Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
--Viktor Frankl

"I often thought that if there had been a good rap group around in those days, I might have chosen a career in music instead of politics."
--Richard M. Nixon

Remarkable milestone! "Despite countless attempts over nearly a century, no chamber of Congress has ever before passed comprehensive health reform. This is history."

Going to visit Honey (the horse) and then to the Wild West Fest--local culture in Dripping Springs, Tx.

"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
~ Greek proverb

Doing talk tomorrow at my toastmaster's group: "Can you build your own house?"
short answer: yes.

Driving to Fredericksburg to setup for the Texas Gourd Show.

Driving up to Dallas for a Barney shoot--gonna use my HPX300 for the first time.

Trying quickping from my iPhone for updating status.

Got new iphone, and lo and behold, it really works like on tv (my old iphone was so slow). Anybody recommend cool new aps?

Got a 20mm wideangle (from Ebay) to go on my Mark II today--fun exploring the new worldview.

Interesting factoid: For first half this year, Volkswagen sold more cars in China than in Germany.

The thing about going so so very long without rain:
when it finally comes, it's almost magical.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
--Carl Jung

Great to hear a lie called a lie (death panels). Wish mainstream media had the courage to do that more often.

Multitasking, watching Obama on tv but also on facebook, with the streaming commentary from our wildly divergent political attitudes.

Obama's speech to kids is inspirational and a brilliant and proper use of the bully pulpit he was ELECTED TO. I'm proud this country elected him.

Give the laborer his wages before his sweat be dry.
--Mohammed

Driving to Dallas in am to shoot Major League Gaming with my jib.

The boy gathers materials for a temple, and then when he is thirty, concludes to build a woodshed.
--Henry David Thoreau