I was surprised to see today the heat index in Manassas.  Holy crap it’s hot today!!

Great animated GIF sent by my friend Brian.  Looks like he’s driving it!

Hippies, college people, new-age older people…a free loving culture that like to express their thoughts.  That was the culture I found at coffee shops.  These were places I grew to love.  The smell of espresso hot off the press and the sound of rustling papers or tip-taps of communicating keyboards ever drew me to the place.  And that ever present buzz from coffee conditioned me.

I never realized how much I loved the coffee shop scene until I moved to Virginia.

Most nights in Pittsburgh you could find me hanging out…sipping coffee…surfing the net….doing college coursework, etc.  It was a blast.  Free internet and funky people is what I found in these places…and it made me feel right at home.  These places could be found within 2 miles of my place.  But that culture…from what I’ve surmised, just cannot be found around the Virginia area–trust me, I’ve searched for it.  I don’t think it is in the peoples mind the way it’s in a ‘burghers mind.

I do miss this scene…maybe I’ll have to create it for the Virginians….:-).

Subwoofer And Cat – The best video clips are here

Yea, I can’t come up with a title…

Finally got my taxes published this weekend! That’ll mean that Renee and I have some money coming back to help with the wedding. Honestly, I’m excited. Seriously, because now we can actually start paying some things for the wedding!

Other than that, I’ve been trying to reorganize my electronic life. That started with pulling financial information into Quicken 2009. So far so good on that front. That app will allow me to keep track of bills, make sure things get paid on time, and, most of all, keep track of a budget. Other than that I’m working on updating various portions of my e-filing projects. I hope I can get it up and running sometime soon. I’d really like to not have any paper around.