Today I went to lunch at Atlanta Bread Company. It was for the good grades I had just gotten on my latest report card. My parents wanted to thank me and stuff for working so hard in school. But I don't work hard. I wouldn't say I coasted either, but I feel that I don't deserve going out to lunch or dinner for it as we usually do.

For the health class that I'm taking online this semester (which is quite easy, by the way), I had to read this non-school-board web page: Improving Self-Esteem. It says that there are "THREE Faces of Low Self-Esteem." One of them follows.

Sounds like me. Maybe I don't have the best self-esteem, but at least I don't slit my wrists or write poetry.

High self-esteem or low, I went to lunch at this Atlanta Bread Company. I have to say, the place had a nice atmosphere, especially because there was hardly anyone there. The roll they gave me with my cream of baked potato soup was okay, but it was nothing to name your restaurant after. I also had a sandwich involving chicken, pesto sauce, tomatoes, and focaccia bread. It was very good. It should have come with pasta to top it off. I had iced tea to drink. It was revelation to me: not all iced tea is Lipton Brisk in a can. Needless to say, I found out I'm not a tea drinker.

Nice place, that ABC. I'd go there again.

I've played a little bit with stereograms after my last post, which prominently featured the topic. I even found out how you can make stereograms yourself. There is software specifically designed to do it, but the only information I could find about stereogram programs was over ten years old (darn the Internet!). I did find that you can make simple ones in a program like Photoshop. Here's one that I made (the solution is posted as a comment):

I've been able to make some slightly more complex ones, but like this one, they're plagued by the fact that I can't make the hidden image too wide, or your eyes won't be able to focus on it. Mine won't, anyway. Mine are probably like yours. Unless you need glasses or something.

Actually, whilst writing this (actually actually, whilst writing the bit below), I did find a pretty good looking program that actually seems to make good stereograms. I'm not sure if it's actually free, though. I'll actually have to try it out.

This guy is a Human Doormat. He claims to take anything you dish out on him. Stand on him. Wipe your feet. Have a seat, if you like. He'll stand it (well, not really). He'll also pay you $100 (US) an hour to trample him. The guy even has some $250 challenges.

I think he gets a bang out of being stood on, if you know what I mean. To each his own...