How much do other people think? For me it is an insatiable activity. Every person I see; I wonder what they do for a living, what makes them tick, what troubles them, what they are thinking.

Every building I see; I wonder who built it, who architected it, what choices they made, what choices they didn’t make. I imagine every possible situation with every person at work. I imagine what they would say, I imagine what I would say. Each day, as I read my book, I think; What would I do in that situation, how else could that have gone, what does this mean to me?

I can’t help myself. I read much slower than I should because I constantly pause to think deeply about the topics. All day, all night, I am imagining siutations and conversations.

The only time I do not think as actively is when I am watching tv. The thinking then becomes subconscious. I can relax then.

Is everyone like this? I wish I could see statistics on people’s thoughts and where I fit in.

Katie and I watched the Mambo Kings last night. I had seen it years ago, but I thought she would love it. Antonio Banderas singing and dancing and speaking spanish. What more could Katie want? Apparently something because she gave it a 3.

I thought it was very sad. Made me want to cry.
Oh well, what is next in the netflix queue? Wallace and Grommit. Nice movie. The kids already saw it, but what the hell.

After that is External Sunshine of the Spotless Mind or something bizarre like that.

Still trying out html editors and still not WOWed.

Review so far.
HTML-KIT - This is the most customizable thing I have ever seen. Literally every single thing is editable. The problem is that the UI is so complicated that it is taking me so long to set it up the way I want that I am just giving up. This is too much of a good thing. I can’t use it.

Homesite 5.5 - Always a favorite, but Macromedia has not worked on this program in years. It really is great, but I want it to do more and to get better. Syntax coloring is weak. I guess my main issue with Homesite is “How can no one match/beat this standard editor in the last 6 years?? Is there no one who can challenge?

Dreamweaver 8 - Macromedia puts all their attention in this product. Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s better. It doesn’t have the split screen view for documents. It has all kinds of funky wierd stuff making it more like FrontPage than a normal HTML editor. I really wish they would make dreamweaver incorporate the basics of Homesite. That would be ideal.

HTMLPad 2006 - This is so close. I have been using it recently. It has almost all of what I want. I also think the author may be open to adding the few missing features to make it perfect. I am still working out the kinks wit this one, but it is currently my #1 editor. I’d like to see some context menu “selection” options like “convert to unordered list. It may be possible with it. I am working on it.

EvrSoft First Page 2006 - I installed this with high hopes. It has a slick interface. Unfortunately, the program is not fun to use. I don’t know who this is for, but it just doesn’t match the others for customization and features. I am uninstalling it.

AceHTML 2006 - They are actually giving this one away for free. Nice interface, but it just lacks the customization I need. I think this program is too weak for what I need. Uninstalling it.

Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition - If I was working on an ASP.NET app, this cool looks really awesome. But I think if I was doing that I woul duse Visual Studio anyway. I wonder if the JS debugger from Visual Studio is in this. Need to test that. Might be the only reason to have it. I just tested that. It doesn’t. Buh bye.

Ok, I am going to use HTMLPad a little longer and maybe suggest improvements to the author and see where that goes.

Two things on the news today. First, this is the 100 anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake. They keep saying we are going to get another one in our lifetimes. I am hoping for an earthquake to help drive down the price of housing. I don’t want anyone hurt, but the bottom line is that houses are too expensive here. How are we going to find a house to live in for 10-20 years? The boys are going to grow and make a small house unbearable.

Second is the words of President Bush regarding calls of the military generals for Rumsfeld to step down.
Bush says, “I’m the decider and I decide what is best and I decide that Don Rumsfeld stays as secretary of defense.” This is the height of arrogance and the hallmark of this President. He is incapable of learning. He is incapable of collaborating. Thinking through a problem is the last thing he does. He goes with his gut and that’s that.

I REALLY hope there is a backlash in November, but I don’t count on it.

Watching Big Love with Katie. I think polygamy is interesting. Of course, there is the down side of the bickering, but the upside is nice too. You don’t have to worry about “in the mood” issues. More people to clean up is good. The only problem is the money. I don’t make enough to support three families. How can I make more money? Clearly, polygamy doesn’t work without room for lots of people. I would have to make millions to afford a big house on the peninsula. Clearly, this isn’t going to work out.

That’s it, I clearly am not going to be able to become a Mormon.

What if Katie made millions singing? She could have multiple husbands. I would, of course, be First Husband. I would be a good First Husband. I would make all the other husbands bow before me and fear me. They would love me too. But like a big brother, not like a..You know.

Is this a strange topic? Will my children think I’m crazy when they learn to read this? Big Love is crazy. I can’t watch this. Must turn off TV. Must…Turn….Off..

Google Calendar went into beta the other day. I think the execution is excellent. Very good all around. I am still struggling with the need for an online calendar. Is this better than a date book? I feel that I need the calendar in a PDA that I carry around. Meetings and appointments are usually not at home. At work I have Outlook and there is no way I am going to use Google instead of Outlook. Makes no sense.

I wish PDA’s were cheaper and more resilient. Last night we had 5 guests for dinner from Katie’s family. David (Katie’s cousin) had a camera that you could put in water or drop from 5 feet. I forgot the model, but that is what we need from our cameras and PDAs. More reliability. And they can’t cost a fortune.

I still have not found a decent solution for my PDA needs. Maybe my next phone will be better.

I am starting off to a bad day. My head is all over the place. So distracted. What? Huh? Ugh.

I am watching cartoons with the boys. We are watching an old cartoon, I used to watch as a kid called Dungeons and Dragons. I heard Eric the Paladin’s voice and thought it was very familiar. So I looked it up on imdb. Check it out. For kicks I looked at what the other voices did with their careers. Surprisingly, all of them had pretty long careers. Some of them had surprising credits.

The voice of the little unicorn is Goddard from Jimmy Neutron and Nibbler from Futurama. Eric was Donny Most (aka Ralph Malph from Happy Days). Hank, the guy with the bow and arrow was Tommy from Eight is Enough. Presto the Magician ended up as Nicholas on Eight is Enough. Coincidence??

Shiela the Thief is Alex from Totally Spies. Venger, the bad guy was the voice of Eyeore in almost every Winnie the Pooh cartoon. Insane, huh?

IMDB is pretty cool. Jimmy Neutron is a chick. Cindy Vortex is Sandy Cheeks from Spongebob. Mrs. Fowl is Andrea Martin from SCTV! Holy Crap, Carl Weezer has over 250 credits. He was half the voices of the Transformers and Raphael from TNMT.

Man, this could go on all day. It’s amazing to look around that site.

He has been singing this pretty loudly for a few days now.

I’ve got a song and it’s not very long
and it goes like, you see;
It’s kind of snappy and it makes me happy
and it ends with Bo Ja Be!

Jared has been chiming in too.

Sort of related note: This week on American Idol, they are doing songs from Queen. I think ‘Under Pressure’ would make a good choice for the venue. I think Katie could be American Idol.

The new RoboCut arrived (the old one broke when it tried to cut Jared’s thick hair). I cut my hair this morning and Katie says it looks good. I also cut Matt’s hair. His face looks alot bigger now. Tonight, it’s Jared and Ethan’s turn.

Tom Delay retired from the Congress. I am happy, because he is a punk. Yet, I feel that he broke the law and may not have to pay the price. He will be a power outside the congress and probably break the law even more. The rich and powerful get away with it almost all the time.

I recently made a business trip. We rented a Nissan 350Z. I didn’t drive it very much, but it was sweet. Huge power and when you turn, it turns. It had slightly more ’style’ than the Sienna. Maybe I could trick out the Sienna with flames on the side?

Ok, here is the funny part. It was dark when I left for the trip. When I got to the airport and had to take my shoes off for the security thing, I noticed that I made a mistake. I had one brown shoe and one black shoe. I felt like a total doofus. The good news is that no one (I think) noticed. No one looks at your feet apparently.