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By way of a response to 007Ben, I’m posting here on Vox.

I used to run my own blog using wordpress, I had a custom layout and wrote my own plug ins and had a great time of it.  I used a paid hosting service to run it and I was in total control of the blog.  This meant that my own web space was in my control and that I could control who read my blog.  This meant that beyond the odd friend who found it, hardly anyone visited the damn thing.    I could point to Google and see that I was the number-one site for NiteMayr and usually “Kevin Wardrop” but it didn’t translate into visitors.  I wrote in my blog to share with the world; caring or not.

I don’t have a private life anymore, not really.  I share myself on Twitter and my blog, I syndicate all of this on my webspace (http://live.nitemayr.com) I have a personal web space, true;  but that is based off publicly available links from Digg, delicious and various other sources.   I leave a digital trail about 10 miles wide and do not care who knows what about me.  I have no secrets.

I share Ben’s qualms about being spread across too many places, but isn’t that what our new social lifestyle is all about?  The web lets us share ourselves in so many ways, and we control the message.

I think that sums it up, while I share myself, I control the message.

As I arrived at the office this morning, I was shocked to see a strange reflection looking back at me as I swiped into the building.  Something was wrong with my reflection!  It was the wrong color and I was taller!Uh, it wasn’t me.  There was another fat guy on the other side of the door, and for whatever reason he mirrored my movements on the other side of the door.  Strange.

So, Spider-Man 3; what to say about it?

First the negatives:  It’s very very cheesy.  Nacho Cheese Cheesy.  From the stupid “wolf walk” scene with Tobey, to the Flag scene later in the film, it’s chock full of cheese.  Small children will enjoy the easy-to-read jokes that are splayed about in this film.  In a movie that is supposed to be about the Dark Side of Spider-Man, we are  laughing alot.

The fight scenes were great, and the big redemption scene was sufficiently emotional.  Tobey turns in a good EMO-Peter performance (if any reader was at the showing I was at, I was the guy who called out “Now I’m EMO!!!” when the big hairstyle change came down, you’re welcome).

It was predictable, and cheesy; but I won’t hesitate to buy it when it comes to DVD and I will recommend it as family viewing, as it is clearly a family film.

If I was a reviewer, I’d give it a thumbs up, if only for the popcorn movie factor.

If money were no object, which five luxury items would you rush right out and buy?
Submitted by lorilyn.

1. The Entire Warner Brothers and Sony Pictures Back Catalog
2. A new Home for my family, and pay off future taxes ad infinitum.
3. A Set of Tablet/Convertible laptops for my whole circle of friends and Family.
4. A new car (just new, I haven’t ever owned a new car)
5. A prepaid plane travel voucher (fly for free to anywhere forever)

I had a good workout yesterday, 2 miles on the elliptical machine (28 minutes) a quarter mile uphill at a run on the treadmill (nearly killed me) lifted weights (20 reps 80-100 pounds) and crunches and leg lists (as many as I could do in 15 minutes).

After supper, I wanted to do some nice partial crunches, to work the upper abdominal a bit as they didn’t feel as worked out as the rest of my gut.  NiteGirl would not let me, she went so far as sitting on my chest to stop me.  I ended up doing them with her on my waist, but it was annoying that she was stopping me from getting exercise I need.

Her point was that I was working too hard (I didn’t feel too tired or sore to do it, why not) but she relented to let me get some exercise.  She got some too, and apparently fell asleep later on.  I fell dead asleep soon after she was done.