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Back from Vegas …

I got back today from Las Vegas, after having gone there for a long weekend with some friends. I am feeling lazy/tired/dead, so I was going to post nothing … but then I had a thought.

Right now there are things like the Nike+ Fuel Band, from Nike’s site:

Through a sports-tested accelerometer, Nike+ FuelBand tracks your daily activity including running, walking, basketball, dancing and dozens of everyday activities. It tracks each step taken and calorie burned. It also tells the time of day.

 

Cool … ish? There are also Garmin watches that tell you how far you’ve gone (they’re great for running).

 

Consider this – there are apps that allow you to input what you have eaten, so that you can be very well aware of how healthy or unhealthy you are.

 

What’s next? – There are eventual going to be apps (if there aren’t already) that allow you to take a picture of what you’ve just eaten. That app will process the picture and give you an estimate on the stats for that food. Calories, grams of protein, grams of fat, etc.

 

What’s my point? – In Las Vegas, that app will not function. I thought of this because I was thinking about how much stuff that’s bad for me I consumed over the past few days, and I thought it could be interesting and terrible to have an accurate measure of that information.

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Apartment Names and What They Mean

The Oceanfront – One of the apartments has a view of the ocean … If you use a telescope during high tide.

The Pelazzo – Has prints of Italian paintings hanging in the lobby.

The Palms – Has a palm tree and plans to get another soon. (After they raise your rent to afford it.)

The Marquis – Expensive. Really expensive. But very nice.

The Marquis Grande – Really cheap, and it shows.

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Unexpected Results of the DOMA Case

  • “It’s raining men” played a record number of times
  • The four dissenting judges in the DOMA case now each own a large number of copies of The Bird Cage, which were given anonymously as gifts.
  • Stereotypes are shaken up when, at the large number of celebratory pride parades, gay men dress in gaudy and unattractive outfits. (Their haircuts still look good though.)
  • Glitter and paint sales skyrocket on Friday, as parade decoration plans are the main activity of the night.

 

Congrats to my friends who have been positively impacted by this! And to those who are feeling upset or negative about it, I’m sorry you feel that way. If there are people who believe that the idea of gay people getting married is bad or negative, please leave a comment and I’ll happily explain why I think it is not a bad thing.

Given that I average about one comment per post (or less), I’m not worried about a big controversial argument happening. If it does … cool (for my blog stats)! But, let’s play nice.

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