<p>Wait for it...</p>

<p><a href="http://upyachka.ru/images/blog/00007923"><img src="http://upyachka.ru/images/blog/00007923"></a></p>

<p>Fail</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2261611078/" title="australia visa application final step"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2279/2261611078_ce19c804fd.jpg" alt=""></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2261611078/">australia visa application final step</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/veganstraightedge/">veganstraightedge</a>.</p>

<p>
  after successfully applying for a visitor visa for australia, i was asked "do you want to apply for another? [yes] [no]"<br>
  <br>
  makes sense. maybe there's a group of you traveling together or something. when i chose no (because, i'm flying solo now) i was sent to this page that said:<br>
  <br>
  "Thank you for using Electronic Travel ity System."<br>
  <br>
  With a button underneath it that just said "Press". <br>
  <br>
  Thanks, Australia!
</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronp/2259850772/" title="Betabrite Autotest"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2078/2259850772_60a8429289.jpg" alt=""></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronp/2259850772/">Betabrite Autotest</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/aaronp/">fakebeard</a>.</p>

<p>Sooooooo awesome.</p>

<p>My upcoming traveling partner and best friend Nate is Captain Fall Down and Get Hurt. The other day in Antarctica he did just that. He sprained his ankle and has to cancel his participation in our 5 week awesome adventure.</p>

<p>So I guess I'm flying solo. Again.</p>

<p>Unless, someone wants to go to New Zealand, Australia and Hawaii for a month leaving on Sunday...</p>

<dl>
  <dt>Big Pears</dt>
  <dl>1423 South 400 East</dl>
  <dt>Little Pears</dt>
  <dd>600 East 600 South</dd>
  <dt>Plums</dt>
  <dd>1743 South 300 East</dd>
  <dt>Grapes</dt>
  <dd>1140 East 500 South</dd>
  <dd>Elizabeth Ct, Apt on Right</dd>
  <dt>Red Apples</dt>
  <dd>800 South 700 East</dd>
  <dd>South East Corner, by Crab Apples</dd>
  <dt>Apricots</dt>
  <dd>1050 East 900 South</dd>
  <dt>???</dt>
  <dd>900 East 800 South</dd>
  <dt>Apples</dt>
  <dd>860 South 500 East</dd>
  <dt>Yellow Apples</dt>
  <dd>807 South 700 East</dd>
  <dt>Crab Apples</dt>
  <dd>1473 South 300 East</dd>
</dl>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2257853003/" title="angle trisection explanation 1"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2026/2257853003_c7c0358c06.jpg" alt=""></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2257853003/">angle trisection explanation 1</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/veganstraightedge/">veganstraightedge</a>.</p>

<p>back in high school, i was taught that line segment trisection was iimpossible using just a compass and straightedge.</p>

<p>years later, i ran across this article in discover magazine somehow and made a copy.</p>

<p>amazingly, i've held onto that photocopy for something like 5 years. weird. </p>

<p>so for posterity, here it is.</p>

<p><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2257853315/" title="angle trisection explanation 2">the second half of it is here</a>.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2256861502/" title="new zealand middle earth postmark"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2318/2256861502_5ff3fca2df.jpg" alt=""></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2256861502/">new zealand middle earth postmark</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/veganstraightedge/">veganstraightedge</a>.</p>

<p>a friend from atlanta (marvin) got this in the mail in dec 2003 and sent it to me because he knew i'd like the postmark</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2256854580/" title="batman sketch"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2093/2256854580_7c6740dec4.jpg" alt=""></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2256854580/">batman sketch</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/veganstraightedge/">veganstraightedge</a>.</p>

<p> an old sketch i did of batman when i was travelling one time</p>

<h4>Ingredients</h4>
<ul>
  <li>2 parts seeds</li>
  <li>3 parts compost</li>
  <li>5 parts red powdered clay</li>
</ul>

<h4>Instructions</h4>
<ol>
  <li>Mix all ingredients</li>
  <li>Add water (only enough to make a putty)</li>
  <li>Form half inch balls</li>
  <li>Let air dry</li>
  <li>Scatter</li>
</ol>

<p><img src="http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6687694-lg.jpg" alt="macro photograph of dew covered insect"></p>

<p>(via <a href="http://www.kottke.org/">kottke</a>)</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2251300261/" title="i have a mohawk now"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2376/2251300261_97dbd761a9.jpg" alt=""></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2251300261/">i have a mohawk now</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/veganstraightedge/">veganstraightedge</a>.</p>

<p>more to come...</p>

<p>My mom forwarded me an email about a bear and a bridge. Surprisingly, it was a pretty good little story. So good that I thought it deserved to be archived on a web page, not just passed around in an email. I have no idea where these pictures came from or the validity of the story, but based on the pictures it seems reasonably true.</p>

<p>Subject: <strong>Problem Solving</strong></p>

<p>This bridge is on the Old Donner Pass Highway (near Nevada with northern California border). It has a spectacular view of Donner Lake and Donner Pass on Route 80.</p>

<p>A bear was walking across Rainbow Bridge (Old Hwy 40 at Donner Summit, Truckee, Ca) on Saturday when two cars also crossing the bridge scared the bear into jumping over the edge of the bridge. Somehow the bear caught the ledge and was able to pull itself to safety. ities decided that nothing could be done to help Saturday night so they returned Sunday morning to find the bear sound asleep on the ledge.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2251530442/" title="A bear was scared by two cars and jumped off a bridge. Somehow it held onto the underbelly of the bridge. It decided to take a nap, then was tranquilized. Fell more asleep. Then fell into a cargo net only to wake up on the ground. by veganstraightedge, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2176/2251530442_be8b667c09.jpg" alt="A bear was scared by two cars and jumped off a bridge. Somehow it held onto the underbelly of the bridge. It decided to take a nap, then was tranquilized. Fell more asleep. Then fell into a cargo net only to wake up on the ground."></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2250734063/" title="A bear was scared by two cars and jumped off a bridge. Somehow it held onto the underbelly of the bridge. It decided to take a nap, then was tranquilized. Fell more asleep. Then fell into a cargo net only to wake up on the ground. by veganstraightedge, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2278/2250734063_6006525dcf.jpg" alt="A bear was scared by two cars and jumped off a bridge. Somehow it held onto the underbelly of the bridge. It decided to take a nap, then was tranquilized. Fell more asleep. Then fell into a cargo net only to wake up on the ground."></a></p>

<p>After securing a net under the bridge the bear was tranquilized, fell into the net, lowered, then woke up and walked out of the net.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2250734161/" title="A bear was scared by two cars and jumped off a bridge. Somehow it held onto the underbelly of the bridge. It decided to take a nap, then was tranquilized. Fell more asleep. Then fell into a cargo net only to wake up on the ground. by veganstraightedge, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2122/2250734161_c165052eb1.jpg" alt="A bear was scared by two cars and jumped off a bridge. Somehow it held onto the underbelly of the bridge. It decided to take a nap, then was tranquilized. Fell more asleep. Then fell into a cargo net only to wake up on the ground."></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2250734213/" title="A bear was scared by two cars and jumped off a bridge. Somehow it held onto the underbelly of the bridge. It decided to take a nap, then was tranquilized. Fell more asleep. Then fell into a cargo net only to wake up on the ground. by veganstraightedge, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2116/2250734213_690b3ddef2.jpg" alt="A bear was scared by two cars and jumped off a bridge. Somehow it held onto the underbelly of the bridge. It decided to take a nap, then was tranquilized. Fell more asleep. Then fell into a cargo net only to wake up on the ground."></a></p>

<p>There is a moral to this story you know; this old bear made a wrong move and found he was hanging by his nails. Somehow he was able to pull himself up onto the ledge where he saw he was in a very bad, impossible situation and what did he do? Yep, he took a nap and sure enough the situation took care of itself while he was asleep.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2250734277/" title="A bear was scared by two cars and jumped off a bridge. Somehow it held onto the underbelly of the bridge. It decided to take a nap, then was tranquilized. Fell more asleep. Then fell into a cargo net only to wake up on the ground. by veganstraightedge, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2069/2250734277_8621c5cf38.jpg" alt="A bear was scared by two cars and jumped off a bridge. Somehow it held onto the underbelly of the bridge. It decided to take a nap, then was tranquilized. Fell more asleep. Then fell into a cargo net only to wake up on the ground."></a></p>

<p>The moral is that when confronted with a bad situation sometimes the best solution is to take a nap...</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2251530648/" title="A bear was scared by two cars and jumped off a bridge. Somehow it held onto the underbelly of the bridge. It decided to take a nap, then was tranquilized. Fell more asleep. Then fell into a cargo net only to wake up on the ground. by veganstraightedge, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2320/2251530648_5895c84eed.jpg" alt="A bear was scared by two cars and jumped off a bridge. Somehow it held onto the underbelly of the bridge. It decided to take a nap, then was tranquilized. Fell more asleep. Then fell into a cargo net only to wake up on the ground."></a></p>

<p><a href="http://veganstraightedge.com/articles/2007/10/11/2/10-fonts-that-i-hate-even-more-than-i-hate-comic-sans/">I have pretty strong feelings about fonts</a> (aka typefaces), but I've realized something. Almost all of the fonts that I love or hate are sans-serif. I'm pretty ambivalent about serif fonts. Which got me thinking: </p>

<p>What is the Helvetica of serif fonts?</p>

<p>I don't have an answer. I'd like some input from others.</p>