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I have started using google reader to keep up with my blogs and really like it. Instead of checking to see if there is a new post on my favorite blogs, the posts come to me. I wasn’t convinced at first. It makes blogs look like email, which is a bit of of a downer (although there is supposedly a firefox plug in that will take care of that) but I don’t have to see the advertisements anymore which is a major plus. I guess I am less sure of where my information is coming from specifically, but if you read a lot of blogs like I do, you will start to notice the same things popping up so who knows who first posted. I am sure I only know the tip of the iceberg of what there is to know about RSS but to be honest, I have enough going on that I don’t want to have to get a dummies book just to figure it all out.

M&I were in NJ this weekend visiting my family. Saturday was a birthday party at my Uncle’s new house. It as really great to see my uncles, aunt’s and cousins. I don’t get to see them often enough. Sunday was spend with Dad, Diane & KB. That was great. We slept late, played in the pool, played some videos games, and had a lovely dinner. So relaxing and unplanned. I need more days like that.

Ok. So I was good for one day with my photo a day project. I am not going to let that stop me! I was hoping to use my new little $10 digital camera, but I lost the cable to download the photos! 😦 I will get back on track though, I promise.

I remember a time when people not only didn’t have a phone/email device strapped permanently to their ear, but a time where you couldn’t even leave a message from someone. Or if they were home and already on the phone, there was something called a busy signal. No caller ID, no answering machines, no call waiting. If you happened to catch someone at home, then you got to talk to them. Otherwise, you had to wait. No texting someone to call you, no leaving a message, no email. You had to wait and try back again. In NY I see a lot of people constantly plugged in. Staring into their phone, frantically emailing and texting. Always plugged in. Not looking up to see the world around them. I find myself getting sucked into this plugged in world and I am not sure I like it. I know I sound like a little old lady right now (back in MY day…) and I think it is because I need a little less technology in my life.

I am considering starting a new project. You are probably wondering if maybe I don’t already have my hands full with all of the other projects I have started lately, and the answer is yes, I currently have plenty of projects keeping me busy. But hey, what is one more. This one fits into my reason for starting a blog in the first place. Over the past two years I have seen a few people slip out of my life rather quickly. Once they were gone I realized that I didn’t know them as well as I would have liked. So, my new project is one I found on Photojojo called Project 365. A picture a day for a year. I am going to be using a little $10 digital camera I bought from a local drugstore, it is really tiny and I will be more likely to carry it. I get 20 chances to get my photo each day since the camera only holds 20 images. It is the digital equivalent of using a holga. I will have to start tomorrow because I just decided this today and don’t have the camera with me. I will post the images to the blog.

This is a neat chart of animal noises in different languages.

I can’t tell you how many times people have said to me, “don’t I know you from somewhere” or you remind me of someone. In college there was a girl who I would be confused with regularly. We didn’t run in the same circles but I knew of her because people would be walking and call out her name to get my attention all the time. Apparently I am not alone. Francois Brunelle has made it a project to find unrelated people who look alike and photograph them. Amazing. Now I wonder where Marcy is these days…

Crying Men is a series of photos by Sam Tayor-Wood of Hollywood men crying. Several photos including the one above had me feeling as if I had intruded on a private moment of very raw emotion. I had not heard of Ms. Taylor-Wood before this, but I would like to see more. via notcot

Those of you who live in NY probably already know about the Shake Shack. Located in Madison Square Park they serve delicious burgers, fries, shakes and custard out of the nicest shack you will ever see. Typically the line is about 2 hours long… to order. Then you have to wait to get your grub. Not exactly something most of us can accomplish on our lunch hour. There is even a Shake Shack Cam which tells you what you are in for if you just can’t do without. M&I did wait one summer Friday and I have to say that it was totally worth it.

M & I were out and about in NJ on Saturday and were toying around with the idea of going to IKEA. With the property coming along so nicely we have been thinking about outdoor furniture to make hanging out just that much nicer. I was a little tired and on the fence about the whole thing. Then M reminded me that in a little over a week as the IKEA Brooklyn grand opening! Yeah!