oh the irony

everywhere i go, i can't help but laugh at the irony that life brings...

i lost my USB stick. i left it at the apple store yesterday, because i simply can't stop losing things. and yet, while i was walking away from the apple store this morning all distraught, this guy on the street was handing out pamphlets for free USB sticks. Dicks Smith Electronics had a grand opening store, and were giving away free USB sticks to the first 1000 ppl who wanted them. yeah, it's a bit sad that i lost all the random crap on my beloved memory stick, but i must admit getting a new one for free was pretty awesome. What are the odds???

the other thing is that the principles surrounding working on organic farms is completely opposite to nuclear engineering. organic farming is all about small scale, local, everything produced is returned to the natural cycle. with nuclear energy, it's always gotta be BIG...the bigger the more efficient. somehow i think there is a middle ground between the two. in our world now, we won't be able to be all out relocalization, or all out large scale, because being too local means you miss the bigger picture, and being too large scale means you miss the beauty of invidualism and diversity. maybe i'll find the answer as i continue along my journeys. (i've been telling ppl that i'm a mechanical engineer for all this time on the road...because a lot of ppl get all rattled up just hearing the world nuclear. and once they're rattled up, there's no end to their condemnations (is that a word?)).

one of these days i'll write a real post. i keep saying that, but really, it'll happen.