One phone to rule them all

Yes, the prophesy has come true. Melded deep within the earth's inner mantle, the iPhone has surfaced to rule over all phones in middle earth. And I have gotten my grubby little hands on one. Now I will tell you a fable.

Many moons ago, I took Hot to the mall to get her an iPhone. Turns out, this was the first day iPhones (3G version) were on sale. Four cups of coffee, 2 chicken sandwiches, 6.5 trips to the bathroom (combined) and 7.25 hours later, we walked out of the Apple Store with a shiny new 16GB iPhone. Now when I tell people the story, I typically get the same patronizing smirk, complete with some smart-ass comment that they assumed was very original, clever and witty. It was not. But really, it wasn't so bad. We met some pretty neat people and honestly, some real weirdos too, relatively speaking. Anyway, getting to use Hot's iPhone has given me the iPhone bug and today is the day my contract with Verizon expired. They tried to keep me over there at VZW, really pushing me on the Dare, their iPhone knockoff. But it's not even close. The iPhone really is that cool and I only had to wait 10 minutes to get this one.

The only thing I'm a little upset about right now is that the iPhone cannot take a picture of itself.

It also refuses to become self-aware.

Friends

One of the great things about my life is that I have so many cool friends. If I had a myspace page, I would have many photos of them with links to their pages and they would all be a part of my extended network. But I'm just not that cool so you're going to have to take my word for it. So what's my point with all of this? Well, I get to be a part of my friends' lives and laugh a lot with them and watch them grow and go through things and try to be a good friend to them. To put a cap on this heartfelt moment, just wanted to say 'you rock Marb'.

UPDATE:
Tropical Fay is no longer the catastrophic weather event that it was originally forecast to be.

Cheap Pilot Stuff

As some of you are aware, I fly airplanes. Albeit small ones, but they are fun and a few can actually go pretty fast. So to all you pilots out there who are looking for a good place to get a spiffy new pair of David Clarks or want to price Garmin's full color 396, check out a great discount online pilot shop.

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Tell em I sent you

Weather

I love weather. I think it's very interesting which I realize may make me about as cool as William from Beauty and the Geek. But over the weekend, Tropical Storm Fay burst onto the thus far hurricane-less meteorological scene with great fanfare. The Weather Channel, in all their dramatic excitement, unveiled their newest hurricane season musical score complete with fade-in severe weather graphics and concerned commentators. It would not be complete however, without the poncho laden, over-enthusiastic field reporter taking a barrage of wind-swept rain to the face, pointing emphatically at the sea wall and describing in detail how high the storm swell will get. So here comes Fay, sauntering up the Florida coastline. Here is Fay's predicted path, in case you were interested.

Also, as I know you've all been wondering, I am having fun with my new blogging experience. I am feeling very cutting-edge right now. Blogging is so late 2000s. When VH1 does their "I love the 2000s" special in a few years, blogging will be right up there with Hogwarts and Britney.

Welcome

So, this is a little weird, maybe uncomfortable or vulnerable. Somewhat like when you're at the grocery store about to check out and you want to put your groceries on the conveyor belt so that they're ready to go when the clerk finishes with the person in front of you. But alas, there aren't any of those little grocery dividers sitting in their tray underneath the US magazine with Meg Ryan in some risque pose. So what do you do? Who knows the ramifications of putting your groceries on the conveyor belt with no divider. The consequences could be disastrous. I believe that in this instance, you have two options; one is to wait and allow precious minutes to tick by while the clerk waits for you to put your groceries on the belt after the other person is done, or two, build a food based fortification (I suggest perishables only) that clearly signals where your groceries begin. In future posts, I will be discussing available options in dealing with a grocery-dividerless customer who is line behind you. Stay tuned!

Well, now that the introductions are over, welcome to my new and improved blog. New because, well, it's new and improved because this is an improvement over my last blog which actually didn't even exist. I hope you like what you read because if it's here I certainly enjoyed writing it.

I will address any topic I feel needs addressing. However, I feel I should set some ground rules. The following is a list of things we will not be discussing on this blog:
-Outlet Malls
-the Motorola Razr
-Abortion
-Arkansas
-Lifetime Movies
(I reserve the right to modify this list in any way I see fit).

So feel free to leave comments and I'm glad you stopped by!

Oh, just a shout out to my smokin hot girlfriend. She is the coolest and hottest and yes, I love her. Sweet dreams hot.