Sashimi and Sushi / I Am Legend

Okay, I've eaten Sushi a couple of times recently. Normally in the past I have stuck to sushi roll's, but Courtney took me out for my birthday on the 14th, and we went to Igibon. I had a Bento Box, which came with three pieces of traditional Sushi. I ate them, first time in my life. They were really good, normally I go for rolls because the fish is hidden and I can handle it better. The salmon, tuna and shrimp (shrimp was cooked) were very good. I like Igibon, but it was so cold and Courtney was dressed up in a cute skirt and was freezing because of a draft every time the door opened.

We went and saw I Am Legend, I'd been anticipating it and it opened on my birthday so I was thrilled. Going to see a movie on my birthday is the only thing I consistently have done as a birthday celebration in my life. I am now 34, that sucks, I'm going bald in the back! I chose the right time to start wearing hats I guess.. I'll need to start shaving my head or something. I Am Legend was very good, Courtney found it to be too dark and violent... but I liked it a lot. The scenes in New York of the city abandoned, desolate, were beautiful. The way nature was represented as reclaiming Manhattan was beautiful. The daytime scenes were gorgeous. Will Smith was wonderful in the movie, but I'm biased as I have always loved him as an actor because he has always played positive roles and good hearted characters.

Principles of Fog Walking

We've had fog for the last week.

Some days it's been fog in the morning, fog that seems so thick it could stop a Mac truck. Yesterday on the way to work it was that kind of fog. Then last night it was fog which seemed to start at ground level, go up to about ten feet and stop... with a clear layer of air, and then at about 50 feet more fog. It rained all night when the temperature dropped. Again there was fog this morning. It was on the river, you could see it going over the river bridge. It was beautiful. The water was calm on the river, and I wished I had my rain suit on and was paddling one of my kayaks out there instead of going to work.

I've always had a fascination with fog.

Be it because of "The Mist" by Stephen King, or another story that I can't recall where a traveler crosses from his hotel to the bar across the street to find that the bartender tells him a story about how when the fog is thick the lines between worlds blur and you might not want to go out because you might end up in a different world than the one you started in (I always LOVED that story).

I've only had one car with foglamps, that was my Mercury Cougar. Driving home in the fog last night I played with the lights on the truck. No lights, dark as pitch. The fog stopped all vision. Low beams were better, and high beams were useless. I know fog lamps aim low, sometimes I wish I had those on the truck.

I've been wondering if falling snow impedes sound, and I found a journal paper from the late 1800's which proved that theory. Related to that I guess fog would have a similar effect. It would distort sound as much as vision.

Anyway, I've done some mental reflecting on fog this week... I think life is like a fog sometimes. Your vision is distorted, blocked, you can't see far ahead... nor are there many audible indicators on where you're going. Either the sun cooks the fog off, and things become clear... or it rains and the fog clears. Personally I prefer the sun, but sometimes it's nice to have the rain to wash things clean.

Motorcycle Maintenance

I need to install the charging lead for my Vulcan, and charge both it and the Buell's batteries off... It's been pretty cold, and I also need to check the tire pressure on each of them and the tire pressure on the boat trailer. The garage needs organizing, but I have my lazy days where I just want to sleep late.