Yesterday, I met Alton Jones at the World Fishing and Outdoor Expo in Suffern, NY. Alton is a professional bass angler and the winner of the 2008 Bassmaster Classic, the Superbowl of pro bass fishing. I've seen him on TV many times, watched his video clips, and read his articles, so it was a real treat to meet him and shake his hand. I'm hoping some of his fish-catching mojo rubbed off on me.
Overall the fishing expo was a good time. Chris and I wandered around for a couple of hours amongst countless guys with long beards wearing camouflage. We browsed the stands, bought some hard-to-find tackle, and watched a reptile show where a guy who was apparently nuttier than squirrel crap played with poisonous snakes and aligators. Photos on flickr.
Random thought: Being cool is a catch 22. You may want to be cool, but anyone who thinks they're cool is not cool, and anyone who tries to be cool is not cool. So basically, you can only be cool if it's not on purpose and if you don't know about it.
Some not cool links:
(Or maybe they are. I don't know. If they are I didn't mean it.)
- All the curses from the Sopranos in chronological order. It's mesmerizing and definitely NSFW. Thanks, Chris.
- For those looking for a good time waster there are some entertaining games at random-good-stuff.com. I played popopop and touch the bubbles 2 for more than 10 rounds each before I ran out of gas. Thanks, Jenny.
- The Office (musical)
- You can get lost dragging your mouse around this image. Very cool water effect.
- Grocery Shrink Ray - Have you noticed you're getting less food per container? Thanks, Jon Jon.
- There's some very cool text-to-speech technology at text-to-speech.imtranslator.net. But that's just where the fun begins. I wrote a few quick scripts for the various speakers. Turn on your sound and enjoy: English male, English female (nsfw), Italian male :-)