Silly Mystic

The Alamo
The Austin State Capitol
University of Texas
The Bats at Congress Bridge
Lake Travis
The Botanical Gardens

Filed under: Uncategorized on September 29th, 2005 | No Comments »

Rio
I have bought myself a new pair of sandals. Namely the Birkenstock Rio ones. I wasn’t going to spend that much money, but crappy shoes provide crappy support and fit crappily. These sandals fit very comfortably and support my achy feet very well.
Is it better to buy cheap shoes more often or buy expensive shoes [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on September 21st, 2005 | No Comments »

The Dutch will be the first to set up a cradle-to-grave database for every person. (CNN). Starting January 1, 2007, one database will hold all birth, health, police, etc records for each person. Individual agencies will still keep their own records, but the “master” record contains all the information. As a security feature, no one [...]

Filed under: The World on September 20th, 2005 | No Comments »

Arr, ye land lubbers. Today ye must speak like a pirate! Thar be no evidence that pirates were all bad at English grammar, but it be fun anyway.
Top Ten Pickup lines for use on International Talk Like a Pirate Day
(We came up with these in an effort to interest The Other Dave (Letterman) in TLAPD. [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on September 19th, 2005 | No Comments »

Comes in black and white
Apple’s new iPod Nano is hot hot hot. No thicker than a pencil and lighter than a lighter (har har), the Nano can hold up to 1,000 songs. Its battery lasts 14 hours between recharging and it uses flash memory to store songs, pictures, and anything you want to put on [...]

Filed under: Devices on September 15th, 2005 | No Comments »