I'm still alive and I'm thriving! I have a desire to resume blogging, but that evidently is not enough. :-) In the meantime, I'm mircoblogging with Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/broomeman and I'm active on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/broomeman.

I've posted a few new snapshots, here.

Here are two recent snapshots of me and my family.

Photos from a pig roast that I attended, here.

The new Tarantino film is receiving good reviews, so far. I enjoyed his last film, 'Death Proof', and I'm hoping this new film will be as good as many critics are saying it is.

MetaCritic Reviews: http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/inglouriousbasterds

Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/weinstein/inglouriousbasterds/

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John Ellis got his first haircut yesterday. Then, we attended the Watermelon Festival in Mize, MS.

Photo are here: Watermelon Festival Photos.

Get 50% off the coming retail price of Windows 7, by pre-ordering now.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy/offers/pre-order.aspx

I'm really enjoying Ryan Adams' latest album, Cardinology.

I've uploaded a few new photos of Olivia and John Ellis.

I've uploaded a few snapshots from today.

You can now download the finished version of Internet Explorer 8.

The Economist: How to Stop the Drug Wars

"Legalisation would not only drive away the gangsters; it would transform drugs from a law-and-order problem into a public-health problem, which is how they ought to be treated. Governments would tax and regulate the drug trade, and use the funds raised (and the billions saved on law-enforcement) to educate the public about the risks of drug-taking and to treat addiction. The sale of drugs to minors should remain banned. Different drugs would command different levels of taxation and regulation. This system would be fiddly and imperfect, requiring constant monitoring and hard-to-measure trade-offs. Post-tax prices should be set at a level that would strike a balance between damping down use on the one hand, and discouraging a black market and the desperate acts of theft and prostitution to which addicts now resort to feed their habits."

An update for Firefox was released yesterday. Please update your copy.

Trailer: Public Enemies - This is a trailer for Michael Mann's John Dillinger movie, starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale. Looks great.

Microsoft Said Shipping Windows 7 in September

"Microsoft could have Windows 7 on shipping PCs by September, Compal president Ray Chen said today at an investor's conference. The PC contractor executive understands from plans that the software should be available in either late September or early October. The news would corroborate word of an April release candidate that would let Microsoft finish, manufacture and deliver Windows 7 well ahead of the holidays."

Popular Mechanics: How to Make Your Computer Boot Faster