His Noodly Appendage

If you teach intelligent design in schools, you must also allow equal time for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism.

There's Still a Webcam or Two Working in New Orleans

I got this image here. Looks positively nasty. (Cameras 1 and 2 are not working at all.) I've heard a ton about the anticipated damage and threat to life from Katrina. Everybody send your positive juju to the folks in New Orleans and in the hurricane's path.

New Orleans is one of my favorite cities and I'll never forget the first time I was down there. I spoke to the New Orleans Ad Club about rich media and the local media sales reps and ad club president really went out of their way to make me feel welcome and make sure I saw plenty of the town. I was even invited to a private party for a Mardi Gras "krewe" and got to see how a Mardi Gras float comes together. Really neat stuff.

Sorry for the light blogging

Just got back from my annual trip to Maine, where I had no Internet access. I promise I'll post a few vacation stories later, though. (There are many, and they're actually interesting.)

Goodbye, Corvette

I'm saying goodbye to my baby. One mechanical problem too many, coupled with the insane incentives they're giving people to buy cars now, made me reassess having an impractical sports car around. I pick up a new Dodge 1500 pickup tomorrow. The incentives to buy are insane right now. I could afford to get a lot more truck for my money, once they knocked off $8K or so from the price because of $3,500 cash incentives and another $4K and change for the "employee discount."

The best part of this is that I'll have something new to commute with, plus I'll be able to pull a trailer and have something to take on the beach.