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BYOB

Not only do these sandals protect your feet against hot pavement, gravel and pointy things, but they also open your beer. Though I imagine people might have issue taking a beer you just opened with your shoe. Not me. Beer me.

Of course

it would be AFTER I leave. Deutsche Bahn (the German train system) will ban ALL smoking on trains on 1. September 2007. German Joys (which is a decent blog, but its header disturbs me) wonders is Smoky here is a man or a woman cigarette. And why s/he is partaking in cannibalism. Both are good questions that don't waste our time.

Music Playlist

Just some random songs. Good stuff. Enjoy.

New Stuff

It's amazing the stuff you get done when you're supposed to be doing other things. I just added two sections to the right-hand side: Clips (which are shared items from my Google Reader feeds. I stole this idea from Jared.) and my Amazon Wish List. Check them both out.

Procrastination

These are my testing supplies.

VisualDNA

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Geeking it up a notch

First of all, let me just say that I love my Mac. I love my iPod. I love Apple. I am an Apple FanBoy.

Second of all, TobyCast is now available as a Podcast. If you have an iPod with video, you can now take TobyCast with you (because, admit it, you've been looking for a way to do that...). If not, you can still subscribe and enjoy the TobyCast goodness on your computer. To subscribe, either go to my Travel Blog or click here.

Update: It is now available at the iTunes Store.

TobyCast

I posted a new video-blog entry on my Travel Blog. It's not all that great, but it's my first one and I had more important things to do tonight! But, it's a start. Let me know what you think! Word.

Oh, and if you're on dial-up, don't bother. It's a fairly big file. And why do you still have dial-up?! Get in the now!

Woot woot.

I've been on Blogger for a year now. Ah, memories. Or something.

Broccoli and Cough Syrup

Tom, one of the contributors at Big Tent, posted this on his diary blog. I had to explain to everyone in the room why I was laughing so hard.

I'm not much of a pop music guy anymore. I went to grad school and stopped following the music scene. But sometimes a band manages to be so spectacularly terrible that I can't help but stand up and take notice. Canada's own Nickelback has a relatively new single called "If Everyone Cared," the lyrics of which I feel I must reproduce in full here:

From underneath the trees, we watch the sky
Confusing stars for satellites
I never dreamed that you'd be mine
But here we are, we're here tonight

Singing Amen, I'm I'm alive (I'm alive)
Singing Amen, I'm alive

[CHORUS]
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died

And I'm singing

Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive
Amen I,Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive

And in the air the fireflies
Our only light in paradise
We'll show the world they were wrong
And teach them all to sing along

Singing Amen I, I'm alive (I'm alive)
Singing Amen I, I'm alive

[CHORUS (x2)]

And as we lie beneath the stars
We realize how small we are
If they could love like you and me
Imagine what the world could be

If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
(x2)

We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day when nobody died

Just the other day I was telling my three year old that every time he cries he kills six or seven people, and one of these days those people might be Mommy and Daddy. I just don't think I was getting through to him. But now that I have the majesty of song to hammer home the message, he'll be choking down those sobs like broccoli dipped in cough syrup.

Thank you Nickelback. Thank you.

Skype

Hey. For those of you who don't have Skype, you should get it! I had a great video chat with Paula, (little) John and Topher today. It's a great way to keep in touch. Also, it's free. My Skype name is tobiasmaximus.

PS: Is J not the photogenic kid you've ever seen?

Interesting Story

A series of notes received by a tenant's neighbor. A little anti-climactic, but strangely interesting nonetheless. It takes me back to the days (a few weeks ago) I used to live in a crappy, leaky apartment.