Hoo-lee crap. I discovered something today.
There are about a million USB cables out in my garage.
Due to a “E-recycling” event that’s coming up at work in about four days, I was moved to clean out all the boxes and boxes of tech stuff that I’ve accumulated over about ten years. Some of it you hold on to because you never know when it might come in handy, other times it’s a, “I always need USB cables”.
Really, did I ever think that of the four (absolute crap) audio cards that I had stashed and unused (because they didn’t work) that I would use them again?
On the plus side, I finally cleaned all the tech garbage out of the attic. Such a relief. Rather than undeniable fatigue that comes from thinking about “stuff stashed in the attic”, it has now been replaced with pure relief of knowing that there’s nothing up there that needs to be cleaned out. Just the usual decorations, etc. Stuff that’s supposed to be there.
Also went to a performance yesterday at the Meyerson out in Dallas. Pretty swank place – I liked it a lot. My daughter performed in her school symphonic band. My crappy camera was overwhelmed by the space/distance and decided to blur pretty much everything. View from the floor, past some balconies, up at the ceiling:
Here’s some shots from last weekend – we went to Deep Ellum on the Dart train for the Deep Ellum Arts Festival, it was rainy and somewhat cold but we made the best of it and had a good time. Deep Ellum and Oak Cliff are rivals for coolness, but I like Deep Ellum a little better.
I will note, this was the first time that we were asked for tickets. One of the Dart officers went throughout the train and asked for tickets. A homeless man saw the guy a mile a way and he was off the train in a flash. He didn’t get busted, but a girl sitting across the aisle from us did. The officer made her go buy a ticket. He also kind of scared me after he busted her – he looked at my daughter and said, “What school does she go to?”. I answered all his questions which ended with a statement that I could have bought a student priced ticket if she shows her school ID. Nice of him to do that.
