fine whine

Well, I haven't gotten any better at posting here in a timely fashion. For that, I blame society.

No, that's not enough. I blame nature. Something this summer, whether it be humidity or poison ivy, has left a small rash on my left wrist. To spare you any more nasty details (it gets itchy when it's sweaty) I'll just say that I've been wearing a pocketwatch for almost the last month. Naturally, this has improved my wrist immensely, but its effects have yet to be fully explored. No longer able to just glance at my wrist to see the local time in convenient digital form, I must now reach into my pocket, press a button, and do the mental tricks to change the hands to the time. This is, of course, a task that any third grader can do but darnit I'm not in third grade anymore.

I'm getting off track here.

I'd like to use my pocketwatching as an excuse for why these updates appear up to a week late. Can I? Only you can decide.

In an unrelated note, I scored big at the resale shop today. I tell Jessica (truthfully) that I don't like going there, but occasionally when I do I find something great (e.g. the monkey). Perhaps it is because I go less frequently... Anyway, this time I stumbled upon on of those classic LED watches that were so briefly popular about three decades ago. I have a couple (well, four if you count my Fossil 2002 knockoff) of them but none work well. I saw, for the pittance of two dollars, a bright shiny stainless steel one in the case today. Naturally I gambled, and six dollars of batteries later, it works! Not only does it tell the time (when the button is pushed) it also can tell the seconds, the date, and even the day of the week. This is the pinnacle of LED watch sophistication, I think. My Fossil doesn't even do the day of the week, after all!

I wasn't able to get a good shot of it showing the time, but I assure you it's quite readable indoors. I haven't tried it out in sunlight yet. Here, take a look.