We caught the most awesome sunset on 280 on the way to San Francisco last evening. The sky took so many different hues ... the colors permeating the clouds hanging low, drifting over the lush green mountains of South Bay....the whole drive seemed almost magical.

One of the good things about moving to South Bay has been nearness of the beaches and the mountains of Santa Cruz. My feet have been itching to go out and hike. But life has been crowded of late. Organizing and priorititizing my life is proving to be a lot more difficult than it seemed it would be! I loved a stray comment on mefi that captured the conflicts:

"Every choice has a concomitant cost. The simple fact is, no one - man or woman - can have it all. No one gets it all. Every choice involved the sacrifice of all other possible options. You can have a successful career; you can have a fullfilling family life; but you are almost guaranteed to fail if you expect to have full measures of both.That's hard to accept, especially when we are bombarded with messages that tell us we can have it all. But we can't. Make smart decisions based on good information. Do what you think is right for you. But don't kid yourself. Self-delusion is the quickest path to disappointment ever invented." C'est vrai! .

On a different note: anyone who is still using Network Solutions should read about the Hoopla domain name hijack. That is just the latest outrage. Matt Haughey has a bigger rant on his weblog. The mefi thread on the subject lists a fair number of good domain name registers. I think people need to start voting with their wallets.