I suppose it is human nature, but have you ever noticed that a lot of times people will swear off something forever based on a single bad experience. For example, have you ever heard anyone say, "I bought a Ford once, had nothing but trouble with the fucking thing, and I will NEVER own one again... EVER I TELL YOU!" or "Oh yeah, I went to K-Mart once, and saw a man taking a shit over by housewares, so I will NEVER step foot into a K-Mart again, as long as I live, even if it means the death of my children, and my paternal great aunt!"

I am probably guilty of this, but I could also point out situations where I am not. For example, in the computer world, there are basically two type of processors, Intel and AMD. A lot of people got burned (pun intended) a long time ago, by AMD processors falling victim to a design flaw which resulted in failure due to overheating. I'd venture say that most of these folks will never own an AMD again. I am one of those people, yet when it comes to video cards, I have had bad Nvidia cards, switched to ATI, and then switched back to Nvidia later.

Long John Silver is another example. I have gone there, had a horrid experience, and then gave them another chance a few years later to see if their product improved any. Same with Domino's Pizza, I ate one once and my face got swollen up like a boxer after a match, yet, I tried it again years later and everything was fine. The last time I went to Schlotzky's and ate a sandwich, I had the shits for 3 days. That was like 8 years ago. I never went back, but I plan to give them a new shot at my business within the next several months.

There is no point here, just an observation that struck me as slightly odd. Maybe we should all make an attempt this year to maybe try some things that we have previously swore off for whatever reason.


Side note: My bookshelf build has begun. I think this time rather than documenting the entire process, then having a post when I'm done, I will post along the way as I build it, and see how that works out. I think it will produce better results since I won't have to cram so much bullshit into one piece of work.

Ok, go back to fellating your donkey now.

I found a fucking amazing design tool. It is called SketchUp: http://sketchup.google.com/.

It is the easiest, and most intuitive piece of software I have used in quite some time. Within a few minutes time, I was able to create a 3D model of a bookshelf I have been planning to make. I wanted to work out some design challenges before purchasing any wood or materials. I am still working on the design but here is how it looks so far:

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=5f825ce7001ffd70f41c354bbc605c91&prevstart=0

I come from a design and computer drafting background. I spent a stint in college learning the craft, and have even worked as a designer briefly, and I can tell you that this is the easiest software I have ever used in my life. A fucking monkey could operate this shit. I encourage everyone to check it out for any and all design projects. Best of all it is FREE!

Also I'll document the bookcase build out of course. I should be starting on it probably this weekend. I know I have this this time and again, but I really do have a buncha projects coming up that will be post worthy. I even made a to do list so I don't forget them. Until then, eat shit!

Wow, forgot to post. Anyway, every once in a while I feel sort of "in tune" with some kinda weird wavelength, and experience a bunch of bizarre coincidences. I may have posted about it before, can't remember. I am in that phase now, and I may have inadvertently killed an innocent fish because of it. A seemingly otherwise perfectly healthy fish. Bongs, Police Academy, and lots of other weird random shit has popped up out of no where and linked directly to some other very recent conversation or experience. It always makes me feel weird when I experience these phases. Maybe I will expand more later, or not. Who cares.

Since my last post I went to Las Vegas again. It was a fucking blast. I cannot express how fun that place is. I am already sort of planning another trip out there. I had a free room, and I had money in my vacation fund to cover the flight. So basically I went for free. We saw 3 shows that we have seen before so nothing interesting to report on that front. I did enjoy sportsbetting tremendously.

I also received the parts and begin my kegerator build out. I will do a post dedicated to that when I get around to it. I also brewed two 5 gallon batches of beer in preparation for finishing the build. That should be good times.

Anyhoo, I'm getting back into the swing of things, so I should get more regular on posting. I have a lot of fuel for posts, I have just been forgetting to do it. I have a reminder in Outlook but it makes me mad when I have to his postpone every time. Yet, I can't always just stop what I am doing and post. I tried to set the reminder to a time when I would be doing nothing, but I am always doing something, so phucket, Charlie Bucket. I guess I'll just post when I damn well feel like it.