Just bought a camera....

Finally broke down and bought an SLR:

http://imaging.nikon.com/products/imaging/...r/d80/index.htm

Did a lot of research, talked with a few guys that are professional photographers, and the D80 was highly recommended. Bought that a 18-135mm Zoom Lens, and a Hoya lens filter kit.

The next step...learn how to take good pictures. LOL. J9 is really good, I just need a lot more practice I think.

Ford might sell Mazda shares

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...&refer=news


"Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co., after almost three decades as an investor in Japan's Mazda Motor Corp., is considering selling its controlling stake, a person familiar with the deliberations said.

A sale of the one-third holding in Mazda isn't certain, said the person, who asked not to be identified because no decision has been made. ``We do not want to comment on speculation,'' Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford said yesterday in a statement.

Unloading the stake would end an era in which the second- largest U.S. automaker used Mazda to help groom executives including its incoming finance chief and its current head of North American operations. Ford faces a mounting cash drain as the U.S. auto market sinks to the lowest levels since 1991. "

Fun stuff to do in Omaha?

I am in Omaha for 10 days on business. Is there anything to do out here but eat delicious steak??? Anyone been and/or live in the area???

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WTF is wrong with ppl

I'm coming back from half-moon bay on Sunday, taking 92 to 280 south-bound. Its a decently-fast on-ramp, pretty straight forward, not very tight at all. Theres this silver Mazdaspeed Miata in front me, he mis-judges the apex and drops 2 wheels on the inside sending rocks and dirt at my car. A large rock shattered the windshield and my hood (as I noticed after-the-fact) took a bruising. I catch up to the guy and get him to pull over. He walks over and I tell him:
"Hey, when you dropped your tires off in the dirt back there, you sent a hail of rocks at my car"
(no response)
"Look at my windshield, its shattered"
At this point, the guy totally changed expressions. He yells "you can't prove that" and immediately books it back to his car. I run behind the car and get a pic of his car and plate as he speeds away.
WTF was that? You know, if you do damage to someone's car (intentional or not) you have a duty to help cover the damage. I only wanted like 40 or 50 bucks to help cover the glass deductable. But since he chose to flee, im going to try and nail him. I filed a claim this morning and going after his insurance to cover all the damage. We'll see.

Pisses me off though. You do damage to someones property, be man and take care of your shit. I have the pic of his car, but im hesitant on posting on it public forum until the outcome is known.

Its the end of the world...Part Deux!

I finally did it:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda-RX-7-...sspagenameZWDVW



Onto a new project. Suggestions??