Sadly, my beast is getting older. I hate the fact that Austin is so spread out. I wish it was more compact.

I spent the day in the sunshine, taking pictures. It feels good to be out and about. At least Thothhrod can’t give me grief about not taking pictures with my expensive toy…

I have noticed one piece of junk car towing another piece of junk car travelling south on IH-35 many, many times. I wonder why I have seen so many of these vehicles during my stay in Round Rock. Some times, there is a small convoy of three or four vehicles. I suspect that Mexicans go buy used cars somewhere up north and then bring them to Mexico to sell at a profit. Any other ideas?

A bunch of people from Russcon got together and played some putt-putt golf. There was a contest where the winner got the prize of designing the next meta-game (weird, huh?). I was not in the running at all. I did get two holes in one. When the first one happened, my blue colored ball matched the blue colored light (that rotates between the 4 possible golf ball colors) that was currently showing. Because of that, I traded my blue ball for a orange ball and a coupon for one dollar off the next game.

All in all, it was a fun time.

Boy, this kite is tempermental! The high wind is not helping my life any… And trying to frame a good picture with my phone in one hand and really bright sunlight and one moody kite was, shall we say, interesting.

In preparation for the Zilker Kite Festival, I unpacked my small stunt kite. As I dusted off the Florida sand and sandburs, I savored the long forgotten memories.

I used to own two kites. My other kite was a bigger, plain Jane version. I am rather embarrased to recount the story of why I no longer own that kite. My friends and I decided to see just how high we could get it to fly. After reeling out the thousand foot string, we were depressed that the wind was dragging it much farther downwind than it was giving it altitude. Rather than reel it back, we decided to cut it loose. I just hope that whose ever house that kite finally landed on did not mind so much, and reused it in a much better and more dignified manner.

P.S.Man, how I hated sandspurs! Those spikes were long and just tough enough to puncture skin but weak enough to occasionally break off when you tried to remove them. And they where everywhere!

Ahhh, Spring is in the air! The first of the Blue Bonnets have started to bloom. Hopefully, this year will be a good one. I would like to take more pictures of them.

The foil protecting the jar had some small slits punctured in it. These were the words of explination.

Well, this morning, I pulled a Jon. I woke up at 3:00 am when it started raining outside and the dripping water causes the metal gutters to make a racket. Since I was thirsty and my mouth was dry, I drank some water. I have noticed that doing that at night sometimes causes my digestive system to become active (“Hey, I’ve got water. Let’s process something!”). Now I can’t get back to sleep, so I decide to go to work instead.

As I drive in to work, I find it pretty convenient that I can dial into the building and turn on my floor’s lighting and cooling systems. When I arrive, I can find my office and everything is comfy. What is not so convenient is that you can only badge into the doors on one side of the building and the lights turn back off after a certain time.