Philly

So I'm going to visit Philadelphia in early August. They have Wawa's and Beau Monde. Philly apparently offers real Morrocan food, instead of the lesser Maruchan? alternative. Independence Hall, the Firehouse, and the Last Drop Coffeehouse all reside there, too. Absolutely splendid, really. But it's even better than that!

Fourth of July!

After two and a half weeks of camps, and working nights in between, i've spent the last part of the weekend sleeping, and recovering from camps. We had a Family camp, a Junior High camp, and a High School camp that I was helping to run. It's definatly nice to be done. I'm up in the great city of McCall, to view the annual fireworks. My family usually spends the 4th up here to see the fireworks over the lake. For some reason, the city of cascade has their fireworks on the third. Apparently they can't compete with McCall, or they are celebrating some unknown holiday.

7-4-5 Book Report

I've recently been reading, though not much, as I've been staying busy: Worldly Saints : The Puritans as They Really Were by Leland Ryken. I read parts of this book in Seminary and really enjoyed it. I picked it up as I was leaving seminary, and now have a chance to dive back in and enjoy it. I also recently picked up the book A Community of Character, by Stanley Hauerwas. A friend of mine said that he found it really interesting, and well written. It basically deals with Christian Ethics, but I haven't gotten far into it yet. An interesting Hauerwas Online website. I've also been reading the Grande Armee book I started earlier. It's a nice mindless historical distraction.

Pine Flats Hotsprings and Breadloaf Rock

Took a trip up to the Pine Flats Hotsprings today. A friend and I went to Kirkham hotsprings first, then headed to Bonneville hotsprings, but there was a loggin operation closing the road. They were going to fall a very large tree across the road. So we turned around and went to Pine Flats. I hadn't been there in ages, and they have made a nice second pool. It was excellent, and there was a nice black rubberized mat bottom on one of the pools. The water was cascading down the face of the mountain and the wind was blowing some cool streams off. On the way back, we stopped by the incognito landmark Bread Loaf Rock.

Geo Metro Convertible

I've been interested in small cars for quite some time. I had a roommate in college who drove a Geo Metro, and it was actually rather impressive. He once got it to go over 100 mph. And then I had another roommate who had a Ford Aspire, and it was certainly fun driving that in Los Angeles traffic. However, I've never really been able to put my finger on why there are Geo Metro Convertibles. Maybe they are big in Europe? This super economy car doesn't seem to fit having a convertible top, in my mind. Nevertheless, I've spotted them off and on over the years. And it happened again the other day, and it was in a parking lot. And I parked my red mustang convertible right next to this red geo convertible. I guess our cars are convertible buddies. They kindof remind me of cars having Biplanes on their Trunks.

Digital Photo Frame

I've been working on a Digital Picture Frame. This is take two for such an attempt. I made one two or three years years ago, however, it was on a laptop that had power issues. Such that it would go into power saving (which was hard coded into the bios), and was not fixable without a fully charged battery (which didn't exist). Anyway, it was a fun project, and worked passable for a while. However, of late, thanks to Andy, I've come into posession of another laptop, that is more suitable for the project. So, PhotoFrame V.2.0 has arrived.

Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith

Another installment in the Obi Wan Kenobi saga has recently been released. I attended the midnight flavor showing for this sixth installment, as I had done for the previous two and the re-releases of the original trilogy. Thus, the Star Wars circle is complete.