eat for dinner.

2) Don't watch Lord of the Rings with a late dinner and then read one of the "Song of Ice and Fire" books before bed.

3) You never forget those cheesy '80's shows.

4) Apparently I have a fondness for Irish pubs.

Oddly enough, now I'm craving a mai tai.

Tipping Point

It's the Summer Solstice. Longest day of the year. First day of summer. Blah-blah-blah.

My first bike ride to work in nearly a year. I was disappointed at the lack of freaks and such.

On the plus side, my time door-to-door was a personal best: 20 to 25 minutes. I bet I'll feel this later.