Two years ago, I got 2 pairs of fancy sunglasses.

Maui Jim Long Beach

Oliver Peoples Clifton

This year I also have to get some sunglasses. I want to prioritize these features.

1. Titanium
2. Glass lenses
3. Non-polarized lenses
4. Spring hinges

These are a few candidates.

• Dita Decade-Two, Flight.004, Flight.005,
• SALT Francisco, Tompkins
• Lindberg
• Silhouette
• Barton Perreira

Update 2016.12.19 – For 2016 I bought these.

Barton Perreira Troubadour in Java

They are titanium with polymer polarized lenses and no springy hinges.

Nothing is predetermined for us, and yet all our possible choices are threads in the vast weave of things, so that we have free willing even though the consequences of our will are predictable. -Dean Koontz

Veloster Turbo

• +tech – Direct Injection, Turbocharger, Variable Valve Timing
• +features – projector headlights
• +power – on paper
• +attractive from front, back
• -ugly from side
• -handling
• -no spare
• -price – $24,000
• -fuel economy – 25/34

Genesis Coupe

• +power, torque
• +8 speed auto
• +features – headlights
• +value
• -rwd
• -track handling
• -summer tires
• -no spare
• -heavy
• -bad brakes
• -price – $26,375
• -fuel economy – 20/31

Elantra

• +fuel economy – 29/40
• +price 19,200 with options package
• -no spare
• -economy on paper only

Mazda 3 Hatchback

• +fuel economy 28/39
• +handling
• +HID lighting (available)
• 177″ long
• -leather and roof required with lights
• -price $25,495 with options package / $26,095 hatch

BRZ

• +handling
• -rwd
• -price 27,365
• -availability
• -economy 25/34

Elantra GT

• +fuel economy – 28/39
• +hatchback
• +lots of equiptment
• -price $20,145
• -economy on paper only
• -ugly

Focus ST

• -fuel economy – x/32
• +hatchback
• +high performance
• +tech – Direct Injection, Turbocharger, Variable Valve Timing
• +price $24,500
• -manual only
• +252hp / 270lb-ft

Mazdaspeed3

• -fuel economy – 18/25
• +hatchback
• +high performance
• +tech – Direct Injection, Turbocharger, Variable Valve Timing
• +HID Lights
• -price $27,130
• -manual only
• +263hp / 280lb-ft

Subaru WRX

• -fuel economy – 19/25
• +hatchback
• +VERY high performance
• +HID lights
• -price $29,845
• -manual only
• +263hp / 280lb-ft

I’ve loved SCSI for as long as I’ve been into computers. It has always been the pinnacle of storage. And when I was able to afford it, I got into it. I’ve had SCSI OS drives for many years for speed and reliability. I’ve loved the advantages. Low latency is good stuff. But the cost was just so high. Having to learn about LVD and SE and termination and 80 pin and adaptors and cabling and the rest of the stuff was a headache. The cost is so high and the vendors specialized. The noise and the heat and power consumption.

SATA SSDs will fill the role SCSI did for me in the past. Much more mainstream and much less esoteric and silent and faster. Only thing missing are the bragging rights.

So I am wiping my SCSI drives in preparation for disposal. I get to hear the noise and deal with the cables one last time. Nice knowing you. Now get the fuck out of my house.

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
4 Mishra's Workshop
4 Taiga
1 Mountain
4 Forest
4 Wooded Foothills
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland
2 Crucible of Worlds
1 Memory Jar
1 Jester's Cap
4 Juggernaut
2 Su-chi
1 Masticore
1 Triskelion
1 Duplicant
1 Platinum Angel
1 Sundering Titan
1 Quirion Ranger
1 Anger
1 Gorilla Shaman
4 Goblin Welder
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Wheel of Fortune
3 Blood Moon
4 Survival of the Fittest

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3 Pyroblast
4 Naturalize
3 Chalice of the Void
3 Pyrostatic Pillar
1 Trinisphere
1 Jester's Cap

Not surprisingly, I want more stuff. I have money that I shouldn’t spend but I want more stuff.

1. Nintendo DSi
2. DS Slot 1 Backup card
3. GPS for my camera
4. a netbook: a MSI Wind or whatever. I’d prefer higher resolutions but… the HP one sucks
5. Thinkpad W500 – Lenovo made a very nice upgrade to the T61p. My T60p is not hardly what I was looking for. It doesn’t have anything better than VGA out, not that I use that feature much. It doesn’t have a WUXGA screen (the new one doesn’t have a IPS screen either. Ironic that my fucking cell phone is the first and only IPS device I have ever owned.) The video card isn’t quite strong enough.
6. Desktop computer and new IPS monitor

I sure will be poor after I get home. I still haven’t decided IF I will upgrade my lenses. And I sure as hell won’t really need a new Thinkpad. But the thought of my primary notebook being of such a low resolution kills me.

Fucking Lenovo. Like it wasn’t bad enough they fucked me over on the shipping date. Now they release a T61p with WUXGA. Mother fuckers. And it is priced right and has a better video adapter. There goes another 2k I have to spend. If only it came in IPS WUXGA…. and if only the fucking option will exist when I order one next year.

I drove a 04 BMW M3 today. 

2006-2007: Not in prison.  I swear.