Hi There! I've MOVED, to www.michaelpennsmith.photoshelter.com. See you there--Michael Penn Smith.

Watch out for the coming arms race of corporate special interests buying politicians.

Saw Avatar in 3D yesterday--really enjoyed it. Best western in a long time, and the Indians won.

Next week I'm thinking the old Favre loses against the new favre.

Tough game for Texas--but they fought amazingly close toward the end.

I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
--Sir Isaac Newton

Was about to put out frantic angry search to find why my I-phone wasn't ringing. Then noticed new little switch my old one didn't have...I've only had it 6 months or so.

"You give me a water board, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I'll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders."
--Jesse Ventura

24-17 Cowboys-Saints. All is well, at least for this week.

If running out of things to worry about, some disasters loom: http://ping.fm/LWKIt

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?