My day job has had me so busy the past few weeks that I haven’t been able to put many blog posts out. Now that I’m off work for a few days, I find I don’t know where to start.
How about the ever-important question of looking cool? Not being cool, mind you — as a self-described geek I think actually being cool is probably out of the question. But looking cool can be achieved so long as we’re clear that by “looking cool” we mean “taking steps to ensure that I look somewhat less dorky than I would have otherwise.”
That goal is achievable.
Take bicycle helmets, for example. I bought a new one today. Let’s compare. Here’s the old one:
Here’s the new one:
I mean, the new one is cooler, right? I think I’ll kind of look like the Silver Surfer cutting through the mountain trails with that helmet on.
And there, you see, is our big problem. Some would argue that there is no coolness to be found anywhere in any reference to Silver Surfer whatsoever. But more up-to-date hipsters (See? I’m hopeless) would probably argue that there is something reasonably cool about this:
…but something very sad indeed about this:
No, seriously, brace yourselves.
I’m not kidding.
Ready, then?
