Well, Valentine's day both on and offline went wonderful. The sad thing is, I can really say that's the extent of the excitement in my life right now. I only get to see Tessa every so often, and so time with her becomes a number one priority. And so this last weekend we celebrated our Val-ni-tie-nersary... or something. A word to the wise, asking someone out the day after Valentines, while romantic and cute, will make for a bit of stress when trying to plan for something a year later also romantic and cute. And by a bit of stress, I mean ideas had been floating through my head since November. Hopeless romantic much?
I've been meaning to write about my daily drive to work a lot, but never seem to have the energy. It's about an hour up from Monterey to the office, and the ability to travel at strange hours certainly helps with avoiding rush hour traffic. On the drive up, just North of Morgan Hill though is a very peculiar overpass. It stands out not because there is no easy onramp, but instead because of the flag that hangs from it every day. And by hangs I mean stuck on a crude pole, and by every day, I mean to the point it has began to tater and is never taken down at night. The primary reason this bothers me is not the patriotism, but instead the sheer neglect for proper flag care. According to the American Legion (a very good source on things such as the American Flag):
bq. The Flag Code states it is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flag staffs in the open. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed twenty-four hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness. The American Legion interprets proper illumination" as a light specifically placed to illuminate the flag (preferred) or having a light source sufficient to illuminate the flag so it is recognizable as such by the casual observer. -- "American Legion Flag Code
It isn't lit at night, and the poor thing has been beaten by the elements for almost four months. This annoys me every bit as much as the yellow ribbons and flag stickers that saturate cars here in California. Perhaps they are good intentioned, perhaps they felt they needed to belong. However, the lack of motivation to inform one's self is ultimately more disrespectful in the end.
For the curious, the Felocity.org redesign is almost done. I'm working on building the CSS and applying the images to the layout. It's taken a bit longer than I really wanted it to. I suppose there's a direct connection between that, work, and the new RECCA Con web site. The new layout makes use of a modification to the Suckerfish Dropdowns and uses PHP for some rotating image effects. I'm very pleased with the end result.
In response to "Flag Code Seems Ignored on Hwy 101":
A little advice from someone who’s lived in the bay area before: 101 SUCKS!!! if you can bypass it even by getting off it and driving on streets, it would probably be faster