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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

Persistent and Ineradicable Instinct

Whenever we have a strong and persistent and ineradicable instinct, we may be sure that it is not original with us, but inherited -- inherited from away back, and hardened and perfected by the petrifying influence of time.

Mark Twain, autobiography

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