Out of the Wilderness

Why do hackers send Facebook friend requests? This question crossed my mind the other day and I chuckled at how friendly and harmless their attacks are. I wondered why they do something so benign. It doesn’t come across aggressive, mean, or evil. Then it hit me: that’s why they do it! Something that seems harmless is their way to steal data… I guess. 

Honestly, I get more messages from the real friends that say “please don’t accept any friend requests from me, I’ve been hacked” than I get the actual fake requests. 

Does anyone know why hackers go about it this way? Even if we were to accept these requests, what info do they get? It seems like they might get an email address, maybe a birthday date. Is it really worth their while to go about it in such a mild manner? 

-Out of the Wilderness

I don’t know if Taylor Swift deserves the full blame for this, but somewhere in my subconscious there’s an image of Taylor in high-waisted shorts (or high-rise, if that’s the proper term for them), and ever since she wore them in public women everywhere have been wearing them in public.

Then somewhere along the way I heard that women don’t wear clothes to impress men, they wear clothes to impress other women. For my own sanity, I must think this high-waisted nonsense is a great example because they’re just so unattractive to me as a straight, woman-loving man.

Any guy that says he loves the style is one of two things: lying or gay.

I guess you should take this post not as a judgement of a trend that absolutely is evil and must be destroyed, but as a two-way discussion where even when the discussion is over I’ll still hate the high-waisted pants.

Men reading this, what are your thoughts? Women, please chime in with your thoughts, as well! While I most likely won’t be convinced that anyone looks good in these, I’m open to a discussion where it will end with me still hating the high-waisted pants.

Thanks for stopping by!

-Out of the Wilderness

I was recently in north Florida for an annual family reunion and every year it’s amazing. We meet at a beach on the Gulf Coast to enjoy things like food, water sports, games, movies, conversations, and so much more. This particular week seemed to fly by and in fact, I can’t believe it’s already been a few days since the last day of that vacation. I know they say time flies when you’re having fun but seriously, it didn’t just fly by, it broke the sound barrier! There’s another popular quote about vacations: I need a vacation from my vacation. This is sometimes true for a lot of us, I’m sure, but when I return to Nashville from these Florida vacations, life slows down quite a bit mostly because I leave a house of 16 people and 6 dogs arriving to a house with 1 person and 2 dogs. Naturally there is a lot less activity.

My house is still “under the weather” because of a storm that came through town last month. From that storm, I was in need of a new A/C unit, backyard fence, and a roof. So yeah, just little details 😉

The A/C unit was replaced the day after I returned from vacation so now I’m focusing on the other 2 areas that need attention. I went from wakeboarding, skiing, fishing, and playing on the beach to phone calls, meetings, estimates, and loud noises under and around my house.

So I guess it’s no surprise that transitioning back to real life can be annoying. While I did do some work during the vacation, responsibilities have ramped back up to regular adult levels since returning home. I guess that’s the struggle, isn’t it? It’s also why vacations are part of our lives. We need time away from our usual schedules to just relax, enjoy time with family or friends, and give our bodies and minds a break from our routine existence. Although, I’ll admit I love my routine existence. 🙂

Anyway, I’m back from Florida after having an amazing week with my family. I’ve already put up a few posts about the trip like this one and this one, but be on the lookout for more in the coming days!

-Out of the Wilderness