Quick thoughts…
Just some random stuff…
Do the liberty Mutual commercials where the contractor calls before the accident has happened bother anyone? They seem to subtlely sending the wrong message. I’m reading far too much into a silly commercial, but they really leave me with a bad impression of Liberty Mutual.
â??You should never attach a possum to your bosom.â?
– George Dunham
I have gotten the feeling from some e-mails and comments that more people are reading this blog somewhat regularly than I know about… I think I am feeling shy. 
Oh, I have the Carlsbad Caverns shots done. There’s only one issue. Has anyone ever seen a cave with full lighting? All the stalactites and stalagmites look like, well, there’s not nice way to say it… snot. I think the pictures are quite cool, but they do have a significant gross out factor. And there’s always the technical issues behind taking a picture in the dark. Some turned out quite nicely, though.
The NHL canceled their All-Star game today. That’s all the way out in February. Not a good sign that we’ll see hockey again anytime soon.
Macromedia announced at their MAX conference about the ability to play back Flash content on your cell phone. My phone is supposedly capable. I’ll post a triumphant message if I ever get it working.
I honestly believe that the pattern that the networks had of â??callingâ? states for one candidate or the other had nothing to do with bias. Either pro-Kerry or pro-Bush. It did however, serve to maximize their own ratings. They wanted to call states first, so that you felt like you were getting news, but when it came to the important states, they didn’t call, even after the result was obvious, in order to maintain suspense. Florida, Pennsylvania, and Ohio were all decided LONG before any of the networks would admit to it. Of the three, Ohio was the only one I would consider â??closeâ? and many, many states that were closer than Ohio had been â??calledâ? much earlier in the evening. I prepared a longer entry on this subject, but it ended up overly mathematical, and I figured everyone would be bored.
However, hats of to John Kerry for knowing when to throw in the towel, and not subjecting the country to a month long temper tantrum, ala petulant child Al Gore.