Inside The Perimeter

I’m not sure why, but every time I think of this t-shirt

it just cracks me up!

The folks over at Busted Tees have a lot of great t-shirts. If I didn’t already own fifty-plus t-shirts I might consider a purchase.

Couching Tiger
My coworkers (the most likely culprits) have finally passed the Community Cold to me. It started yesterday and because I didn’t want to admit I wasn’t feeling well, I went to work anyway. Last night when I arrived home I cranked the heat to 65F and snuggled up on the couch with a warm iBook and the tv all night long. Leaving the warmth of the couch was only allowable to answer the phone (until I got smart enough to put the phone within arm’s reach, which occurred after missing a call or two), or potty time. I fucking love wireless internet access!!!

Feeling Clever Punk?
Seems like my friend Maigh (sure, she can’t be your friend too) has a kickball team that has been plagued by a bad name. She seeks your assistance in helping her rename her team. If you fancy yourself as a clever lad/lass go see if you can help out. Be forewarned that through the power of DayQuil I have come up with some badass suggestions. And don’t even think about suggesting “Maigh’s Plague” unless you want her to personally kick your ass.

For The Truly Observant
You’ll notice a change in the “Listening Skills Required” section. I have bagged the idea of going over to Birmingham and running the half-marathon. Instead I have chosen to purchase a ticket for the Andrew Bird show at Eyedrum on February 11th. Maybe I’ll go completely crazy and eat at Daddy D’z BBQ Joint that night as well. You can’t stop me!

CD Pick Of The Week
For som reason the normal cd release news outlets I normally use to make my pick don’t mention that She Wants Revenge releases their cd today. Shame on them!

If you are into their music as much as I have been, then make sure to check out their show at The EARL on February 21st. I’ll be there so you know that the show won’t completely suck.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - home, resting, dreaming of you (females need only apply)
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Matt Pond PA — “Several Arrows Later”
Website Of The Day - With a name like Neatorama you know it has to be good.

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 - none, haven’t you read today’s post?
Weekly Weigh-In - I sat on the scale while on the couch, but couldn’t see around my ass to read the number.

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Oh the horrors to wake up on Monday morning to find that you cannot connect to the internet. Much like ATMs I cannot imagine a life without my DSL. I can’t go back. No, I won’t go back.

Maybe They Should Be Called ‘Foolgle’?
Good Ole Haiku Lou brought this to my attention (via Kat’s blog comments). How’s that for namedropping?

Go to Google and into their search box type the word failure and see what it returns.

Oh the nerve of Google! How Dare They? How can they list Michael Moore so high in their search results! (discuss)

Running In Circles. Uphill. Both Ways.
Yesterday the Sunday morning running group ran a sick, twisted, Escher-like ~6 mile course. I suppose I should be thankful that my legs are strong enough to drag my fat ass (okay, fat belly) up hills, but somehow I wasn’t that thankful yesterday. The 16.9 ounce Bass Ale cans (oh, the humanity!) awaiting my return were the only thing keeping me going. As a testament to my love of beer I even ran past a Waffle House without stopping in. And by now you should know that I loves me some Waffle House.

Somehow I think the workout was lost with the beer, bagels w/cream cheese, eggs, and that Biggie Sized Wendy’s #6 combo I picked up on the way back to mi casa.

Some eat to live. I live to eat (and drink).

TV Worth (Re)Pimping
I am pretty sure that I have mentioned the hilarity that is Drawn Together. I love this cartoon. Now keep in mind that

• I have a sick sense of humor
• I am hard to offend
• I have watched enough RealityTV to get some of the subtle humor

If you are of a similar mindset and have yet to start watching Drawn Together, you are missing out on a great series. I even own Season One on dvd.

Speaking Of DVD Collections
I have a sizeable cd collection, but by anyone’s standards my dvd collection is small. This is intentional. I don’t really understand owning dvds because unlike music I rarely want to play the dvd more than once. My collection consists of a couple of “standards” that I can watch at any time (”This is Spinal Tap” for instance), and animation (mostly Christmas related). Why would I want to purchase a show like “Alias” on dvd? Don’t get me wrong, I like the Jennifer Garner as much as the next guy, but I still don’t need to own her tv series on dvd.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - swollen from the large breakfast I ate today
Current Music - none specifically, listening to the “KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic” podcast
Website Of The Day - More Music! More Playlists! All from the kids at WebJay.

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, ~6 miles
Weekly Weigh-In - tomorrow, tomorrow, I’ll get on the scale tomorrow

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Okay, it will really be twenty years ago tomorrow that the space shuttle Challenger went boom. Half my life ago I was going to play racquetball at Kangaroo Courts in Clearwater, Florida when I stopped to watch the Challenger’s ascent; and then it all went away. Remember Richard Feynman, the man I referred to when I brought up the topic of Tuvan Throat Singing recently? He was on the panel that concluded that it was the O-Rings which were the culprit for the disaster.

It is my belief that the Challenger disaster is my generation’s Kennedy Assassination.

Why No iTunes For Linux?
Today I am bothered by the fact that Apple has not released a version of iTunes for Linux. (Linux hatas can STFU right now). OS X, Apple’s current operating system, is built on top of a UNIX subsystem so it seems to me that this should not be a monumental effort.

Maybe it’s just me…

I Hate Prescriptions
I am currently taking medication which requires a prescription to be filled. I hate having to go to a pharmacist to get the prescription filled. I always feel like I am being judged by the pharmacist because they know for which ailments specific medications are prescribed. Before you get all excited to leave a snarky comment,

• no, it’s not for erectile dysfunction
• no, it’s not an anti-depressant

Why would I need to go to a pharmacy for these, I get plenty of SPAM offering me these products at “redikulously l0w rates”.

Sony Rootkit Updated/Removed(?)
Last night I purchased My Morning Jacket’s “Z” CD. “Z” was found near the top of many critics’ “Top CDs of 2005″ lists, but unfortunately it was also found on the list of CDs which were populated by Sony’s Rootkit software. I think when I get to ripping it (in 192kbps no less) this weekend I’ll try to remember the whole “press the Shift key while inserting the CD” workaround to attempt to thwart the rootkit.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - hollow, but not light
Current Music - none, listening to the “KFI the Tech Guy” podcast
Website Of The Day - It’s Friday. Go check out some great animation at Squetch.Com. Specifically, you should check out one of Channel Frederator’s “Top 5 of ‘05″ picks Everyone’s Had More Sex Than Me music video.

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 - nuttin’

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

As proven by Maigh’s Throwdown yesterday I am not really Mensa material. Hell, I can’t even take credit for the title for today’s entry. I ripped that off from an article in Computerworld.

Is That The Sound Of Crickets I Hear?
Astonishingly yesterday’s beer-inspired rant scared everyone away from commenting. C’mon, I know somebody had to read it. Were you afraid that I was hunkered down with a shotgun waiting for an opportune time? I’m not nearly a quiet enough guy to be dangerous.

My Kind Of Town Chicago Is
Or is it not?

With the wind howling in Atlanta all day yesterday and an almost perfectly-timed email from American Airlines arriving I seriously considered booking a trip to Chicago for the Spring.

I’ve never been to Chicago. With the exception of seeing a Cubs game at Wrigley Field, why should I want to go to Chicago? Can anyone help me out here?

Cruisin’ For A Bruisin’
I’ve lived in Atlanta for eleven years. Not once have I owned a Georgia Cruise Card for our one toll booth along 400. I’ve considered getting a “card” in the past and with the regularity that I have been driving to work recently it would have been nice.

What has stopped me? First, although built prior to my relocation to Atlanta, the toll booth was supposed to go away once the cost of building 400 was recouped. Yeah, what a load of shit. Putting that aside, the owner of a cruise card used to have to pay a $2(?) monthly licensing fee for the equipment, thus making it more expensive to use 400 than it was without the card.

Now it’s down to an issue of card “recharging”. Under the current system a new card buyer puts a balance of $40 on the Cruise Card, and then

When your account falls to $10 or less, our system will automatically charge your credit or check debit card to replenish your pre-paid toll balance.

Under $10? At $10 I still have twenty trips left on my card. Why not wait until my card balance goes below $5, or better yet, why not let me choose when to “recharge” the card. Do I re-coup my money through a credit reversal when I return the Cruise Card, or do they conveniently keep the balance too?

Since I no longer have to do laundry at a laundromat perhaps I’ll just keep all my quarters ready for the 400 toll booth.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - frenzied, eventhough I’ve had breakfast and picked up a cup of coffee from Joe’s on my commute in.
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Tapes ‘n Tapes — “Insistor”
Website Of The Day - According to the article from which today’s title was stolen forty-year old programmers should probably be working in the public sector. To me this means that I should be gambling (I told you I wans Mensa material), so I’m off to Game Theory . Net to brush up on my strategeries.

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, 4.75 miles

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Rated NC-17 (but then again when am I not rated NC-17?)

I’m prediciting the future by giving you tomorrow’s blog entry tonight (therefore the timestamp you see below is a complete lie — psst, it’s really 8:45pm). I’ve been drinking alone again, so this will be a semi-freeform entry as opposed to the finely-crafted entries you have grown accustomed to reading. This is a rarity so don’t get used to it, regardless of how true, honest, and potentially funny it is.

btw- I am not drunk, but I have a nice buzz going on in my head right now…

Introducing Penhenge!
What to do at the end of a meal when you have three pens and a knife? Construct Penhenge, of course.

Penhenge courtesy of Stacy, Phil and Shane at the Crescent Moon a few weeks ago.

Got Wood?
I initially took this picture to show how large the tree which had been cut down once was. The more I looked at the picture in my cell phone the more it looked like a huge penis with testicles.

Oddly, this picture was taken one year ago to the day in which most of you will see it.

Shit I Wrote When I Wasn’t Drinking

I Can See My Love For Podcasts Ending Within Six Months
More and more of the podcasts I listen to are adding advertisement or are planning to add advertisements. Why they are seeing dollars signs, I am seeing abandomnent. I mentioned before that I understand that people are taking time out of their lives and are spending real money to create and distribute podcasts. However, if the greatest invention of the last ten years (imho) is the DVR (you say “TiVo”, I say “DVR”) giving me the ability to watch programs on my schedule and jump past commercials so that an hour program only costs me forty-two minutes of my life, then being unable to avoid interstitial audio commercials within podcasts is going to be a podcast killer for me. I’d rather listen to my music, unincumbered by advertisements instead.

Returning To The Present
That was really fucking insightful, no?

Before I started drinking tonight I got an excellent haircut at a new place (for me) called Black Cherry Hair Design. 2006 will be different at least that’s what I keep trying to tell myself, hence the change in stylists… Turns out that the owner Jessica is a pseudo-neighbor of mine, as she also is an East Atlanta resident.

I’d offer you a picture, but my eyes are mean from drinking the Devil’s Water. I’m not sure why, but that last sentence just made me laugh!

Oh yeah, and I just rememebered this. Her salon scored an extra “Paulie Hip Point” because while I was there I heard The Faint playing over her stereo system.

And Then The Eating And Drinking Began
I’ve become somewhat of a drinking lightweight. I ate dinner at Cantina La Casita (blaming Jessica here because she mentioned the chips and salsa there and I suddenly had a craving).

After eating (and having one beer) I walked up to Graveyard Tavern where I had another beer before heading home where I’ve kept the drinking going.

Aw, Pisser!
I just read that one of the bands I “discovered” in Aught-Five has split. De Novo Dahl have come apart at the seams. Their double CD set called “Cats and Kittens” was one of the better “indie” releases that I heard last year. My condolences to the group and best wishes to all involved.

Aw, Double Pisser!
And now I just found out that The Get Up Kids also broke up last year. Fuckin’ A, all this good music going by the wayside…

Well kids, that’s all I care to spill tonight (save the regular, copyrighted feature of the ideas stolen from LiveJournal).

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - intoxicatingly useless, off to get another beer
Current Drink - Flying Dog’s Gonzo Imperial Porter. 9.5% alcohol by volume, fuck that’s harsh!
Current Music - Neutral Milk Hotel — “Two Headed Boy”. These guys were fucking brilliant, and finding them so long after they broke up really pisses me off.
Website Of The Day - My picture should be at Planet Perplex because I am certainly perplexed as to why the fuck I am on this planet.

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 - Who fucking cares, because right now I sure don’t!

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

But Am I Really Going To Save $45?
With my big Super Blow^TM party coming up in about two week’s time I considered joining Costco yesterday so that I could pull in the Big Savings on all the party fixins. Up until last year I was a member of Sam’s Club. However since the office has moved and I Marta into work, Sam’s Club is not really that convenient for me.

I considered becoming a Costco member until I found out that their yearly membership is $45! Forty. Five. Dollars. For one person. For one year. I doubt seriously that I could get big enough Big Savings to justify a Costco membership.

Okay Ikea Zealots, I Need Your Help
I have been looking for a piece of furniture for the mansion for a few months now (and for those who know me well, this stay in the same place in the house until I move) and finally found what I was looking for at Ikea online. This is what I am looking to buy (the Magiker Sideboard)

(sorry about the spacing, I just grabbed the image location from Ikea)
The problem is that it is not available (read “in stock”) in Atlanta. Is there a way that I can have Ikea do a store-to-store transfer so that I don’t have to pay shipping charges?

I Am Such A Creature Of Habit
Last week Google changed its Gmail interface by moving the Delete option from a pull dowm list to a dedicated button. I am predicting it will take me a good three weeks before I stop going to the pull down list in order to delete a mail message. Afterall it took me over a year to stop trying to open my sunroof in the Honda by pressing the buttons on the roof (the Honda’s sunroof controls are to the left of the steering wheel, my old Nissan had them on the roof).

You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me
Last night I needed a break from trivia, so I decided to do something different. I had made plans to go out and join a group party, but the more I thought about it the less comfortable I felt joining the group, so I decided to skip that as well. On my drive home I decided that I might want to do something that I have not done in some time, somthing that would also provide me with some exercise; I decided that I would run the Atlanta Moonlight Hash. Remarkably, I remembered the phone number for the Atlanta Hare Line and gave it a call. What did I find out? That the Monday night hash was starting in the parking lot of the CompUSA that I can see from my office. Oye Fucking Vey! Who wants to take a guess that I didn’t immediately turn the car around and drive back to my office?

I would have packed clothes to run the trail today just to see where it went, but Tuesday is always a busy day at work and I have early plans tonight. Perhaps I’ll give it a go tomorrow.

Big Brothers, Big Sisters
Is there a Big Brothers program for forty year olds? I am not looking to become a Big Brother, I am looking for a Big Brother (or Big Sister). All of my friends have entered (or are soon to enter) Grown Up Land, so I am looking for irresponsible adults who want to hang out in bars. I’ve been told that I am funny, can shoot pool or throw darts marginally well, and at least for the time being have enough money to cover my bar tabs.

More TV Worth Watching
Not to stroke the egos of the kids over at [adult swim] but they are showing tv programs that I think are brilliant. Specifically, I am hooked on Robot Chicken (although can we start and end this show on a half-hour boundry please?) and, although I wasn’t initially sold, am really digging The Boondocks. Toss these two shows in with my other favorites such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force and The Brak Show, and those kids have themselves a really good lineup over there. Although what the fuck is up with that Davey and Goliath inspired Morel Orel show?

CD Pick Of The Week
We are far enough from the backend of the holidays for artists to start once again dropping new releases. Today, I have two picks on my plate to serve up for you.

The first of these is from Cat Power and is called “The Greatest”. Don’t get the title confused and think that this is a Greatest Hits release for Cat Power, these are all new songs. From the couple of singles I have heard it sounds promising, and besides it’s from a really decent label, Matador Records.

The second CD is a two-CD release called “From A Compound Eye” from Robert Pollard, the former lead singer of one of the my favorite former bands Guided By Voices. I am not sure that I have even heard a single track from this release, but Pollard’s past successes (in my ears) is worthy of a nod from me.

As always, if you are one of those people “in the business” and you think that you’d like for me to give your CDs “real reviews”, contact me at itpBlogBox (at) gmail (dot) com and get me some promo discs.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - fair
Current Music - Listening to a CBC Radio 3 podcast, currently playing some decent hip-hop music
Website Of The Day - Go see how you measure up (literally) to “celebrities” over at Tall Or Not. PS- I’m skeptical about believing that Tom Cruise is 5′7″ tall.

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 - too lazy
Weekly Weigh-In - 202 pounds, although according to my scale my body-fat percentage has increased.

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

In With The New
Well, as you can see the new refrigerator is in. What you probably can’t tell, even with my exemplary photography skills, is that one of the installers managed to break the glass in the cabinet next to the refrigerator’s place. And here I was all worried that they were going to spring a leak in my water pipes…

On Sunday morning I had cold milk, and I didn’t have to use my foot to close the refrigerator’s door. This is going to be niiice.

Not Even Motivated Enough To Be Unmotivated
On Friday night I got into a major funk, the type that doesn’t allow me to get off the couch. Strange.

Whilke sitting on the couch I thought about strolling up to the village to get some food (I wasn’t hungry) or to have a few drinks at Graveyard (to chat with the bartender, but then I remembered that they now have Jazz on Friday nights) or Gravity (but I didn’t want to sit up there alone), none of which motivated me. I thought about the hash happy hour which was at the new Midtown bar “The Spotted Dog” on North Avenue (think old firehouse across from NationsBank Bank of America building). Nothing sounded better than sitting on the couch. At somepoint I looked at the clock and it was 10:30pm, which made everything except going up to The Earl for a show moot.

Computer - Monitor = Fairly Useless
Last week I blogged about my monitor’s death. I am now struggling with the idea of buying a new monitor or relegating the machine to the roll of headless server. It is currently my “media center”, the box I use to download, rip CDs (especially since Captain Brilliant’s 192kbps project ruined my laptop’s DVD drive), and sync up my iPod. What I have noticed is that all of these tasks kinda need a monitor. For instance, I cannot delete anything from my iTunes library remotely, at least to the best of my knowledge. Therefore, until I hook this pc up to a monitor I will keep accumulating podcasts at least until I run out of disk space.

Oh the decisions I face…

Cooking Up Some Cajun
Easy’s birthday party on Saturday night was a blast. Can you say two kegs of Abita, one Purple Haze, one Turbo Dog? I knew you could.

To prepare for the festivities I went to the grocery store for something other than beer for the first time in quite a while. Since when have green bell peppers become so valuable ($2.99/lb on “sale”)?

The plan I had was two-fold. I was going to experiment with a new jambalaya recipe, one that was made in a crockpot because I couldn’t guarantee that I’d have the time to make stovetop version. In addition, if time permitted (read “four hours”) I was also going to make Emeril Lagasse’s red beans and rice recipe (which sounds vegetarian, but this is cajun cooking I’m talking about) just in case the crockpot jambalaya sucked.

I managed to find the time to make both. Both recipes were edible, but to me the red beans and rice was a far superior dish. Now if it only didn’t require so much time to cook…

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - sore
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Beulah — “Gene Autry” (Man, they sound a lot like Wilco)
Website Of The Day - I have many old books. Perhaps I should construct a bar out of my old books just like these young chaps have. Wait, this might be even better…. Check out the aptly named “Expressionless Girl” in this series of photos. I’m seeing a “Weekend at Bernadette’s” movie in her future.

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 - one tough Black Sheep trail yesterday
Weekly Weigh-In - forgot, maybe this should be a Tuesday feature?

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Not really. It’s really coffee and muffin time at Joe’s Coffee Shop. I’ve taken the day off from work in order to get some tasks done, hence the slow start blogging today.

APWBWGTTD - ME = ???
Last night’s Atlanta People With Blogs Who Get Together And Drink was held at Trader Vic’s. I am not a fan of Trader Vic’s, so I decided to skip. As it turns out Ms. Maigh also decided to skip, so we held a APWBWGTTD break-out session at RuSan’s in Ansley instead. With the exception of the sometimes-loud cackling from some of the patrons and Saki Bomb chanting from the waitstaff it was quite a nice dinner.

Out With The Old

If all goes to plan the delivery men from Sears will be coming by this afternoon to tote away the old refrigerator and replace it with the new one. In my old house most “routine” tasks escalate into larger tasks, I hope this one goes well.

On Monday, in with the new.

The High Price Of Fitness?
I’ve been a runner and cyclist for years. In an attempt to regain past fitness levels, and perhaps the youth that partnered with them, I have been trying to do events such as half-marathons, cycling centuries, etc. The theory is that it will force me to train for them, although truth be told I never do.

Unless it is completely my imagination, this year’s rates for the events in which I want to participate are exceedingly high

• Mercedes Half-Marathon ($50)
• Nashville Half-Marathon ($50)
• ALS Ride ($75)

The out-of-town events don’t include the cost of travel and lodging associated with them. For the running events I’m thinking of banditing since I can always carry my own water, and the last things I need are more t-shirts and medals (I’ve never understood getting a medal, what the hell am I supposed to do with it?)

It’s Time To Party, Cajun Style
My friend Little Easy celebrated a birthday the other day and is having his annual birthday bash tomorrow night.

I love Easy’s birthday parties because it allows me to experiment with some cajun cooking (thrusting it upon the party-going guinea pigs) and there is always plenty of beer.

This morning I am skimming through Emeril Lagasse’s “Louisiana Real & Rustic” cookbook to see what ingredients I need to purchase at the grocery store later.

Speaking Of Guinea Pigs
The other day I heard the story about the restaurant in which health inspectors found a (fully dressed — in cooking parlance) guinea pig in its freezer. Attentive readers of this space will recognize La Sabrosa as the restaurant I praised to no end when I used to work on North Druid Hills. The chef explained that the guinea pig was destined for his own consumption (a Peruvian delicacy I’m told), but when he was unable to produce a receipt he had to discard it.

I was slightly taken aback by this news when I realized that I may have been served guinea pig, but then when I found out that guinea pigs plates cost around $35 at specialty Peruvian restaurants I realized that I probably hadn’t been. Now that I know what it costs, I kinda wish that I had been served some…

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - unsure
Current Music - Whatever Rat Pack era music is being pumped through the coffee shop
Website Of The Day - Ever wonder where the whole “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” thing was started (or at least made wildly popular)? Go to Ebaums World and you will find it.

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 - nada

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

My Mother Wanted A Dentist, I Turned Out To Be Dense
A few days ago I received an email from my friend Stacey which alerted me to an album in the iTunes Music Store. The email’s body read “pimp this yo!”, which I naturally understood to be the title of the album. After failing to find “Pimp This Yo!” in iTunes I was going to reply to her and ask her what the hell she was talking about. And then like Paul Harvey I read “the rest of the story.”

It seems that Stacey was trying to tell me that our friend Dejie’s album “Why Try To Change Me Now” is available from iTunes and that she wanted me to pimp it. D’Oh!!

Hey Dejie, or perhaps one of Dejie’s “people”, can you name the next cd “Pimp This Yo!” so that I don’t have this difficulty in the future? Thanks!

Remember kids– Reading, it’s fun for mentals fundamental.

From The Office For The Mentally Challenged
Who designs an office with two sets of doors, one which you pull to open and the next you push to open? Who I ask? Who?

Last Friday afternoon I went to ask someone a question in a new office in our building. I managed to navigate the “pull” doors fine, but was stopped in my tracks when I tried to pull the next set of doors. I assumed that, it being after 5pm, they were closed so I yelled to the person through the second set of doors “I just have one quick question.” to which she replied “Push.” I looked down at the door handles and sure enough the little stickers read “PUSH.” The woman behind the desk laughed and I was ready for my own personal “Want to get away?” Southwest Airlines commercial.

Tuvan Throat Singing On The Daily Show
What? What? What?! Imagine my surprise when I heard Tuvan throat singing mentioned on the “This Week In God” segment of The Daily Show the other day.

I have been interested in Tuvan throat singing since I began studying the life of Richard Feynman about twenty years ago. Feynman’s interest in Tuva was sparked by a postage stamp he had as a child.

My interest in Tuvan throat singing was further piqued when I saw the documentary Ghangis Blues which chronicled blues composer and singer Paul Pena’s trip to Tuva to compete in their throat singing competition. [bummer, I just found out that Pena died on October 1st of last year]

I am incapable of throat-singing, although I have been accused of making similar noises in my sleep, but I am still completely fascinated by the skill.

Google Earth Has Made It To The Mac!
Mac Hatas have slightly less ammunition (why is this word always abbreviated as “ammo” and not “ammu”?) to fire. Yes, Google has finally released a version of Google Earth that will run on a Mac. Halle-fucking-lujah!

If you’ve not wasted time spanning the globe using Google Earth on the PC, you might want to give it a spin. The amount of detail, admittedly some outdated, that one can see at a fairly snappy pace when using a high-speed internet connection is astonishing.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - huge
Current Music - The Bands Under The Radar podcast, #12
Website Of The Day - Google Earth. Naturally.

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, 4.75 miles

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

I can’t help it. I saw a picture of Natalie Portman with her hair still very short because she shaved her head for her latest film and I was amazed. OMFG, she’s adorable.

This is not the exact image that caused my reaction (I was foiled trying to link to the actual picture because it was presented in a Flash-based gallery), but it does show off just how fucking cute she is.

Appliances? I Needed Stinking Appliances!
Maybe it was the fact that I was watching the Price Is Right at lunch. Maybe it was because I had $1000 of Sears Gift Cards burning holes in my pocket (yes Stacey, those gift cards). Or maybe it was because I was reading one of my posts from last January in which I referenced not buying a new refrigerator.

Yesterday I finally bought a new refrigerator! Woo Hoo! No more kicking the refrigerator door shut (at least I hope so)! I can’t complain too much about the refrigerator that will be leaving the house; it was “thrown in” with the house when I bought it nearly seven years ago. It has served me well.

This Week I Am A Bad Martazen
I have not ridden Marta once this week.

It started Monday because it was a holiday. Yesterday the weather looked like it was going to be horrible to try and walk to/from Marta, and I needed to run over to Sears after work to buy the aforementioned refrigerator. Today I am just a lazy fuck who has all intentions of attempting a much-needed run after work (that spare tire around my waist is not getting any smaller). Maybe I’ll get back on the rails tomorrow.

Hmmm, I Don’t Think That My Monitor Should Make That Noise
I can’t say that it came as a surprise that my computer monitor at home died yesterday. For many months the center portion of the screen was blurry. It was so blurry [note for you early-morning readers: this ended here because someone interrupted me. read on now] that I thought I needed to get my eyes checked. When I arrived home yesterday I heard an odd clicking noise coming from my office, which turned out to be the monitor telling me that it had finally given up.

It looks like it’s now time for me to finally figure out my next home computer strategy…

The Podfather Keeps Mentioning The ATL
Adam Curry has been doing some name dropping of Atlanta recently. After doing a little digging I have found that he does business with THINK Interactive, Inc. on Spring Street, formerly known as Interweb. This is additionally interest of me because I always wondered what Interweb did when I drove passed their cool office building back in the DotCom days.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - meh
Current Music - none, Adam Curry’s “Daily Source Code” podcast
Website Of The Day - Don’t read anything into this, but I have stumbled across a great organization for helping stray dogs called (fittingly) Stray Atlanta.

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 - none
Weekly Weigh-In - Yikes! 204 pounds.

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]