It took me two weeks to write this? Hmm, I guess it did

For the next week, Crumpler is accepting beer in lieu of cash for their bags. I imagine it doesn't apply for mail order, which is too bad but also not too bad because they're really specific about the beers they want and the bags you can get for them. Fr'instance, for a case of Sapporo and a bottle of soy sauce you can get a Moderate Embarrassment (not to be confused with the Considerable Embarrassment or the Dreadful Embarrassment).

At a show recently I was critiquing the bands based on looks. A friend asked if I "played for both teams"; apparently some people are suspicious of a heterosexual man being able to judge another man's looks. Personally, I think it's just Aesthetics: The Game Anyone Can Play(TM). But looking at the Crumpler site, it occurs to me that I do like bags.

I think it's what the bags signify. A bag conveys two messages:

1. I own stuff.
2. I have somewhere to go.

(The popular corollary "My stuff needs to come with me to my destination" is largely nonsensical and is herewith dismissed.)

I bought a new garment bag recently. I do love my roll-up garment bag, but its claim that it meets the size specifications for carry-on luggage was a total lie. If I'm going to have to check a garment bag, then it might as well be one that can fit more than two suits. Oh, and as for its claim that "SkyRoll was designed to carry enough clothing for trips up to three day"? That's only true if you're visiting a nudist resort AND if you're going to wear the same clothes on the trip back that you did on the trip there. Good luck with the latter; most nudist resorts have lousy laundry facilities.