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Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - Percha Dam State Park, Arrey NM

Leather Case, iPod Touch, February 15, 2009
Leather Case, iPod Touch, February 15, 2009

Now that it's here I'm torn

This day has been in the wind a long long time; now it's here. Verizon announced today they will be selling iPhones beginning February 10th.

I've been hanging on to my old LG cell phone for years in anticipation of this day. Now that it's here I'm torn. Trading in my old phone for an iPhone instantly makes my constant companion, my dedicated iPod Touch, redundant. That's ok. The thing is, though, the great leather case I lavished a week developing and making won't fit the new iPhones. So that becomes instantly redundant as well. Arrgh....

Night camp

Site 23 - Percha Dam State Park, Arrey NM

Visual Thinkers

When I talk to other people I translate my pictures into stock phrases or sentences I have "on tape" inside my head. Those kids who called me Tape Recorder were right about me. They were mean, but they were right. I am a tape recorder. That's how I'm able to talk. The reason I don't sound like a tape recorder anymore is that I have so many stock phrases and sentences I can move around into new combinations. All my public speaking has been a huge help. When I got criticisms saying I always give the same speech, I started moving my slides around. That moved my phrases around too.

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