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A scattered mind is one reason blogs are great. A few Friday rumblings from my head…
- I heard a radio show mention Digital Angel, the company that makes implantable RFID chips for humans. I looked into it a bit more, and found that the FDA had cleared them for human use way back in 2004. Guess I was too consumed with getting married at the time to notice. RFID is the roller-coaster buzz in consumer packaged goods, and it hits me somewhat in that I design the graphics for consumer packaging. But I hadn’t put RFID on the radar for human use. Makes sense, what with identity theft, illegal immigration, obesity, and a plethora of other issues, a chip atop ones hand or – say – one’s forehead might be the perfect solution to a lot of problems.
- Been thinking about the small city of which I live: Wyoming, Ohio. We’re the first municipality north of the Cincinnati city limits. We are to Cincy what Park Ridge is to Chicago…sort of. Reason I’ve been thinking about Wyoming is that we want to move away from it. We want to move to Anderson Twp., which is sort of a suburb of Cincy, though it’s not what I think of when I think “suburb” of a city.
Anyway, in Cincy there is a strong Eastside / Westside rivalry thing. I mentioned Westsiders a few posts ago, and how I just can’t “get” them. I do “get” Eastsiders, and Anderson is an Eastside area. Aside from these 2 sides of this area, there are 3 other areas: Northern Burbs, Northern Kentucky, and the SE Indiana.
Wyoming, as I have come to determine, sits in no-man’s-land. Over the last 2 years I’ve realized that the Westsiders don’t consider Wyoming to be one of theirs. And Eastsiders certainly won’t claim anything west of I-75. The northern region doesn’t really start until Springdale, which is north of Wyoming. So here we sit, unclaimed. Alone. Curled up in the fetal position of Cincinnati-area living, an island unto ourselves.
Not sure why this has occupied more than 10 seconds of my thought life, but it has and that’s kinda sad.
- This political gem caught my eye, even though I’m not quite as aware of what’s going on these days. I noticed the other day tha Drudge had posted a story about Congress’ approval rating being in the single-digits. The story linked above is a good reason why. Nothing like impeaching a lame-duck President… that shows real courage! Good thing our next president will be of the same ilk as this side of the Empire.
- Serious thoughts: Sometimes, at random, I’ll think to myself, “My country attacked another country, and now occupies it militarily. Iraq posed no threat at all.” I have a deep sense of sadness for this era of American history. I don’t think I will be able to talk favorably to my children about this season of our country’s history as they get older. If asked, I will reluctantly tell of how I supported going to war with Iraq, and how intoxicated I was on Empire Patriotism, finding identity in a flag over a cross (it can’t be both). I’ll have to explain how it was that I could be inconsistent with regard to viewing the sacredness of life, how one cannot be both for and against killing – being against abortion, but for war is intellectually dishonest. There is so much wrapped up in this season of American history, or World history, for that matter!
- Ok, lighter stuff: I am really digging Firefox 3. The GUI is fantastic, it feels Mac OS native, and I really enjoy the new features.
- My bad snack craving is currently: Reese’s Whoppers. Oh man…
- My other (business) blog tells of how earlier this week I had a great time talking about design to a group of Wyoming youth.
- Finally, Garrett has really grown up over the past few weeks. It’s amazing how I can sense when his brain has developed a new level of perception. One day he’ll just “get” something new, and it’s super cool. Also, I’ve taught him to stand up using my hands! I try not to help him, but let his little legs get stronger from the quasi-squats. Also, we’ve been adding videos to our mostly-Garrett youtube channel.
