if you're an insecure nerd

you may like this. I found it searching a Target wedding registry. It's classic.


Also, this is a good test of Facebook's importing of blog posts. The 'ole book o' faces seems to be taking longer and longer to actually capture these suckers, kind of undermining the handiness of the automatic nature of the process. This is being posted at 11:30am on Saturday, May 1, 2010. I put the over/under on FB's bots at about Monday afternoon.

the SF Fed exists in another dimension

I have decided that aliens abducted the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and replaced it with a drab building that could be anything but an illegal secret conspiracy aimed at controlling the world.

I find this the only possible conclusion after being thoroughly disappointed. The location is perfect; you hop off the BART and you are in the heart of the financial district, literally at the gates of the SF Fed. You just don't know it. There's no gleaming white marble and stone structure. No statue ideal for the casual picture. I have generally thought San Francisco to be a far superior city to Atlanta. But I may have to reorient my whole worldview now. They've got the western kingdom of the rulers of the free world holed up in a bunker.

You almost feel sorry for the suckers.

i have a new project

Let's get real, while it would be cool to eat lots of green leafy vegetables and workout every day for one year, that ain't happening. A few years ago, I made my new year's project about ties. Specifically, getting rid of them.

I've got a project for this year.

I want to see how many Fed branches I can get my picture taken in front of. I've actually kind of thought this through accidentally. You see, Doug's condo overlooks the Atlanta Fed. Julie's work is right next door to the St. Louis Fed. My parents happen to live within decent driving distance of the KC Fed. Julie's sister happens to live near the Minneapolis Fed. We happen to be visiting San Francisco this February. That's like half the list right there.

It'll be fun!