It's Steve (now in blog form)

Last night I rolled  up on the American India Foundation’s black tie affair.  Amit was being honored by the foundation for excellence as an Indian so we turned up in force to support (For those of you aware of the general rule with me and suits, don’t freak out when you see the pics.  Everything is cool).  Check out the album and shoot Amit a congrats.

I saw this little gem driving up Pico yesterday.  Apparently, Mr. Obama would like to offer you a brave new vision for our future, as well as a compelling variety of reptiles and amphibians.  What an incredible time to be an American.

It appears that Idaho has lost the conch.  I’m officially adding it to my list of places not to visit with my glasses….

Woman finds frozen pig head on pole in her yard
CALDWELL, Idaho – Police are investigating after a woman leaving for work with her 9-year-old daughter on Sunday morning found a frozen pig head stuck on top of a pole next to a tree her yard.   Read more

I can’t begin to tell you how well my LA to NJ flight went today. And I owe it all to World of Goo (thanks for the tip Roy).  This is easily the most fun game (a) since Portal and (b) that I have ever played on a laptop.

The game play was excellent.  The puzzles were challenging.  And I spent a good part of the day alternately giggling like a Japanese schoolgirl and swearing like a sailor with tourettes.  For $20 you just can’t go wrong with this one.

As I appear to be in the middle of freakin’ nowhere New Jersey, I’m going to grab a bit and play for another few hours.  Hurray!

I was reading the news this morning and an interesting note on the Maldives caught my eye.  The recently elected president has begun setting aside a portion of the nation’s tourism revenue to start buying land.  Specifically, land to be a new Maldivian homeland.

It seems that most of the islands comprising the country sit no more than 4 feet above sea level.  Rising oceans as a result of global warming threaten to swamp the island nation entirely.

I would like to offer my own humble suggestion as to where the Maldivians might relocate: the Hawaiian island of Molokai. This actually makes a lot of sense if you think about it.

- Fishing is a primary industry of the Maldives so an island is in order

- The Maldives only have a land area of 115 square miles. Molokai is 260 square miles. It would be nice for the Maldivians to be able to stretch their legs.

- If you’ve ever been to Molokai, you know how sparsely populated it is.  The entire resident population is only 7000 versus the 300,000 in the Maldives.

- Molokai just can’t seem to make a go of tourism despite it’s natural beauty and proximity to Honolulu.  The last major tourist draw, Molokai Ranch, recently closed leaving most of Molokai’s population on government assistance.  The Maldivians clearly understand solid tourism marketing and service fundamentals given their booming tourist industry.

So that’s my thought.  President Nasheed, consider Molokai as the warm waters of the Indian Ocean lap menacingly at your shores.  At this point, you could probably pick it up on the cheap.

I saw this driving in to work yesterday.

If you’d like to talk to his boss, I found him on Super Pages.  Besides, that car is totally impractical for construction.