JetCityOrange, the web site

As many of you know, this blog is the companion site to JetCityOrange the web site. And over at JCO, things have been hoppin'.

I put together a quick'n'dirty page the day NPR aired a story about the "mosquito ringtone". Little did I know that it would get 63,000+ visitors who've listened to the 17KHz sound 123,000+ times! Whoa!

Another pleasant surprise has been the growth of my barcode tattoo photo gallery and my barcode art gallery. So far only two people have denied my request to allow me to post their photos and others have volunteered theirs out of the blue.

One project I wish I could devote more time to are photos for the Google Pack Screensaver. Hey, there are only so many hours in the day.

Speaking of time constraints, new video camera aside, you don't see me joining the YouTube Generation. Yet...

My kinda car

a.) my father drove a Mustang. Several of them in fact.
b.) the new Mustangs look pretty fun.
c.) Steve McQueen's Bullitt has one to the best car scenes ever.
d.) Steve did his own driving. In a Mustang.

Now you see why I snapped this photo when I parked behind this person today. Sorry it was on my Sidekick's camera, not my Oly.

In the news

So we're up to our eyeballs in two Middle East wars (remember Afghanistan?). Israel is using a kidnapped soldier as a flimsy excuse to try to oust Hamas. Or should I say "the democraticly elected government of Palestine"? Less than a week after things come to a head, Britain and the US are evacuating ex-pats (what do they know they aren't tell us?). And diplomacy seems to be a four letter word to Bush.

The US will stand by Israel no matter how egregious their actions. They must have the bomb or their enemies would have pushed them into the sea by now. Meanwhile the price of gas is going down at the pump while crude is over $70 a barrel. During the summer when folks taking vacations. Drving vacations.

Will someone explain even half of the above to me? Please??

Whadda ya wanna bet that when Condi the Hun goes to the Middle East next week, "cease fire" and "peace talks" won't be in her vocabulary? Why not send Jesse Jackson over? It worked before.

Mmmmmm...

When I cook garlic is an ingredient, not a spice.

Chatter

It's said that I watch as many movies as I do because it's one of the few ways I can quiet myself. Too many neurons firing most of the time. That's why meditation is such a challenge for me.

Petrol

I have a stick. Gas is expensive. Therefore I coast a lot more than I used to.

Clyde sez I'm jealous

It all starts with this video

The Top 10 Reaons Why This Video Makes Me Nuts

10.) at first, seeing the Kellog's logo put me at ease. it was all downhill from there.

9.) even though i can't understand japanese, hearing the guy's inflection gives me goose bumps

8.) at least i *hope* they're goose bumps

7.) obviously some folks have waaaaay too much time on their hands

6.) is this the first take or how often did they have to repeat this sucker?

5.) are you SURE the japs don't have The Bomb? cuz if they do, the west coast is fucked. seriously fucked.

4.) shouldn't someone check just to be sure? like with geiger counters and shit?

3.) HEY, i swear i saw clyde's hand in there somewhere. here, watch it again in slow mo...

2.) and the schmucks who did this wonder why their wives left them. six months ago. and none of them have noticed yet.

1.) excuse me but didn't the japanese INVENT the microwave? what up wit dat dawg????

Bore de France

You hoped it happened in football. Everyone acted surprised when it came to light in baseball. Basketball? Who knows. And golf, well, in spite of Tiger they just aren't hip enough.

Doping has ruined the Tour for me this year. I just don't care. I sure as heck ain't gonna get up early to watch it live. Simply put, I don't care who wins. And it's not just because Lance is retired.

Junkies on two wheels.

Knee High By the 4th of July

Well. For once I did it.

Today is 04jul06 and the Zea mays in my front yard extends above my patella.