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ID Tag Your Camera
Not to sound too cynical but I can’t ever imagine a complete stranger safely returning an expensive piece of equipment such as a Nikon D90 if I ever accidently misplaced it during a random outing. Not to say there are not any honorable people left in the world but for those few that would have intentions of contacting the owner, how would they even know who to reach?
After reading about this neat idea of dog-tagging your camera, I headed off to the nearest Petco store to create a personalized one that bared the vital facts to identify my camera: name, website and phone number. The whole process literally took 5 minutes to complete and the most entertaining part was that you operate and oversee the whole procedure out of this vending-like-machine and all for just $8.
Hopefully the tag will never serve its true purpose but it certainly adds a touch of personality to something you truly call yours.
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I had a very embarrassing experience at a Barns & Noble restroom yesterday. There was no one when I entered the room so I went ahead and took care of business as human nature normally instructs me to. Finally as I headed towards the sink to wash my hands, I noticed in the reflection of the mirror in an open stall, what seemed to be a magazine secretly tucked where the toilet paper is kept.
Curiously I tapped it with my feet to avoid any possible germs and it instantly fell open. It was a Hustler magazine. I hate to think that someone might have been working their gherkin in that stall and that instead a pair of curious 14 year old kids sneaked away to relish the magazine. Either way, the magazine was left behind perhaps for someone else to enjoy.
The embarrassing part happened when a guy was entering the restroom and saw the magazine on the floor and me coming out of the stall. I know what he was thinking and the thought of it made me rush out and hoping that we didn’t come across each other afterwards as I shopped around the book store. I swear, the magazine was not mine.
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Dan Brown’s new novel called The Solomon Key, which is reportedly to take place in Washington D.C and to feature the highly secretive society of the Freemasons, still has no actual release date at the moment. I’ve read all his books but until a new one comes out, my search for another page-turner novel regarding secret religious societies and ancient coverups has begun.
I would prefer an author that already has a good amount of books published so if I were to get captivated by one of them, I still have the availability to explore others. There’s nothing worse than enjoying a book so much that you wish to read more on the subject but there’s nothing else out there from the same author. This is not the case with James Rollins.
He recently wrote the novelization of the movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and that was a success so I had no reservations sifting through his extensive collection of work to read. Yesterday I picked up The Judas Strain and the book jacket itself is as fantastic as the plot.
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When you get a new credit card because the old one was stolen and then cancelled, don’t forget to update your card everywhere you do business, including your webhost. They like to get paid.
This has occurred to me in several occasion but not so much for losing a credit card but because of an expiration on one so they re-issue me another one with different numbers. -
I tend to make the most mundane act of buying sneakers very complicated. The entire routine begins with me marching into the store and staring at several pairs, holding them close to the floor to visualize what they would look like on me. I place it back and pick it up again to eventually ask for a size and subsequently feel guilty in telling the associate that the sneakers looks better on display than on me.
Sneakers are important because they represent many things in our culture and for some it’s more about the status that you get from certain brands. For me, it’s about being comfortable while still maintaing a sense of fashion. I currently own 9 pairs of Air Max 95 in assorted colors, all of which I give use to and try to justify purchasing more because of some colors I might not own.
Each time I purchase a new pair of sneakers and I wear them out for the first time, there’s a special moment that I associate several feelings with. The sneaker seems like it is your entire outfit and that you’re wearing nothing else. I wish the act of purchasing them were this easy for me. Sometimes I buy a pair and end up returning them a couple weeks after.
