I refuse to assign an oracular status to professional blog critics; I read what I like, not what has been well-reviewed.

I periodically meet up with my readers of this site. This happed this last Sunday when James Baker, who happened to be a few hours away from my house in a small town in Pennsylvania decided to dive over to my place and say hi. Actually, my roommate and I wanted to give him a box of goodies for him to take on his trip to visit Meegan, Eric’s sister, in Panama where he is headed, starting tomorrow, in a early eighties Rabbit VW filled with trail building tools where he will build a better path to the local waterfall for all to enjoy.

But here he was, in my house complaining about the frequency of my postings. Why no, I have not made my sand and box sound effects yet. Why no, the Allen tartan site is not up yet – it’s damn close, by the way. And yes, I am a slacker for not writing more. I promise to do better. Really, I do. I just need to find some sand…

Have you ever contemplated which is better, Outside or Backpacker? I do this on a monthly basis thanks to my parents hooking me up with a subscription (Thanks M&D!). Backpacker wins hands down. I think that I am going hiking soon, hopefully this month or next. A camping collective may form soon. TBA. A possible goal: Canada by foot. If you are interested, be in touch.

Well folks, I have to get back to work. There is code that needs to be coded, a job that, thankfully, never seems to be done. I won’t bore you with the details.

Soon. I will talk to you soon. Really, I will.