View From the Bushes

I love to go hiking, or even better backpacking, but unfortunately I haven't been able to go backpacking for several years and hiking is a pretty infrequent occurance as well. There are times when you'll be backpacking and you'll hit some hill, and before you know it that 50 lb. pack is really starts to cut into your shoulders. But as you look ahead you can see the summit. It's so close. But when you get there it turns out it was a false summit. There is yet another "apparent" summit still farther on. That's what it's like to have to publish something every ten days.

You get up to the summit. You get the adventure out the door, and you think "Ahhh, time for some well deserved rest. Maybe I'll sit down and read the new Harry Potter book this weekend. Wait a second the next adventure is due a week from Wednesday, which means I'm not going to get a weekend, so much for Potter..." In other words all of the summits are false and the hike never ends, and then hallucination sets in (which my wife believes is very evident in a few recent VFB entries.

Actually overall it's going pretty well. Like I said I enjoy backpacking, even if it's only methaphorical. In other news it looks like I finally about ready to switch VFB over to some actual blogging software (Moveable Type for those that are curious). I would expect that the switch will happen sometime tonight or tommorrow. Besides providing a nicer layout it will also give you the ability to express your displeasure, I can hardly wait.

Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero,
Ross