…I thought to myself one rainy Saturday afternoon. So I decided to look it up. And found an amazing Euler diagram describing the terms. How delightfully geeky.

The answer, in short: Northern Ireland.

Is this just a sign that I’m getting older?

Or that I have impeccable taste?

(I don’t know, I seem to have a similar problem letting go of old laptops.)

I’m not sure when I got my green shoes (sometime in college), and they certainly weren’t the only shoes I’ve bought since getting the blue ones. But somehow I always came back to them. I’d pretty much given up all hope of finding a replacement—until a number of friends started using Zappos. So one night I looked, and sure enough, I found Saucony Jazz Originals in several different colors. They didn’t have my old green/tan combo, but that’s ok. A little change is good.

They did come with two different color laces: white and navy blue. I started with white because I liked the contrast. Which is funny because to Stephanie, nothing is more stereotypically American than sneakers with bright white shoelaces.

I used to really look forward to spending time doing stuff on my laptop. It was how I wound down at the end of the day. It was a way of taking some time for myself.

But lately I seem to be finding myself coming to “the end of the internet” sooner and sooner. I’m not sure if it’s just me, or autumn, but there seem to be fewer emails to read/respond to, fewer blog posts to read, and consequently less motivation for me to blog myself. Not motivation, but excitement. I used to be excited when I had something to blog.

I wonder if I’m reaching some online crossroads. Where blogs (and feeds) are no longer new. Where the sites that made the web amazing (e.g. Google Maps, etc) seem commonplace. What is the next new thing?

What out there is going to make the internet seem awesome again? (I’m going to go read a book)

In the 1980s, “Justin” was actually the 12th most popular name. I wonder why that is? And before the 1970s, it was virtually unheard of. It’s crazy to think that my name dates me.

Best boxer shorts ever! (Though the boxer boxers come in a close second.) Just ordered 4.