Café Culture: Odd Observation #4281

Sometimes I take a few minutes to stop and slow things down a little. This usually involves a few minutes (ok, hours) at a local coffee house (no link, their local, remember?). There is seldom a shortage of people watching options, but today a couple of guys out front on the ‘smoker’s bench’ are messing around with a military sniper-style periscope. Not something you see everyday. Ok, not something you see any day. With luck I can ‘periscope’ my phone camera around the corner and record their oddness for all to see.

IT Expo Trade Show Bag Give-Away Contest

Update: The bad has been awarded. The Haiku with the most votes is No. 15.

On a lark, I ran a quick contest via e-mail in the office to see who might be interested in aquiring the promotional shoulder bag / laptop bag that the fine folks at IT Expo gave to all delegates and speakers.

Since I have collected my fair share of these over the years, I thought it wise (or at least kind) to pawn-off give away the bag. There was a catch, of course. Anyone who wanted the bag had to respond with a 俳句 (or はいく) (Haiku). Everyone would get a chance to vote on the best Haiku, with the bag being awarded to the ‘best’ as determined by anyone who wanted to vote.

So without further delay, here are this year’s 2005 IT Expo MiamiSwag1 Bag Haiku entries:
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