LexisNexis, defined in its own words on Wikipedia:

LexisNexis claims to be the “world’s largest collection of public records, unpublished opinions, forms, legal, news, and business information”

But check out what it is like to actually use the system:

Our Sheriff’s department uses it (along with other services by the same company), and it’s downright scary the ammount of stuff they can pull.

Want all the blue and gray SUV’s that have a 9 and an F within a 100 mile radius of a given location? It can pull that up. Want to find out if a particular person has ANY connection to the owner of that vehicle. It can do that. As a demonstration it was able to connect our sherrif to a woman that his wife had been roomates with over 20 years ago (before they were even married).

It was astonishing how much information it could coordinate on any person in the room that we plugged into it.

I wonder what they know about me. Then again, Facebook and the internet probably make their job pretty simple for my generation.

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Paging Sagert Sheets. Sagert Sheets to the tumbledry front desk — heard anything about this? ‘Energy boosting’ eel drink goes on sale for Japan’s hot summer:

A canned drink called “Unagi Nobori,” or “Surging Eel,” made by Japan Tobacco Inc., hit the nation’s stores this month just ahead of Japan’s annual eel-eating season, company spokesman Kazunori Hayashi said Monday.

“It’s mainly for men who are exhausted by the summer’s heat,” Hayashi said of the beverage, believed to be the first mass-produced eel drink in Japan.

Mykala sent me an email about it, asking if you knew anything — it certainly piqued my curiosity. Your input and deep Japanese reservoirs of understanding are requested. Thank you.

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Here’s a comment by Ryan from a few years back that I ran across today:

“haha, Emerson is such an under used punchline.”

Stuff like that is essentially why I keep writing here and refining the website. Good times.

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This a bit (didn’t bring the wide angle lens!) of our fantastic digs in Barcelona — modern, quiet, cool — a great place to relax after a long day of touring.

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