MexicanDragon

It's cool, I have 25 weeks to train for it. Also, last week in NYC I realized there's the magical thing called "taxis." It's brilliant. Chicago should look into 'em. **BRENT**

Subscribed. **BRENT**

http://www.npr.org/news/specials/2012/cushman/ Story (with audio slideshow) of a guy who took 14,000 color pictures from the late 30s through the early 60s. It looks like there are a lot of shots of the Golden Gate Bridge, various people pix, one I liked with horse and buggy vs guy on tractor. I'd say it's worth the 10-15 minutes to go through the slideshow. I watched it with Zoe (my 9 year old daughter) and she seemed rather interested. **BRENT**

Nope. Mike is going to like the next one. "Key Lime Pie." Tyrion: "I make an awesome Key Lime Pie. You can't have any." **BRENT**

FWIW, it doesn't scour IMDB at all. I find that odd, but also pretty neat. **BRENT**

Yes. On Verizon, you don't get charged with the NEW plans (tiered data). AT&T probably charges you. T-Mobile may or may not charge you, depending on plan. I think Sprint still charges. Unless it's disabled by the manufacturer or carrier, Android has built-in tethering capabilities. I doubt they've taken that out in ICS or Jelly Bean (the two latest OS releases). I use it all the time on my 1.5 year old Android phone. **BRENT**

http://www.amazon.co...&qid=1347667613 There are 22 free Kindle books to choose from with free Whisper Sync for Voice, which syncs with your Audible account. You can read on Kindle, pick up on the audiobook, or vice versa. So far, I've been able to get Bram Stoker's Dracula and Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. I'm going to try to get all of them while they're still free. If nothing else, free copies of the books for the kids. **BRENT** Edit: I wound up with 13 books + 13 audiobooks. At that point, I was tired of clicking + didn't care about the other stuff. 8 of them I didn't care enough to do, and FUCK the Bronte sisters (bad memory from sophomore English class... dirty dirty [EXPLETIVE DELETED]!

Justin Bieber is 4. The Edge is 3. Tiny Tim is 3. Snooki's is 3. **BRENT**

Congrat/g'luck, Raffi! **BRENT**

Thanks for the heads-up, Jam. **BRENT**

I love the GNex... but it's almost a year old at this point. The screen on the GSIII and HOX are each better. If you're buying off contract and wanna save the 250 each... **BRENT**

If you're buying today, One X with GSIII close behind, or swapped, depending on preference, really. The Galaxy Note II (what Al was showing off... that bastard) should be out next month, and the HTC One X+ should probably be hitting in the near future as well. Those are the only four you should concern yourself with... unless you're off contract and wanting a "cheap but decent" phone, then get the Galaxy Nexus for 349$ from good, no contract... but that kinda crazy if you don't have to. **BRENT**

Oh, dude... I looked up Justin Bieber but forgot to look up Jeebus? (This is fantastic stuff, BTW) **BRENT**

Heh @ Spy vs Spy. Love it. Mmmmm... Galaxy Note 2. Can't BELIEVE I forgot to "borrow" that. Oh, Al, Strat messaged me after the iPhone 5 keynote and asked if he should just go ahead and get a GSIII or GN2. (He's had every iPhone since original). **BRENT**

^ these. **BRENT**

http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/12/3324002/verizon-facetime-over-cellular-no-additional-charge Verizon isn't going to charge for Facetime over XG. (Yes, this should be in the iPhone thing, but no one else is, so...) **BRENT**

Then get a Galaxy Note 2. **BRENT**

Heh. Thanks Grahame. **BRENT***

So we land around 2:30, but the trains in Atlanta aren't running, so we got to take a bus to the other side of the airport. It's split about the same between airport workers, stranded passengers, and the domicile challenged. I'm hanging out at a re-badged "Panera Bread" (Atlanta Bread), guarding my phone plugged into one of the 4 outlets I've been able to find. 2 singles and a double. The double, however, is being "guarded" by a sleeping giant, which I dare not wake. 2.3 more hours until my shuttle gets here and it's safe to take a nap. The continuing adventures of Biscuit Boy. **BB**

So today I missed breakfast with the boys, almost missed hanging out at the hotel, hung out at Bierkraft, hung out with the NYC crew + Al, went to 30 Rock, almost bought the entire cast of The Office bobble heads (on clearance), but thought better of it. Had my phone almost die, but found an outlet and took naps while sitting up in various parts of the area (dammit, Colin for keeping me up!), met back up with Colin, had some more steak and some vino, and then went to Newark to catch a plane that left at 9:50. Wait, what was that, THREE delays? Oh, now I can't catch the shuttle back to Chattanooga tonight? No biggy. We've all slept at airports before, right? 6am shuttle, 8am arrival, 8:30am I've got to be at work. I feel a "casual day" is in order, no? It was an interesting trip, and it was great seeing everyone. I was even happy to take some falls (and around 14 thorns) to the enjoyment of many. I can't wait to show the kids Jeff's footage when I get home tomorrow. They'll enjoy it I've been glad to be a part of the Travel Team this past month. Maybe I'll throw some pictures up when I hit Atlanta. Oh... in case you were wondering... Matt had a beer with us at Virgil's last night. **BRENT**

Reservation for 8 at Virgil's at 7. Who's comin' with me? **BRENT**

Some of the boys out at Mugg's Ale House. The guy in that hat that none of you know is a friend of mine from Chattanooga who is in Brooklyn this weekend doing social media for a conference. He got to hang out with us for a bit. The kid's name is Strat. photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Al's tearing it up at Beercade photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Hanging out at a little place called Proletariat. photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr The had some original (and some reprints) of old school Sailor Jerry work. photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Menu photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Good Morning (bacon wrapped and deep fried with smothering of cheese and a fried egg) with tots at Crit's. photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Colin enjoyed this place. (I hope FItz sees this.) photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Some dark place Mike and Raffy left us at on our. We don't forget stuff like that, boys... photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr Looks like this place has biscuits... of sorts. Hmmm... photo by MexicanDragon, on Flickr **BRENT**

I thought about it... but I coulda done the 15, tops. No one else was going to do that. Also, it looks like Colin overslept, and he didn't make it. His future excuse: "My alarm clock was made in Mexico, you know they don't function right." **BRENT**

How's Colin doing? **BRENT**

Colin needs an alarm clock, hence the early night. I think we got in about half an hour ago. **BRENT**