1. Cats have instinct to use a litter box. Dogs go all over your carpet, on your bed, etc. if you don’t take them outside. Speaking of outside, I hope you don’t plan to use your backyard after your dog makes a giant poop field of it. If a cat goes outside, they are smart enough to bury it.
2. You don’t have to walk a cat.
3. Cats double as rodent killers.
4. Cats do well in small houses and apartments.
5. Cats are quiet. Dogs BARK BARK BARK! Someone comes up the driveway? BARK BARK BARK! Try to come in the house after hours without waking everyone? BARK BARK BARK!
6. Cats are independent. Dogs are sheepish animals that follow you around non-stop and bark / whine if you shut the door on them. Oh, and leave a dog alone for a day or two… have fun cleaning up that giant mess!
7. Cats don’t drool. How many times have you gone to someone’s house just to have some slobbery dog jump all over you. And the ridiculous dog owner just smiles and says inane things like “Oh, he likes you”. Slobber is so gross.
8. Cats are small enough to share a bed with. Any animal that comes close to weighing as much as I do, no thanks. I don’t want to be knocked around by a big dog.
9. Dogs smell. Cats bathe themselves and do a good job at it. If you want a fresh dog, be prepared to give it a bath frequently.
10. Dogs get angry. When is the last time you heard about a cat being put down for attacking / killing a child or an elderly person?
11. Dogs tear up all kinds of stuff. I’ve seen a dog rip a surround sound speaker off the wall and EAT IT! Not to mention they eat shoes and anything else they can get their mouth around (yes, cats can claw stuff, but you can get them declawed - problem solved).
I finally found some time a few weeks ago to get out and snap some “real” HDR photos.
The ones I have posted here on the blog previously were done by adjusting contrast from a single photo and thus, the results were sub-par. These new shots, however, were done taking three individual photos and combining them using Photomatix Pro.
Below are a few examples, but I decided not to post them all here simply because doing so at such low resolution really lowers the overall quality. You can see some “full size” examples by Clicking Here.
Last Sunday during Music Fest, we stopped in at Bigfoot Lodge for lunch. Bigfoot Lodge is located a few blocks from Beale Street in downtown Memphis, TN.
This was my first time at the Lodge and unfortunately, I had already eaten just a few hours before so I wasn’t hungry at all. Bigfoot Lodge is famous for their seven and a half pound Sasquatch burger - four pounds of fresh ground-chuck, two pounds of their handmade hamburger bun, and one and a half pounds of lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, and cheese…SEVEN AND A HALF POUNDS TOTAL.
If you can finish it all in under one hour, it’s free! This is very similar to the deal at The Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo, Texas that Josh tried (and failed at) back in 2007, were you are required to eat a 72 oz. and all the side items in under an hour.
You can check out the video below to see what everyone ordered at Bigfoot Lodge. I just wish I had been hungry, because that prime rib sandwich looked outstanding!
Social networking sites aren’t anything new, but some of the newer ones are just plain stupid. Example: Twitter.
For those of you who don’t know, Twitter is an “update” system for your life… yeah, how lame is that? The whole purpose of the site/service is to allow you to make continual updates throughout the day of everything you are doing. You just ate a hamburger? That’s great. Going shopping or mowing the lawn? Congrats. Going fishing or simply watching TV? Hope you have fun. News flash: I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT YOUR DAILY ACTIVITIES!
Umm… no, basic updates are not meaningful. Again, I don’t care that you are eating soup, running late to a meeting or partying. If you are running late to a meeting, the last thing you need to be doing is playing on your phone, updating your twitter. How about get in the car and drive to your meeting?! And, if you have enough free time to keep an eye on what everyone else is doing in their lives, well… that says a lot about what you are doing (or more so, NOT doing).
The only thing good about Twitter? It is a stalker’s dream come true.
Now, before you ask, I can already hear some people saying, “Well isn’t a blog essentially the same thing?”. No, not even close. Blog posts are meant to be informative and entertaining. I don’t publish posts unless there is some substance to it: humor, informative, educational, etc. I gain nothing by knowing you just washed your car.
Do you use Twitter? Surely I am not the only one that thinks this is one of the worst ideas ever…
I just saw this video over on John’s blog and got a kick out of it. I’m pro PC, but I love the PC vs. Mac commercials and this is a great parody of it!
Here is a video I put together a few minutes ago from the weekend. Please excuse my horrible video editing skills / Windows Movie Maker - such a terrible program! Does anyone know of a good video editing program that is free?
I spent some time today going through all of the photos I took at Music Fest. I was not allowed to bring my real camera since its considered “professional” because it has a detachable lens (lame), so I had to settle with the CG6 and thus, didn’t take near as many photos as I normally do.
Myself, Astrid and Kiwi in the back of the Mini.
It was a little chilly after the bad weather Friday night, but not too bad.
You can’t go to Music Fest without eating something! Astrid was having a burger here, and we shared some Corky’s BBQ Nachos during Seether.
I made sure to get Sarah plenty drunk! Hey, we needed entertainment between sets!
Another beer, imagine that!
Astrid, Sarah, Adam and Kiwi.
Rockin’ out!
Give someone in Memphis a black marker, this is what you get.
During Finger Eleven…
During Disturbed, which was totally awesome!
Speaking of, here is another clip from their performance…
The three-day long event that is Music Fest is now in the record books. I brought along my Sanyo CG6 Camcorder this year so I could get some photos and video clips to share with everyone. I am still in the process of sorting through all of the media, but for now, here is a quick clip of Disturbed playing Down With The Sickness…
The 2008 Beale Street Music Festival starts this Friday and goes all the way through the weekend. Although the lineup isn’t as good as it was last year, I am super excited to see Disturbed perform. I first saw them live back in 2003 and they were incredible. I’ve been waiting over five years to see them again, and Saturday, it will come true!
The only thing that concerns me (as it did last year) is the threat of rain. MusicFest has a history of being rained on for as long as I can remember (the event is outdoors on the banks of the Mississippi river). We got lucky last year and only caught a few sprinkles. So far, the forecast is calling for rain Friday, but the rest of the weekend looks fine.
You can check out the video below for a recap of the 60+ band lineup at this year’s show.
