Inside The Perimeter

Waist Not, Want Not
Hmmm, it seems that I’ve become better at gaining weight than losing it. So, expect to see my (slimming) ass (although it’s really the waistline that needs work) walking more. I’ve devised a plan that in addition to working out more, I am going to see if I can get off Marta one stop (or more) away from my destination and walk the extra distance.

There’s Lovin In My Oven!
Wow, I saw a commercial the other day for a new Pillsbury product, Pillsbury Perfect Portions Biscuits. W00t!

I LOVE biscuits. I can make biscuits, but then wind up eating far too many. While I’d prefer my biscuits over Pillsbury’s, this is a good compromise for me.

Now Accepting Reservations For 2006
The observant of you will notice that I’ve already booked a concert for 2006. Alright, it’s not that far away when you consider that December 1st is tomorrow.

Much like my prediction that the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah show would sell out, I think this She Wants Revenge show will also sell out.

Speaking of CYHSH I heard from my friend Randy that NPR did a piece on them yesterday. Unfortunately, I heard his message this morning so I missed the piece. If anyone knows where I can get it, please let me know.

Is That A Video iPod In My Pocket Or Am I Happy To See You?
Perhaps both! Yes kiddies, my 60GB video iPod hath arrived! My entire music collection, podcasts, vidcasts, photos, all in my pocket. Oh my!

And for the Artsy Types in the crowd

“Another toy!” you say? Look, some of you find signficant others, take extravagent trips, get married, have kids, yadda, yadda, yadda. My inability to find love has afforded me to remain a child and continue to buy toys.

Psst Podcasts… Nobody Wants To Hear Commercials
I am getting frustrated at the number of podcasts that are starting to play commercials. I understand making podcasts costs money, and that people who are putting their hard work into making said podcasts want to get paid, but the reason that people hate commercial radio (and have adopted podcasts) is because they all sound the same and are blighted by commercials.

Unlike my beloved Dish Network DVR there is no concept of thirty-second skip in the podcast world either, so I am forced to listen to these annoying ads. Well, that will stop as of today, because I am going to stop listening to commercial-filled podcasts. I left the world of commercial radio behind, I can certainly do the same to podcasts.

Meet Me At The Graveyard
Eventhough I am as thick as a brick I will be attending the soft opening of the Graveyard Tavern in East Atlanta tonight. My little ‘hood has suffered of late, so I want to celebrate an opening instead of mourn a closing.

Come share a beer with me tonight, won’t you?

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - myWeight[January] + 5
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing The Rakes — “Work Work Work (Pub Club Sleep)”
Website Of The Day - Want to publish your Great American Novel (or buy somebody else’s)? You can do both at Lulu.

If you ever want a quick glance of the sites I’ve picked for my Websites Of The Day, you can check them out on del.icio.us, my user name is InsideThePerimeter (go figure), and they are all tagged as “blogged.”

Exercise (b)Log - nothing

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

This was the name of a game mentioned on the latest Five Hundy By Midnight podcast. The name of this game just cracks me up! I think you can figure out the game from the name…

Oh Macy’s Parade, Why Must You Now Suck?
I finally got around to watching my recording of this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. I used to love watching the parade on tv, but like everything else the tv executives have completely fucked it up. It’s way too commercial (a lot like trying to watch the World Series now) and has too many commercials (a lot like the rest of tv programming, but my PVR takes care of that). No even the presence of Hanna Storm (have I ever mentioned my love for Hannah, especially in her shorter-haired CNN days?) could get me to watch more than ten minutes before deleting the program from my hard drive.

There Is Trouble In The Land Of Meet The Hashers
We’ve been in a real funk lately. Last night I missed every sports question asked. Shit, one of the answers was my favorite basketball team, the NY Knicks, and I still didn’t know the answer.

We gathered last night at Johnny’s Pizza in Inman Park. Thankfully, the game had a substitute host who handled the game much better than the other guy. Unfortunately, we wagered it all on the final (sports) question and fell to the bottom of the barrel. Well, at least the food was good and cheap.

CD Pick Of The Week
I am going to play this game a little differently for a while, at least until there is something released that I feel is worth purchasing (hate The Darkness, INXS is no longer the real INXS and I have never been a Shakira listener).

Today I am going to recommend a CD that was released earlier in the year that you probably either never heard about, or didn’t think it was worth a purchase.

Therefore, today I suggest you give Grandaddy’s EP called “Excerpts from the Diary of Todd Zilla” a listen.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - prickly
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Ween — “Tastes Good On The Bun”
Website Of The Day - Get even more insight into the Mac World via the Non Stop Mac website.

If you ever want a quick glance of the sites I’ve picked for my Websites Of The Day, you can check them out on del.icio.us, my user name is InsideThePerimeter (go figure), and they are all tagged as “blogged.”

Exercise (b)Log - nothing, I watched a lot of football yesterday

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Hmm it doesn’t feel like I had any time off. Yesterday I had to be lazy just because I was on the go Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

I Ain’t Never Gonna Be A Redneck
“It looks like they have been whipped up into a frenzy.” That was Mike’s assessment of the rampid dancing, posturing and first pumping at Saturday night’s Drive By Truckers show. I couldn’t have agreed more.

I was astounded at the number of people who knew the lyrics to every song that was played. Seriously, hundreds of people are that knowledgeable about this band! I knew exactly one song that gets played on Sirius’ channel 26 (you know, the channel that I reference about 90% of the time).

Tag And Release
Sunday is laundry day. Imagine my surprise when I unfurled the running tights that I wore on Thursday’s half marathon only to find all of the tags still attached to it! That’s right, I ran for over two hours and never realized that the tags (including that piece of cardboard that tells you all about the moisture-wicking features) were there. Crazy.

Even worse was that this was the second time in a week this sort of thing happened to me. Earlier last week I inadverently set off the alarms at Target because the pants I had purchased at Old Navy had a security chip sewed into the inside of one of the legs. I only noticed the chip later that afternoon when I was digging through my pocket for change.

I Had A Dream
Last night I had a dream that my NY Jets won a football game. As a diehard fan I was obligated to watch last night’s game between the Jets and the Saints. However, the game quite literally put me to sleep, so the outcome of the game came to me in my sleep. Yes, I checked the score this morning and found out that it was really a dream because the Jets lost 21-19. Very sad.

On The Brighter Side Of Football
Anyone else see the ASSwhooping Florida applied to Florida State Saturday? W00t! It would have been nice for them to have done the same thing to South Carolina so that they would have won their half of the SEC, but victories over Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida State made for a half-decent season.

Bye Bye Mr. Miyagi
One of the sad bits of news I heard over the weekend was that Pat Morita died. Known by fans of 1980s movies as Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid series, I will also remember him in his roll of Arnold on Happy Days.

Wax on. Wax off.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - fat; already regretting breakfast
Current Music - none, listening to the Geek News Central podcast
Website Of The Day - Want to find out about bands that are similar to ones you already like? Try creating your own “station” at Pandora.

If you ever want a quick glance of the sites I’ve picked for my Websites Of The Day, you can check them out on del.icio.us, my user name is InsideThePerimeter (go figure), and they are all tagged as “blogged.”

Exercise (b)Log - nothing, I watched a lot of football yesterday

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

psst- the Apple Store is having a One-Day Sale (even online)

Marta N00bs Are So Precious
I love riding Marta with people who never have. They usually look like a deer in headlights when the try to figure out if the train arriving at Five Points is the one that they want. For some reason no one believed me when I tried to convince them that the North Springs train was a Men’s train and that the Doraville one was the train for Ladies (Of course I would get on that train and act as a Marta Ambassador).

Why Did My Feet Fail Me Now?
Say what you will about my (lack of) training, but I almost had a fantastic run yesterday. Buoyed by the crazy amount of good looking runners (read “girls”) I was tromping along at a great clip (for me)… until mile eleven. At the eleven-mile mark the arches of my feet were screaming bloody murder, forcing me to have to walk for a little while.

In the end I finished, not as quickly as I desired, but far from last as well. The beer I had packed for the end made the journey worth it…

And Then The Feasting Began
After crashing hard from the run and the beer consumed thereafter, I awoke to shower and go out to have a great Thanksgiving dinner. For the last five years my friends Stacey and Andy have invited me to their house for Thanksgiving dinner. These kids know how to serve up a Thanksgiving feast!

Oh, and remember those Thanksgiving Jones Sodas I blogged about here? Stacey and Andy also purchased a pack and we sampled them as apertifs. I thought that they were all rather disgusting…

Normally dinner is followed by my annual PS2 Madden ass-whooping (my ass gets whooped). Luckily for me this year dinner was followed by a dog walk and watching of Pirates of the Caribbean (mmmm Keira Knightly).

For as many years as I have been hashing there has also been a huge “Thanksgiving orphans” gathering which occurs out in Tucker. Each year I hope to rally late and make it over for a nightcap and dessert, but last night as in the past I was too tired to make an appearance.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - my feet hurt
Current Music - none, watching tv
Website Of The Day - Want to see who’s selling what today? Go to the Black Friday ads website.

If you ever want a quick glance of the sites I’ve picked for my Websites Of The Day, you can check them out on del.icio.us, my user name is InsideThePerimeter (go figure), and they are all tagged as “blogged.”

Exercise (b)Log - running 13.1 miles, 2 hours 12 minutes
Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

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Things For Which I Am Thankful: Part 3
Probably the thing I am most thankful for is the large number of friends I have. Without their friendship and support things in my life would be a lot different.

Beard On!
Arrr, I am returning to Brown(+grey) Beard the pirate! So friends, when you see me looking disheveled, fear not because I’ve not lost my job (as of today at least), and I may not be on a drinking bender.

At least having a beard can’t dimish the regularity of getting dates.

My Last Trip To The Mall This Year…
Was taken via Marta no less!

I jumped off of Marta at Buckhead last night and walked to Lenox Mall. It was quite a fun experience, actually. For a second it was like I was living in a city that was not in love with the automobile. Unfortunately I didn’t see anything I wanted (to buy, at least). However I did eat one of my standard dinners, chinese food out of a styrofoam box.

I used to love going to the mall and people (read “girl”) watch. However, in the last decade or so this seems to depress me more than entertain me, so I have a habit of avoiding the mall during the Christmas buying season. Since I rarely have Christmas gifts to buy, this has never really been a hardship.

If You Are Looking For A Xbox360…
Good Luck!

In addition to checking at GameStop in the mall, I walked to Target and CompUSA at lunchtime yesterday. To be honest, I wasn’t really looking for a Xbox360, but I figured that if I happened to stumble across one, I’d buy it. Ironically, my misfortune of not finding one helped me from spending a fortune.

More Marta Hopping
Today I’ll be hopping off the train in order to pick up my half-marathon packet at Colony Square before heading over to George’s bar for my tradition pre-Thanksgiving beer.

I am debating on whether to walk from Colony Square to the Highlands, and then in turn walk to my car after drinking. More than likely I’ll walk back to the train station from Colony Square so that I don’t have the long walk back to my car late at night.

And If You Are On The Roads…
Please be careful out there. As can be imagined, there will be many more cars on the road over the next few days (more cars on Atlanta’s highways is almost not comprehensible to me). Prepare for longer commute times and remember to always look out for the other guy because he or she are probably not looking out for you.

And for those of you who are in countries which are not celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow, have a great Thursday!

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - afraid tomorrow’s thirteen miles will hurt badly
Current Music - none, listening to the Mac Geek Gab podcast
Website Of The Day - The History Channel’s history of Thanksgiving.

If you ever want a quick glance of the sites I’ve picked for my Websites Of The Day, you can check them out on del.icio.us, my user name is InsideThePerimeter (go figure), and they are all tagged as “blogged.”

Exercise (b)Log - nothing; why start training for tomorrow’s half-marathon now?

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

I need a project. I know how to program (C is my (rusty) speciality, but I can easily relearn C++ and wouldn’t mind kicking the tires of PHP). No, I am not looking for a new job, but to rekindle a hobby with the interaction of nerds. [look, I've given up on finding a girlfriend/wife, so why shouldn't I promote my inner geek]

Things For Which I Am Thankful: Part 2
I am thankful that the phrase “buy new 60GB iPod is on my To-Do list for today.” I am finally fed up with trying to figure out what music I want to carry with me, and with this new purchase I’ll be able to carry it all (along with podcasts, video and photos). I just wish that my To-Do list also contained an entry for “Pick up new XBOX 360.”

Things For Which I Am Sad: Part 1
Somebody (finally?) stole the push broom I keep in my carport. It saddens me that I have lock down or hide anything I want to keep (for the record other then the carjackking I have now had an umbrella taken from my front porch as well).

While the broom was standing in plain view next to my trash cans, it was in a darkenend carport so I wonder if someone saw it from the street, or had walked up to my door to check out my house as well. I am considering buying some security cameras. Sad indeed.

For All Yea Who Need To Buy Used CDs On Monday
One of my favorite used CD haunts, Decatur CD is now open on Mondays through the end of the year. You can tell Warren that I sent you, but he’ll have no idea who the hell you are talking about.

The Dark Days Of CD Releases
Yuck! Look who’s trying to peddle new warez today

• Enya
• Talib Kweli
• Mendoza Line
• System Of A Down

I am sure I’ll pass on buying these ‘gems’ many times…

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - eh
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Ted Leo and the Pharamacists — “Ted Balgeary, Balgury Is Dead”
Website Of The Day - She’s very pretty and she blogs about hockey, why wouldn’t I pick Elisha Cuthbert’s Blog as my Website Of The Day.

If you ever want a quick glance of the sites I’ve picked for my Websites Of The Day, you can check them out on del.icio.us, my user name is InsideThePerimeter (go figure), and they are all tagged as “blogged.”

Exercise (b)Log - nothing (the poison ivy from last week is driving me nuts!)

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

I hope I don’t die typing this, I just drank some milk forgetting that I was supposed to wait two hours after ingesting my medication (I made it an hour and a half).

Things For Which I Am Thankful: Part 1
I am thankful that I am not lactose intolerant. I can’t imagine having to avoid milk and ice cream as well as all of the other goodies America’s Dairyland provides us.

A Tale Of Two Numbers
I have been a NetBank customer for sometime. Friday I called them to ask a question, but instead of calling their 888 number I accidentally transposed two numbers. Instead of NetBank I was alarmed to get a pornography hotline instead. I kid you not. Send me a private email if you are interested in trying this out for yourself…

Why Must We Keep Changing The Nickel?
I received two nickels in change today. One of the nickels was the new and improved(?) 2005 nickel.

Why do we keep changing our change? Has there been a rash of counterfeit nickels hitting the streets that I have not heard about?

To All Of You I Ignored The Weekend
Sorry, I needed to do some soul searching.

And One Way I Got Better This Weekend
On Saturday I made what could be my last trip to Masquerade. I went to see a band called Piebald (who put on the great show I had predicted), but what I got treated to was even better.

Did I talk to one of the many attractive, but waaaay to young girls? No.
Did I get free beer? No.

I saw the revival of heavy metal in the form of the band Valient Thorr. These guys were so fucking rockin’ that I was inspired to buy their cd at the show. Even better, each member came on stage with a denim jacket with the sleeves cut off and their logo stitched on the back.

Oh, did I mention that they hail from the planet Venus?

I was just the spirit-lifting experience I needed (and I might have been the only one in the room old enough to remember the heyday of Judas Priest and Iron Maiden).

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - working my way back to normality (I know that’s not a word)
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing The Vaselines — “Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam”
Website Of The Day - Instructable is a website to help you learn how to do neat projects.

If you ever want a quick glance of the sites I’ve picked for my Websites Of The Day, you can check them out on del.icio.us, my user name is InsideThePerimeter (go figure), and they are all tagged as “blogged.”

Exercise (b)Log - nothing (the poison ivy from last week is driving me nuts!)

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

You probably don’t need to read my drivel today. Hope your world is better…

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - shitty
Current Music - nothing, listening to ‘Call For Help’ on tv
Website Of The Day - Go see some cool Photoshopped photos at Worth 1000.

If you ever want a quick glance of the sites I’ve picked for my Websites Of The Day, you can check them out on del.icio.us, my user name is InsideThePerimeter (go figure), and they are all tagged as “blogged.”

Exercise (b)Log - nothing

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Pecans, that is. In an effort to get free pecans as well as deprive squirrels of food I have been trawling my driveway for pecans lately. I love pecans and the fact that my propery contains a mature tree pleases me.

I Had A Dream, It Was An Awesome Dream
There is a small plot of land between I-20 and Memorial Drive on a street called Maynard Terrace that has had some construction activity occurring on it lately. (btw- this is not the first time someone has thought about developing that lot) Today as I drove by on my way to Marta I dreamed that the current builder was going to build a Waffle House on that space. Oh, that would make me so happy! Currently I have to drive to the one on Cheshire Bridge near I-85 to get a Waffle House fix. Sure, the Majestic works for me, but sometimes I’d much rather have Waffle House.

If I can’t get a Waffle House fewer than four miles from my house soon then I say that the terrorists have won.

Will Somebody Buy The Kids A Belt?
One of the many fashion statements that I don’t understand (oh, I am old) is the wearing of pants so baggy that they hang down and you have to walk like you are toting a load of shit. If I only saw this fashion statemtent rarely I’d assume the kid had lost a lot of weight and I would be happy for him; I know better.

I am sure that I did a lot of stupid things in my youth as well. I am glad that this sort of pant wearing was not one of them.

It’s A Phone, Not A Walkie Talkie
I am puzzled by the people who feel it it necessary to move their cell phone to the front of their mouth in order to talk into it. Perhaps if they lowered their voice when talking it might make sense, but they never do! Why people? Why?

Might Be Taking the Me Out Of Meetup Tonight
Tonight is the monthly meetup of the Atlanta Bloggers Who Get Together To Drink (see a link to the site as well as last month’s attendees over there —>). Tonight the meetup will occur at Limerick Junction in the Highlands. I “like” Limerick, but I don’t “like-like” Limerick — especially when that guy gets up and sings , making it impossible to hold a conversation (I know, that’s why people go to Limerick).

With my current mood and my feelings about Limerick I am not sure that I am going to attend. We’ll see, maybe I’ll need a drink later and find my way there…

Fifty-Two Titles, Sony Is The Joker
Fear that your computer has been infected by Sony? Go here to see the current list of cd titles that Sony has fessed up to having their ill-fated copy protection.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - I am depressed; at least the sun is out
Current Music - nothing, listening to the Geek News Central podcast
Website Of The Day - Readers of this space know that I like cartoons and animations. Cartoon Stock has an extensive collection of cartoons from over 290 world-wide cartoonists.

If you ever want a quick glance of the sites I’ve picked for my Websites Of The Day, you can check them out on del.icio.us, my user name is InsideThePerimeter (go figure), and they are all tagged as “blogged.”

Exercise (b)Log - nothing

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]