As you can tell I have been neglecting the betterfly as of late.  I sit at the computer every day for at least a few hours, it’s my job, but I can’t bring my self to write anything lately.  I think this is a result of being overwhelmed with the day job and my business.  Regardless, I am here now to give a brief update.

I started playing soccer again this summer.  It has been almost 2 years since I played.  In fact it has been almost 2 years since I have even attempted to run in any fashion.  That thought had me a little scared for the first game.  Despite not real aerobic activities and putting on a few pounds over the last couple of years I was actually able to run pretty well. Over the last few weeks my endurance has picked up quite a bit as well.  I can’t say the same for my touch on the ball.  My confidence with the ball at my feet has not been what I would like.  Given time I hope that will return as well. Regardless, it has been fun playing again and my knees and ankles haven’t bothered me once.

I played in the 13TH ANNUAL MUDD VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT on June 23.  As usual it was a blast.  I played on 2 teams which kept me in the mud most of the day.  One of the teams made it to the 3rd round so we were very happy with that.  Needless to say after being out in the sun all-day and exerting myself jumping around in one to two feet of mud and water I passed out cold when I got home.  The next morning I woke up and hurt in places I did not know existed.

I’ve been enjoying my new grill this summer.  I have cooked a couple steaks, some chicken, bratwursts, vegetables etc.  All have been wonderful.  However, the best thing I have cooked on the grill has been pizza.  Yes, Pizza!  I put a pizza stone on the grill fire it up nice and hot and toss a pie on it.  I have to say these are the best homemade pizza’s I have ever tasted.  I would say I have cooked up about 6 or 7 so far this summer.  I have been cheating a bit and buying dough balls at either Trader Joe or Dion’s.  But I have been making up my own sauce and using fresh toppings.  I have a few photos of a recent pie in the photo section.

Ok… that’s enough for now.

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When I was in college I studied communication and my senior paper was an analysis of the impact of Internet usage on interpersonal social skills.  I am coming to the realization that the Internet is not only having a negative impact on social interaction but is also breeding a new generation of inconsiderate pricks.  As a long time Internet user I have long been aware of the opinionated and confrontation nature of news groups and forums and how they can escalate into “flame wars”. However, I have seen a large increase in the negative attitudes people display in these online forums.

It seems that I can’t read a thread in a forum or mailing list in which someone doesn’t call another subscriber “stupid” or make some other insult.  Has the anonymous nature of such communities nurtured our ability to be insulting?  I believe that when people begin to express such behaviors regularly in online situations that behavior has the ability to carry over into real life situations.  Does this lead us down the path to a violent society?   I certainly hope not.  While I do see an increase in “attitude” in people, I don’t necessarily believe that this carries over into physical confrontation.  However, that is a potential future if such behaviors continue.  Why can’t we all be civil to each other and be accepting of people who don’t understand something and try to rationally explain it to them rather than call them an idiot?

So, if anyone out there actually looks at my blog you may notice that is seems to change every day or so. Not to say that I’m adding new content, but rather I’m moving things around and adding other items to the sidebar. The main lings I have added in are: PhotoStream, MusicStream, and various links.

For the PhotoStream I went out and finally setup a Flickr account. It’s been ages since I took any pictures. For now most of what is there is a bit random. Hopefully, this will encourage me to get out and start snapping some shots. We got a really cool new camera at work, a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi, which I am still learning to use. You should normally see the four most recent pictures in the sidebar. You can either click on them or use the “Photos” link at the top of the page to go to the photo gallery. We will see how it goes…

The MusicStream is basically a list of the music I am listening to. This is not always up to date as it takes some manual intervention to get it to log everything I listen to. I’ve become a big fan of Audioscrobbler and Last.fm. Basically Audioscrobbler is the tool that powers Last.fm. Last.fm is a social music network that allows you to track your listening habits and find new music and other people with similar musical tastes. There are Audioscrobler clients that allow you to upload what you are listening to, to your Last.fm profile. You can then pull the data from Last.fm to display on your webpage, blog, myspace profile etc. The problem arises that the combination of my computer platform of choice, a Mac, and my primary music source, Rhapsody, don’t have many options for an Audioscrobbler client.  I found a small java app called audiothinger that does a decent job.  However, it crashes on occasion and often it duplicates tracks when it posts.  As a result you might see a song in my list of recent tracks multiple times.  In some rare cases I may have just listened a single track that frequently, but not likely.  I’m not sure if this is a bug in the client or a problem with the RSS feeds that Rhapsody provides.  Regardless it works well enough for my intended purposes.

The last bit of personal touch to the blog is my list of links.   Currently the list is rather small; mainly links to my various pages with a few other blogs thrown in.  I hope to expand on this more later.  If I know you and you have a page you think deserves a link just let me know.

Here is a rant I put up on MySpace today. Enjoy!

You might notice how most people on myspace have around 6,789,123,346 friends. I don’t get this! Nobody knows that many people.

One of my friends posted the following:

—snip—
People are too fake on here. They only want pic comments, or to see how many friends they can get. So let’s see who will actually repost this. This is a test to see who’s paying attention. This is a test to see how many people in my friends list actually pay attention to me. Copy and repost in your own bulletin. Lets see who the true friends are and I think I know who you are… Repost this if you are a friend…Don’t reply… just copy and paste this in a new bulletin as “fake ass friends
—end snip—

She raises and excellent point. Myspace has become one huge popularity contest. I feel like I’m back in High School all over again. Lets see how many friends I can get!!! This is not my M.O. on myspace; I would go as far as to say I am a Myspace snob. While I understand why bands and other “famous” type people have so many friends listed, I just don’t understand why Sally next door has more friends than Justin Timberlake. I’ve been on Myspace for over 3 years and only have 44 friends. Maybe I’m a big loser and nobody likes me. Everyone on my list is someone I know in one-way or another; an old friend, schoolmate, co-worker, or a creative type whose work I like. Every week I get a request from some cyber hoochie mama to be my friend and every time they get the big DENY.

I’m typically not one to post bulletins like this. So many people send Myspace chain letter and ask you to repost them; I just see that as spam (sorry to my friends who do that… I just delete them….). However, I think this particular item makes an important statement. So I leave you with one question.
What benefit does one gain by having 17 bazillion friends that you don’t know and will in all reality never know?

Last Thursday night some friends and I got tickets to Albuquerque The Magazine’s Best Of The City Party. This hip event took place at the Sandia Casino and was expected to pull over 2000 people.
The only other time I have been to the Sandia Casino was for the Fiery Foods Show earlier this year. The casino and the resort are both very impressive. I’ve been tempted to have a weekend get away to the other side of town just to try out the amenities. The gaming room is not huge by Vegas standards, but it certainly is sufficient for someone like me who doesn’t gamble much at all.

The ABQ The Mag party was held in the same room as the fiery foods show, and for all intents and purposes it was just like the fiery foods show. When someone uses the work “PARTY” to describe their event I think there is a certain expectation. When we showed up we walked through the silent auction area to see what items were available for bidding. Once we go to the last of the auction items when turned into the main door of the ballroom. It was just a chaotic mess of people. At one end they had a stage where they were giving out awards. The rest of the room was vendor booths, everyone setup and handing out their wares. We spent the better part of two hours walking around and tasting the food at different booths, stopping and chatting with people we knew, and promptly returning to the bar when our glasses were empty and the next booth didn’t have wine.

Overall it was a fun evening, but nothing like I expected. You might here other people rave about what a great event it was and how great the party was. For me, party is not the right word. Next year I might attend the Best Of The City Expo.