Delusions of Coffee

This is what I saw

Sadly, there was a death in the family, so John and I spent a few days in Stockton. Between the various family events and comfort, we got a chance to drive around Stockton and Lodi, again reminding us all that Stockton has to offer.

The majority of national and state political signs on lawns were pro 8 and Mccain/Palin in nature.  The pro republican signs were unusual, because since Stockton is the foreclosure leader in the U.S., I figured they would put some blame on the economic situation with the party currently in the White House.  Well, I was mistaken.  On Sunday and  Monday, many of the street corners were filled with children brandishing large Yes on 8 signs.  And lots of cars honking in agreement.

Then we were behind this guy for a little bit.  I thought his truck was broken, but according to John, it is “cool” that your truck tilts from one side to the other and occasionally sprouts flames.  Who knew?

Tags: stockton, truck

One of the apps I have been playing with on the iphone is Photoswap.  It has been … interesting.. to say the least.  This program that allows you to trade one picture with a random stranger anywhere in the world.  Other than taking a screenshot there is no way of keeping an archive.  You can reply to the person you have “swapped” pics with but that is the extent of interactions.

My first swap was of a tree or something as I walked out to the parking lot, person x replied with a shot inside his/her car, as they were driving home.   I responded with a picture of an Obama bumper sticker, he/she responded with a copy of Obamas book that was on the passenger seat.  Pretty cool!

Of course, this app has been around little over a month, it only took a few days for the  more seedier aspects of this app to come too life.  What has been a beautiful exchange of the birds eye view of another person life, often from around the world,  is sometimes replaced by a written note imploring me to expose body parts.    *sigh*

Fabulous pic of Zori

I get: hello Kitty Pez dispenser with a bag of  “herbal supplements” in the background.

I was a a bar watching the Phillie’s crush the Rays and sending pics of the various drinks consumed and started this little picture swap wth some guy.

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Okay so that’s in good fun, but more and more I get photos l where they aren’t even trying, its a pic of their keyboard and then a vulgar request.  I am hoping the developers will find a way to filter out those requests,  Right now you can “report” it but just means they send another pic to another person.

Here is a small collection of the photoswap pics I have gotten so far… Not sure how mch longer I’ll use it, depends on the types of pics, I suppose.

Tags: Geek, photoswap

Posting from the iPhone after installing a cool app!

Love the iPhone!

Tags: iphone

 So I am driving home the other day, the car in front of me goes into the lane on the left and stops at the light.  So that when the light turns green he can turn left.  One small problem,  that lane is for the opposite side.  I guess he didn’t really see or feel the double yellow bump lines.  Although I was behind him, I slowed down and stayed several car lengths behind him.  I honked the horn a few times, but he didn’t seem to notice.   It was really lucky that as the cars from the other two lanes turned left  they were able to slow down and not hit him.  What is it about the start of the rain season makes people even  more unaware of their surroundings?

Tags: bad driving, car