I drive around a lot.  And ever since I moved to a slightly more heavily-populated area than Hampton Township (holler), I see a lot of sidewalks.  Sidewalks are great because they enable people to walk or bike without being in the road and in the way of speeding cars.  In Hampton (and much of Sussex County), ditches and wide shoulders are used instead of sidewalks.  This means that cars either have to swerve, or pedestrians have to dive into some brush. 

In light of this information, I have a little announcement for walkers and bike riders:  USE THE SIDEWALK!  It's there for a reason:  So I don't have to slow down or swerve into another lane to avoid hitting you.  And though I'd like to hit some people for their lack of regard for larger and faster moving objects, I refrain because I'm aware of the damage it'll cause my car (and I don't really want to kill anyone).  I know that sidewalks can be a little bumpy, and sometimes they might go up and down when they cross a driveway, but maybe you pedestrians can take a little hit.  Take one for the team.  I know it's uncomfortable and inconvenient and totally against your way of life, but do something for someone other than yourselves.  Get off the road.  Use the sidewalk. #travel

The Pi Pie pictured below is a cherry pie with a cutout of the mathematical symbol pi in the center and the first 23 digits engraved around the crust (some of the 5s and 2s are backwards).  It was made on Pi Day, which is March 14 (3/14). Flickr has more pictures of Pi Pies.  Finally!  Another entry in the math category!  (via Neatorama)
#math

I learned how to write in junior high and high school.  Years of repetitive English classes drilled rules and patterns into my head.  But there were a few things I was never comfortable with, so I break some major rules pretty often: 

1.  Prepositions ending sentences.  "Prepositions:  What are they good for?" is a perfect example of why I don't like that rule.  I speak this way in normal, everyday conversation, so prepositions will appear at the ends of sentences in my writing. 

2.  Commas separating groups of things.  There should be a comma before the "and" if you have a first thing, a second thing, and a third thing.  The rules say it can be done either way; I think it's either my way or the wrong way. 

3.  Punctuation within quotations.  Did I say, "Shut up?"  Or did I say, "Shut up"?  I think I said the latter, and even though it breaks major punctuation/grammar rules, that's the way I do it.  I also might use punctuation in the quotation and outside as well:  I used to say, "Shut up jerks!". #language

After moving to the new server, zenphoto wasn't working at all.  After several trials and errors, I upgraded to the latest version (I was using version 0.9 for a while) and changed one of the "optional" options in the config file.  I uncommented the line and made it point to the right directory:  define('WEBPATH', '/pic');.  I had to add another function to properly display the gallery URL, but that might've also been a problem with the WEBPATH variable.  I'm not completely sure.  Either way, it works now. #technology

I turned off WP-ShortStat, which means I no longer need Bad Behavior because I'm not getting any referrer spam.  But I've been getting a few spam comments here and there, so I enabled Akismet.  So far it works great. #technology

I upgraded to WordPress 2.0.3.  It figures that this comes out less than a day after I moved my site to a new server.  Oh well.  It was easy, just like all the others. #technology

Last year on this day, I wrote about how much I had accomplished in the previous year (belated props to God, my parents, and other big influences).  I graduated college, got married, bought a car and a house, and worked full-time for longer than a few months.  All this "big time stuff" happened in my first year out of college. 

Since then, I haven't really done much.  I haven't graduated from anything, I haven't started any new relationships, I haven't bought anything big (except a few Walmart shirts and some power tools), and I'm still working. My words back then were true:  "In my first year out of school, I've accomplished every major thing that I'll ever accomplish, except having a baby."  Everything is pretty much done for now, until I have a baby (which won't happen for at least a little while).  There's not much more I can do.  I guess I should quit now while I'm ahead.  I should throw in the towel. 

I'm not writing this remorsefully, as a dying tribute to my days of old.  It's not that I regret doing things the way I've done them.  It's just that all my major accomplishments occurred very quickly after graduating from college.  And most of those accomplishments were firsts, implying that there will probably be seconds and thirds (except marriage; that's a one-time thing).  I'll probably buy another car.  I'll probably graduate again.  I'll probably get another job.  But it won't be quite as exciting the second time. 

So here's to another year of working, speeding tickets, puking, and credit card fees.  (Ah, the cynicism.) #psychology