May 4th, I'm there.....
04/03/2007
03/09/2007
Cold Station
I edited more blue in by changing the color temperature to try and give an idea of how cold it was in this train station yesterday.
It Does A Body Good
There are some really good food bars coming out these days. I bought a Chocolate and Cashew Organic Live Food Bar made by a company called Raw Indulgence yesterday and it's delicious. I am going to Whole Foods today and pick up a box of them. I'll probably pick up a couple of different flavors too.
03/08/2007
Laptop Bags
Last night I went down to the Apple Store in Soho to look at laptop bags that are good for using on a bicycle in any kind of weather. There are two that are sold there that almost fit the bill. One is a BBP Hybrid messenger bag that you can be worn as a messenger bag over the shoulder or it hangs low on the "bum". BBP stands for bumbakpak. It has a weatherproof zipper which is something you don't see on many bags. That feature is very important for me, especially where the computer compartment is.
The other one is a backpack made by a company called STM Bags. The model is called a Medium Evolution and it also has a weatherproof zipper and a rain cover which helps to keep things dry in a torrential downpour. It also has lots of pockets and a very safe, hidden compartment for the laptop.
I like them both but there is no such thing as a perfect bag. That concept seems to elude bag makers for some reason. I think the messenger bag is more comfortable to use on a bike but it's not perfect. It's not as big as I would like and the pockets on the front of the Hampton bag, which is the one that Apple carries are not weatherproof, so anything in them could get soaked. A backpack is more confining and when you need something out of the bag, you have to stop, dismount, take it off, and open it up in order to get it. With a messenger bag all you have to do is swing it around. The STM Medium Evolution backpack will hold more then the Hybrid BBP messenger bag but it is not as practical as far as commuting on a bike is concerned for me. Which one do you like?
03/07/2007
Thank You For Arguing
I've decided to use vox more often. It's too feature rich to ignore any longer.
It's snowing in New York City and the temperature is now 14 Degrees F. It's probably going to be a sloppy mess before long. The snow doesn't look pretty for too long in this metropolis. It turns black and yellow in some spots, if you know what I mean.
I heard this author, Jay Heinrichs, talking on the radio this morning. The name of his book is Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion (Paperback). It's a topic that interests me because it's good to know how to deal with people diplomatically. I think I'll buy a copy today.
09/22/2006
09/21/2006
09/17/2006
David Wilcox concert at Makor - NYC
The concert was great. It's amazing how mesmerizing one voice and one guitar combination can be when the performer is as good as he is. I got to shake his hand after the show and he autographed a copy of a CD that I bought there. It was the only CD of his that I hadn't owned. I asked him how he likes the Rainsong guitar that he has been playing on this tour. It is made of carbon instead of wood. He has been traveling across the country in a trailer home with his wife and son. He didn't want to subject his Olson guitar to the extreme weather conditions that occur in that thing. The carbon/graphite body isn't effected by dramatic changes in climate. He said he likes it a lot. I told him that I'd seen him several times in the past and he thanked me for coming again. Nice guy.
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