Inside The Perimeter

This being Fat Tuesday, of course.

Sync Has Sunk
Yesterday I received a letter and returned check from Ziff-Davis Publishing alerting me that they have pulled the plug on Sync magazine. Sync was a mashup of Maxim and a tech magazine (no representative titles are coming to mind). Although the impact of this decision really only means that there will be one fewer unread magazine cluttering my house, I now don’t know where I will be getting my “hip tech 411.”

“ATL Bloggers Has Blown Up” or “When Aggregating Gets Aggravating”
Most people are shocked when they find out that I don’t syndicate this drivel to ATL Bloggers, you know those people who are responsible for a night out drinking about once a month. (btw- I do syndicate to LiveJournal at this address) As of this writing ATL Bloggers has fifty-four authors. Also as of this writing I will no longer be able to go over to that site to read blogs because there is too much going on over there. I need a filter for the aggregator, and that just seems silly to me.

While I am here, it frustrates me that aggregate is spelled A-G-G-R-E while aggravate is spelled A-G-G-R-A. I am doomed to poor spelling, and will happily shake the hands of those who assembled Dictionary.com and the DictionarySearch extension for Firefox.

Third. It Rhymes With Turd
For the final Monday trivia before my self-imposed hiatus Meet The Hashers finished a disappointing third. The questions seemed harder than normal, although one team was able to amass a perfect score for the first half. I can’t say that I was much help last night. Either the questions were way out of my realm of expertise or blatantly obvious.

Go Gators
I’m back on The Apprentice bandwagon, and have picked my favorite to win. Introducing Allie…

(if no picture appears above it’s because NBC is fucking with their website)

Like myself Allie is a graduate of the University of Florida. Additionally, I have picked Allie based on Dave’s highly scientific method for picking winners.

And in case you didn’t watch the first episode [SPOILER ALERT] she was picked by Trump to be a Project Manager for the first week and her team won. Do I know how to pick them or what?

CD Pick Of The Week
Why doesn’t Fat Joe release a CD every Fat Tuesday? The marketing potential is huge, much like Fat Joe.

According to my source (Metacritic) there are only five new releases today. Of those, I have really only heard music from one of the bands, and it’s another of those “US release, already out in UK” releases.

Therefore, my CD “Pick of the Week” goes to Nine Black Alps and their “Everything Is” CD.

If you enjoy the music of Nine Black Alps I should remind you that they are playing in Atlanta at The Loft on March 25th as is noted in my newly-renamed section “WALK IN MY FOOTSTEPS” (sorry LJ readers, you don’t get that section).

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - Fat (Tuesday)
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 26, playing Matt Pond PA — “Several Arrows Later”
Website Of The Day - Leo Laporte has started yet another internet tv show, this one is all about Macs and is called MacBreak.

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 - day off

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

On my first go at this Firefox crashed (seg faulted for all you Linux heads). Take Two.

InsideThePerimeter, Morphing To The Oldies
This site is loooong overdue for an update, with its look not its content of course. I know that I have threatened this sort of activity in the past, but this week you may notice some minor alterations. Nothing drastic. Yet.

TV Worth Skipping
Over the last few weeks I’ve heard of a new British series called The IT Crowd (oddly pronounced “The it Crowd” and not “The I.T. Crowd”) eventhough it is based around three people who work in an I.T. department. The show has gotten a lot of press because each episode can be viewed online.

Thanks to a rainy Saturday I finally had the time to view some of the episodes. Um, yeah. While it’s far from the worst show ever to grace my screen, I really can’t recommend it either. I’ve seen it all done before, better.

This Better Be The Best Fucking Flight Ever
I just booked travel to Durango, Colorado for the Colorado Invihashional in September. $470. I had hoped to use SkyMiles to make the trip, but as I think I mentioned last week our little Delta doesn’t fly to Durango. I miss the “old days of flying” when you booked seven months in advance you’d get a decent fare.

Those of you who know me well shouldn’t be surprised to read that my first goal when I touch down in Colorado will be to drink Fat Tire Ale, and my last will be to figure out how to bring some home with me.

Speaking of Fat Tire Ale, I have read that it is now available in Chicago. Maybe that’s the impetus I need to make my first trip to the Windy City sometime this year. Delta flies there, right?

Ganging Up For One Last Go
Meet The Hashers will be ganging up to punish all at Johnny’s Pizza tonight. This will be the last time in awhile that the whole gang will be congregating. It seems as if Beth and Brenan have this thing called a ‘baby’ coming very soon, and I’ve gone a signed up for a photography class which is to be taught on Monday nights.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - Not bad, although both knees are starting to act up and I am still sleeping too much
Current Music - none, listening to Adam Curry’s “Daily Source Code” podcast
Website Of The Day - I’m thinking about getting in shape to really run again. Get Fit Atlanta looks like a decent opportunity to get in shape.

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 and walking, 7.2 miles of agony.

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Stomp The Grape, Ascend Rocky Mountain
Last night I joined a small group for drinks and food after work.

Our first stop was The Grape (they have no website?), the new one across the street from the movie theaters in Atlantic Station. Back in the day (when I had the skills necessary to get women to go out on dates with me) I used to go to The Grape up in Vinings (OTP? Paulie? Yes, I was really trying to get “some” back then… it didn’t work). Meet the new Grape, same as the old Grape. The place was filled with whatever today’s classification for Yuppie is, they still have a menu which categorizes wine by number, the appetizers are still decent, and the $47 bottle of Syrah I ordered still tasted better than the $19 bottle of Syrah ordered by someone else at the table.

Once our veneer of class wore off we headed to an establishment in which we could be ourselves and hold our pint glasses without sticking out our pinkies, Rocky Mountain Pizza. At Rocky Mountain Pizza I dined on two glasses of Anchor Steam and many delicious hot wings from the pile of fifty that we ordered for the table. I believe the next time I need a wing fix I’ll be heading over to Rocky Mountain Pizza. At Rocky Mountain I saw my friend Crissie leaving the bar and when I said hello she looked at me as if she had never seen me before. After a few seconds of processing, she recognized me. It was then I realized that she has never seen the bearded Paulie, and was thus appropriately confused by this strange guy saying hello.

To Show Or Not To Show, Yet Another Question
I am contemplating buying a ticket to the Minus 5 show at Smith’s Olde Bar on March 31st. While I would really like to see the show, as you can see from my calendar (try looking at COMBO #1, I dare you) I haev also committed to doing a fifty-mile ride in North Georgia the next day.

I faced this same decision last year, choosing to skip the And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead show and it snowed on us during the bike ride.

Do I dare tempt the Weather Gods again this year?

I Think JFK Has Gone AWOL
I haven’t seen my little feral friend JFK in a few weeks.

Given the fact that I have provided him food for the last two years I find it hard to believe that he decided that he wasn’t happy hanging out in my backyard. I can only come to the conclusion that he has been adopted by someone else in the neighborhood, or has met his maker.

In what might seem as unusual emotion for me to emote, I really miss the little guy.

I Guess There Is Still Value In Aluminum?
The person who raided my overstuffed recycling bin (believe it or not my third such bin since my Super Bowl party) must have felt like a kid on Christmas. When I arrived home the other day I noticed that the recycling team had not come to empty my bin, but rather someone had come and liberated all of the aluminum cans. Bully for them I say!

Big Birthday Shout Out!
Today is my mom’s birthday!

I called her this morning to wish her a Happy Birthday and she proceeded to confuse me with my brother. I had a feeling that this was going to happen since my brother is usually the “morning calling son” and I am usually the “evening calling son.” This was confirmed when she told me to say hello to my brother’s wife. I had a good chuckle out of the mishap.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - I am not sure. I am more than a bit disgusted, but perhaps things will get better as the day goes on.
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Belle & Sebastian — “Another Sunny Day”
Website Of The Day - I’ll be spending some time this weekend reading the American Counces on Exercise’s 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 was too busy living the drinking life.

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Playing The “If I Leave Now” Game
This week I have successfully been able to turn off my alarm clock and go back to sleep. I wish I didn’t do this. When I finally wake up I find myself playing the “If I get up by X, then I can get out of the house by Y, so that hopefully I can get into the office by Z” game. I can’t even blame the cold weather this week.

To Combine Or Not To Combine, That Is The Question
In the righthand galley I have two sections “STUPID PAULIE TRICKS” and “LISTENING SKILLS REQUIRED”. At first LSR was created to keep track of shows I have interest in attending, SPT was created to highlight some of the nonsense that I introduce into my life.

I find myself constantly cross-referencing these lists and I am wondering if I should just have one section which is my complete schedule.

Do you think it makes more sense to keep them separated, or combine them? (yes, I understand that this is my blog, but consultation rarely hurts). I have created a temporary combined list cleverly named “COMBO #1″, check it out and see what you think.

Have Passport Will Travel
Five weeks after submitting my passport for renewal an updated passport is in my possession. Now if it wasn’t so fucking expensive to travel…

My only planned trip for this year is one that requires no passport. Later this year I will be taking a trip for a hashing weekend to Durango, Colorado. In order to avoid a seven-hour car trip from Denver CO or a five-hour car trip from Albuquerque NM, I am looking to fly to Durango. Currently the best fare I can locate is $470 R/T. Ouch! I was going to try and use SkyMiles, but alas Delta doesn’t fly to Durango.

Paying For Ricky Gervais?
I am a big fan of Ricky Gervais. I’ve pimped two of his television series (”The Office”, “Extras”), his website, and his podcast.

While have yet to hear the last in his series of podcasts, I have heard that for the second season of podcasts he (or probably more accurately, his company) has decided to go the subscription route. I say “Good Luck” to you, but I can’t see myself paying for that content.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - just when I think that things can’t get worse, I find out that I am probably wrong (don’t ask)
Current Music - none, listening to the MacCast podcast
Website Of The Day - Those wacky people in Louisville are planning a new museum Pplaza. I think the architects who designed this building must have been smoking something funny with Shoobie one of his visits up there.

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, are you kidding? did you see that rain? what about my putting my bike on the trainer? yeah, I could have done that I guess.

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Welcome to the first if a new series of articles that I will randomly throw onto Inside The Perimeter. These “Struck On The Connector” articles will be longer, more in-depth articles that will cover one topic — usually a review of a CD, concert, restaurant, etc.

btw- Today’s “normal” entry is below this and is called “Point And Shit!”. Just in case you were wondering….

I Want Revenge, No I Want More Sleep
I made my first good decision last night to decide to walk to The EARL. Yes, I know I live close enough to always walk to The EARL, but when the weather is questionable I occasionally drive (oh, how Alpharetta of me). Knowing that a 9pm “doors open” at The EARL means a 9:45pm-10:00pm first band start, I left the house around 9:15pm.

The first thing I noticed upon entering The EARL’s music room was the presence of 99x banners. “Ugh”, was my first thought. “Am I going to have to suffer through an introduction from Barnes Toucher, Leslie, or Jimmy?” was my second. [paulie note: I was a dedicated 99x listener from 1995-2004, and moved away when I just couldn't stand their limited playlist and inane banter.] Luckily I was spared. Along with the banners I noticed the arrival of the hormone-driven, tattooed, smoking, sluttly-dressed, young girls with their equally body-modded emo boyfriends. When I am sixty and they are forty and complaining about their tattoos and lung disease I am going to smile and tell them all to go fuck themselves. But I digress…

During my trip to the bar to purchase my third Miller High Life I noticed that there were far more “older” people entering the room than I would have imagined. [paulie note: I am forty, so these people were probably younger than me but didn't look it, or were the parents of the aforementioned 99x kiddies.]

At that time I started playing one of my favorite games at The EARL called “I wonder if that guy is in one of tonight’s bands.”

Finally, the first band Rock Kills Kid, took the stage. They are a five-member band from Los Angeles who provided a seven-song set of decent, guitar and synthesizer driven rock. I wouldn’t call their set “groundbreaking”, but I enjoyed their sound and considering that they were the opening band I was rather impressed.

She Wants Revenge was next to take the stage. Given their current groundswell of popularity I was a little surprised that there wasn’t a billing swap much like the one that occurred when the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah / Ambulance Ltd tour swung through The EARL last summer. I wanted to take a snapshot of SWR’s playlist so that I could document it here, but couldn’t get that close to the stage. Because SWR has only one CD out, it suffices to say that all songs they played were from it. SWR’s sound was awesome, but never swerved far from that found on their CD. While I enjoy when bands prove that they can recreate the sound caught on their CDs, I also appreciate when they personalize the show for the crowd and take known songs in different directions. The four-man band seemed comfortable and tight on stage. They also looked like they were a bit warm from the heat generated from the small venue, large crowd and copious amounts of cigarettes being smoked. After playing a set appropriately long for a second act, She Wants Revenge the left the stage and at least half of the crowd left the building.

I considered an early jettison from The EARL myself (it was a school night), but while unloading my Miller High Lifes I heard this guy telling other guys just how much better Electric 6 would be, so I decided to stay.

At the start of E6’s show I noticed how much fun their lead man, Dick Valentine, was having. This is always pleasing to me. At one point he even asked the crowd “Who came to see She Wants Revenge and are now seeing Electric 6?” From the involved reaction of the crowd during the songs played prior to this question being asked, I would have to say “not many of those left in the room.” Because I was completely clueless about E6 prior to this show, and was obviously in the minority amongst this crowd, I had flashbacks to when I saw Lucero last year at The EARL. [paulie note: at least I had heard two of Lucero's songs prior to seeing them in concert.] As much as I wanted to enjoy E6’s fist pumping, party-style, rock and roll, I could only last for four songs before I considered it to be “late” (12:05am) and determined that it was time for me to walk home.

And there you have it…
Paulie [eat/ga]

Project Restore Almost Complete
I have Ye Olde Media PC back up and running (psst- I am typing on it right now). While it is far from perfect, it is finally servicable.

To make the update clean I backed up my old iTunes library (the 160kbps stuff) and started anew with the my fresh, ear-pleasing 192kbps collection. Sure, I lost some of those cds that weren’t officially in my possession (read “p!rated”), but I have a cleaner conscience and can use my iPod as an inventory device when I am in a record store.

[side note 1: I thought that I owned The Replacements' "Tim" because it was in my iPod and passed on buying it when I was in Clemson. Had I known that it wasn't in my permanent collection I would have snatched it up.]

[side note 2: After I threw down the gauntlet at the RIAA yesterday I plan to keep my nose clean until at least the weekend.]

Who Was At The Sold Out She Wants Revenge Show?
I WAS! Here are some (more dark) pictures to prove it. (Click any of those to take you to more, and more will be added when time permits)

Yeah, my pictures are one again too fucking dark. This is crazy! I was three people deep (and behind some dude with a nearly-shaven head as many of my pictures prove) and my flash fired on every shot. When I previewed these pictures on the lcd they all looked sufficiently bright. I just don’t understand. I think it’s time to learn some photoshop skills.

One other important lesson I learned last night was that even if it looks like I have plenty of battery life left, I always need to bring a backup battery. My battery died about twenty minutes into the She Wants Revenge set.

Who Let Their Dog Out?
I’m no Super Sleuth but me thinks that someone’s dog got out into the neighborhood the other day. This is a picture I took in my carport before going out Monday.

Of Course, If They Had A Triple Roll…
In yesterday’s blog entry I bitched about the size of toilet paper rolls. Then yesterday afternoon I read this

MOSS BLUFF, Fla. — A man accused of fatally beating his roommate with a sledgehammer and a claw hammer because there was no toilet paper in their home has been arrested.

Franklin Paul Crow, 56, was charged Monday with homicide in the death of Kenneth Matthews, 58, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

Capt. Thomas Bibb said Crow initially denied his involvement, but confessed during questioning.

Crow told investigators that the men were fighting about the toilet paper over the weekend when Matthews pulled out a rifle. Crow said he then began beating Matthews with the sledgehammer and claw hammer, according to an affidavit.

Matthews was beaten so badly he had to be identified through his fingerprints, detectives said.

Crow was being held at the Marion County jail without bond. It was not immediately known whether he had an attorney.

Perhaps if they were buying triple-sized rolls Kenneth Matthews would be alive today. Then again, somebody would have probably been killed for using the last of the toothpaste, or drinking the last of the milk.

Grasping At Drinking Straws
Yesterday I received my City of Atlanta Water and Sewage bill. With every bill there is also a little newsletter with pertainent information and relatively asburd information on it.

This being “Black History Month” (now why wasn’t that changed to “African-American History Month”?) there is a section titled “African-American Water Pioneers.” Water Pioneers?

The brain trust at Newsletter Central really put in some overtime for this segment. The best of the entries was as follows

African-American brick masons built many of Atlanta’s 100-year-old sewers.

That’s the sort of shit I would have written in a book report when I was seven years old (pretty close to the time said masons were laying brick, okay not really). Was this supposed to honor them for being able to build a sewer system that could last 100 years? Shouldn’t all other ethnicities feel slighted for not being mentioned as part of the people who built our 100-year-old sewer?

Shame on you City of Atlanta Watershed Mangagement Department for coming up with such a lame “honor.” You should have ditched this “obtuse factoid” and given us three more lines about the real African-American Water Pioneer who you mentioned in the newsletter, Dr. Victor Ibeanusi.

As A Matter Of Fact, I Do Have Class
It’s a digital photography course starting March 6th at Showcase. Specifically, I have signed up for the class Digital 101 because I have figured out that I will never find time to read the manual and therefore need to have something to force me into learning how to take better pictures. The first couple of classes may bore me, but at this point I think that I should start at square one.

The only downside of my decision is that the class I signed up for is taught on Monday nights so I will have to take a hiatus from Monday night trivia. Oh well, it’s not like I couldn’t play trivia any other night of the week.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - self-righteous
Current Music - none, listening to Adam Curry’s “Daily Source Code” podcast
Website Of The Day - Hopefully someday I will be able to take photographs that are as cool as those shown at Daily Dose of Imagery.

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, not enough time between work, dinner, and concert.

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Welcome back to the office (assuming you were out yesterday, of course). Go grab a tall cup of coffee and relax. I’ve got a lot of stuff flowing through this active mind of mine. As promised last week, it’s going to be a great (short) week of blogging.

Seriously Seeking Advice
I am facing a life alone and not happy about this. Most people’s response would be “Well, you need to ask women out”, to which I would reply “Thanks Einstein, why didn’t I think of that?”

Here’s my dilemma. While I see many women who I consider to be attractive (we’ll stick with the population not wearing diamonds, not in the presence of a partner, and at least to my eyes in an age range that I consider to be datable), I have no idea how to meet these women. My problem is that I get no positive feedback when I try to make eye contact, no return “come hither” glance, no smile, and overall no sense that they are thinking “Hey, he’s looking at me and I sure would like to meet him.” Further muddying my waters is that I am not a salesman and have never possessed skills in the art of “small talk” and cold-calling.

I am at a complete loss. Before you tell me that I need a dog, please stop. Oh and if you tell me that women like “confidence”, it’s like telling me that employers like “experience.” You see in order to gain confidence, you must have success, so it I need success to gain confidence then I am completely fucked in all the wrong ways. Otherwise suitable advice, stern scoldings for being a pussy, and whatnot are welcome either through comments or email.

And Further, This Too Proved It Was Not To Be My Day
I went to Target for four items, two of which were not in stock.

A quick word to the toilet paper producer’s of the world. Stop making the fucking rolls bigger! It’s bad enough that I can no longer find packages containing fewer than eight rolls, but your goddamn triple size roll will simply not fit into my 1957 toilet paper dispenser. I know that Americans fifty years ago had much smaller asses (on average), but I don’t need a roll of toilet paper that will disintegrate before I have the opportunity to finish dispensing it.

The two items I sought but could not buy were a label maker (I like neatly-printed labels — sometimes I’m a little too anal retentive for my own good) and the new Cat Power cd, “The Greatest.”

What I found out while in the store was that the label maker had been on sale last week (for 2/3rds of its original price) so it was sold out, and the Cat Power cd was currently on sale for $9, so it too was sold out.

If You Price It Right, They Will Buy
While scouring the shelves for the Cat Power cd, because sometimes they get mis-shelved or hidden by people so that they can be purchased later, I saw this endcap.

Apparently, if you price new cds reasonably, let’s say $8.99, people will buy the cd instead of downloading it or stealing it. Your rebuttal RIAA?

And Of Course It’s Tuesday
Wouldn’t want to skip a weekly feature, would I?

This week there are a couple of different suggestions I could make.

You say you want to be on the cutting edge of this year’s Greatest Band of All-Time (so says many of the critics)? You obviously need to rush out and purchase the Arctic Monkeys’ “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not”. Even the title screams “edgy.”

You say you want to dig deeper into a band that has released but one cd to date? Well, my friend you obviously want to invest your music dollars into Maximo Park’s “Missing Songs”. I own Maximo Park’s other cd and while I enjoy it, I can’t see myself buying this one.

None of those working for you? Want to see the one cd that I will be buying? Okay, I’ll probably also buy the Arctic Monkeys, but I digress. I’ll be buying Ray Davies’ cd “Other People’s Lives”. Kidding! I will be buying Elbow’s “Leaders Of The Free World”. Btw- This is yet another release which is already out in the UK. When will these staggered releases end? And further, according to Elbow’s website this cd may have already been release in the US on February 3rd; either they are wrong or Metacritic is wrong. I guess pointing fingers as to whose information was wrong is a moot point and not really worth debating.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - confused
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26, playing Clap Your Hands Say Yeah — “Upon This Tidal Wave Of Young Blood”
Website Of The Day - If you understand how Digg works, then you’ll have no problem understanding how to use Video Bomb works. As the name suggests it’s a site where you can finds videos that are “Da Bomb.”

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, very slow running for 5.5 miles (Streching followed. The knee?, Not too shabby, thanksforasking.)

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

And I am not at work! But I’m here for you anyway. I am amazed how quickly a “long” weekend can pass.

As I sit here typing this Atlanta’s favorite up-and-coming Media Star Andisheh Nouraee has entered the coffee shop.

Do They Get 1500 Free Hours Of AOL With These?
On Friday I saw my first medal ceremony from this year’s Winter Olympic Games (not interested in the Olympics any longer). My first reaction was “Why is that guy wearing one of those AOL cds around his neck?” and then I realized that it was one of these medals.

Butt. Fucking. Ugly.

On Sunday I sat down to finally catch some HD coverage on my tv, only to find out that NBC was showing the Daytona 500 at that time. Meh, who needs the Olympics.

Bloggers In Da Hood
On Friday night I met up with the APWBWGTTD at Graveyard Tavern. One big long table of happy drinkers, it was. I spent the majority of the evening talking to those in closest proximity, before splitting from the group late-night as they were heading to Mary’s (I just wasn’t in the mood to go to Mary’s). Instead I ran into my hashing friends Chad and Larry who were there with others to throw darts. After one game of darts I was sufficiently drunk and headed home for the evening.

Stop Your Whining!
For all of you who are kicking yourself for not getting a ticket for tomorrow night’s She Wants Revenge show at The EARL, I’m here for you.

While scouring the local venues for upcoming shows, I have found that She Wants Revenge is scheduled to play The Loft on March 28th. Interested? Go buy tickets as soon as they become available. The Earl sold out, I would assume that The Loft will as well.

As always I am here to save your bacon. Mmmm baconnnnn.

The Three Rules Of Owning A Computer

1. Back Up
2. Back Up
3. Back Up

Now before you guess that I am ready to jump off a bridge because I’ve lost all of my data, fear not all is good. I am still in the process of getting my old desktop back to its former glory and am amazed how many programs I use, but never have kept the installers. Luckily the biggest of the “hard to find items”, Free CD-DA Extractor v4.8, was finally located and installed successfully. And after scanning the drive to try and make sure that no spyware/adware joined it on my system, I cranked it up to rip my latest purchase the Modern Skirts’ “Catalogue of Generous Men.” A review of this release will follow later in the week.

Mama Didn’t Raise No Fool
At least not a complete fool. I’ve learned the forty-degree weather and trudging through swamps and/or creeks do not make me a happy man. Instead, I took the road most travelled and skipped hashing this weekend.

I would have thought this would mean I would get more of my indoor activities done, you know, insulation, reading of camera books, cleaning, laundry, whatnot, but alas sleeping won out (again!) and the weekend became mostly unproductive.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - bleh
Current Music - Whatever Blues is playing in the coffee shop.
Website Of The Day - PodBop looks pretty cool for hearing music coming to your town. I suggest you try it out.

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, nothing, and more nothing

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

I am told that in Journalism School you are taught to consider the five W’s. Today I will focus on this technique.

Who Are You?
Well, as you learned yesterday I am not Batman.

For those of you who don’t know me in real life…

My name is Paul(ie) and I am a 486 month old single male who has yet to figure out the Meaning of Life (although I have seen the movie). I believe that I have proven that the Meaning of Life is not located at the bottom of a pint glass, but will keep looking there everytime a beer is placed in front of me.

I have been an East Atlanta resident for the past seven years (wow, how time flies) and therefore feel qualified to sign all of these posts as “Paulie [eatl/ga]“.

I hash therefore I am. My hash name is Wee Little Bit, you may draw you own conclusions as to why I am named this.

I have a passion for good food, alternative music (especially live), and beer. I am trying to rekindle passions for computer programming and photography.

What’s In A Name?
On Monday night at Johnny’s Pizza we had the following question

What is a female donkey called?

Being my normal smart-assed self I said a “Jane Ass” (although in hindsight a “Jill Ass” would be a better companion for a “Jack Ass”). It turns out that the correct answer is a “Jennet.”

This started me wondering why we have different names for the male and female of some animal species.

It also reminded me of an old joke

Q: What do you call a female peacock?
A: A peacunt.

Thank You! I’ll be here all weekend…

When Will I Be Seeing Live Music Again?
Well, if you are reading this via my _non Award-Winning Website www.InsideThePerimeter.com then you can quickly look under “LISTENING SKILLS REQUIRED” and see that my next scheduled appearance is the She Wants Revenge (fuck, I just realized that I forgot to record Letterman last night!) show at The EARL on Tuesday night. [UPDATE @9:35am] This just in, that show has sold out. Don’t cry to me, I warned you months ago!

I openly take suggestions for other shows. If you have an insider’s tip, password, or pre-sale code for an upcoming show I am always willing to listen.

Where Is Paulie Drinking This Weekend?
Tonight, the Atlanta People With Blogs Who Get Together To Drink” will be gathering at the Graveyard Tavern in East Atlanta. Um, I can walk there (and home) so it will be the place to be for me this eve.

As for the rest of the weekend it’s all up in the air. For the first time in years (and maybe ever) I have paid day off on Monday for Presidents’ Day so I might actually be out Sunday night as well. Just call me crazy.

Why Have I Subjected You To This?
Because I like you. Sorry, today I am feeling a bit uninspired and not very creative. I guarantee a far superior product starting next week or you subscription fees will be refunded.

If you have questions, or comments please either comment here or send me an email (you can find my preferred address over there under “HOLLA AT ME”).

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - unispired. fat. tired. ready to party. wishing the weather was like yesterday.
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, channel 26 playing Radiohead — “Paranoid Android”
Website Of The Day - Get all the information you’ve ever wanted to know about donkeys at The Donkey Sanctuary of Canada.

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, giving my knee some time to heal [update: I don't think it's working]

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

I’m Batman!
A few years ago while working a trade show in Las Vegas I had the opportunity to meet the Real Batman, Adam West.

Having seen every episode of Batman as a child and being constantly amused by the odd places that Adam West’s voice-overs appear, I was quite pleased to be able to get his autograph.

I had forgotten about having Adam West’s autograph until I rediscovered the photo while cleaning my basement for my Super Bowl party.

I Can Rebuild It; I Can Make It Better Than It Was Before
The last few nights have been spent rebuilding my “media center” pc. I have owned this pc for four years (so it’s really just a desktop pc) and had forgotten just how many programs I had loaded on it during that time period.

For instance…

In order to scan my photo of Adam West I needed to re-install my scanner. Well, that required me to download the drivers for the scanner from Canon. Canon provided installation directions for the driver in for form of a PDF. Since I had yet to reload a PDF reader onto the box I had to go to Adobe’s website to download and install a reader.

It’s going to be a slow process getting this pc back to 100% usefulness, but I just have to keep reminding myself that replacing the old hard drive in order to get a clean install of Windows is worth the pain.

Boy Meets Bar, Boy Sits At Bar, Boy Gets Fat
At one point in my life I was a workout fanatic. I went years in which I exercised six days a week, sometimes twice in one day. My biggest fear back then was getting injured. Being injured this week reminds me why. Last night I entered George’s with no hopes of getting in a run prior to drinking beer and eating dinner. To say I am dissatisfied with my life right now is an understatement.

Although Tonight I Will Eat, Drink And Be Merry
Thursday night dinner club is at Casa de Paulie tonight. Since we are nearing(?) Mardi Gras (which will not be nearly what it used to be thanks to Katrina) I have decided to make crockpot Jambalaya (which will not be nearly as good as my normal Jambalaya). “Why”, you ask? “Time”, I answer. I woke up early enough this morning to chop vegetables for a spiced up (because I accidentally added too much Cajun seasoning) version of my crockpot Jambalaya, in addition to a (crockpotted) spicy vegetarian black bean “chili” (in my book it is not real chili unless it has meat). Both dishes will be much better than “edible” and I will serve up enough red wine to ensure that.

Until we meet tomorrow my friends…
Same Bat Time (at least back to my normal Bat Time)
Same Bat Channel

btw- Anyone know who gets voted off on Survivor tonight? I’d sure like to load up some good music onto Stacy’s iPod…

[UPDATE @ noon] I just heard that She Wants Revenge will perform on Letterman tonight. So if you are still on the fence on whether or not to catch their show next Tuesday at The EARL, give it a watch.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - late, and ready to go home already
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, channel 26 playing Sufjan Stevens — “The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts” (I know that refers to Superman, but it really is playing on Sirius right now)
Website Of The Day - Did you know that Adam West has his own website? He does, and it can be found at www.AdamWest.com

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, giving my knee some time to heal

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]