Inside The Perimeter

Where did May go? Five months down, minor progress made along life’s path.

Caught In The Wild
It’s rare when I find myself on the lens side of a camera these days. It usually only occurs when someone else snaps a picture of me as rarely do I take self-portraits (btw- Maigh, I still have your plunger, in no worky with my camera).

On last weekend’s photostroll my buddy Darren managed to capture me capturing something else.

It’s a shame that the pipe obscures my awesome calves, but other than that I actually think it’s a pretty good shot of me (look closely and notice my Mona-Lisa-like smile).

Margot And The Nuclear No Shows
Last night wasn’t my fault (this time). After my photography class I rallied myself off the couch and headed up to The EARL around 9:30pm to see the live music for which I had purchased a ticket. The bill last night was to be (some band), Margot And The Nuclear So & So’s, and Film School. I was there to see Margot et al, and Film School.

When I entered The EARL I thought it odd that the tv’s were turned to baseball and that the place was relatively empty. I walked up to the table leading into the music room and saw the sign “Margot And The Nuclear So & So’s cancelled”. Given that I was there to see two bands and that it was about 9:45pm I asked “Does this mean that Film School will go on early?”, to which the reply “They will probably take the stage around 11pm.” While I have no qualms sitting in a bar for an hour, I don’t really like doing it alone, so I decided to cut my losses and head home so that I could get a decent amount of sleep.

And as they say, misery loves company.

If The Hotel Is A Rockin’…
My July trip to Chicago is a go! The other day I took my chances and used Hotwire to book my hotel room for the weekend of the Paste Music Festival in Chicago. When I booked my room all I knew was that it was to be at a “Four Star” hotel in The Loop for $131 pre-tax per night. What I found out afterwards was that my room is in the Hard Rock Hotel in Chicago, which seems fitting for the reason that I am travelling to Chi-town (which is a term probably loved by Chicagoans like Atlantans love Hotlanta).

Next on the agenda, buy a ticket for the recording of Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!.

Run Like The Wind
I’m planning on a George’s running outing tonight. It should be nice and steamy come 6pm, perfect weather for sweating out and toxins I injested over the big Memorial Day weekend. A look at the calendar reminds me that it’s time to start training for the annual Atlanta Hash Peachtree Pub Crawl on July 4th.

“Water Bad! Beer Good!”

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - okay, thanks
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Ben Folds — “Bitches Ain’t Shit”
Website Of The Day - Maybe I’ll do my Peachtree training via HyperStrike - Online Personal Fitness.

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]

That Would Have Been A Shitty Way To Start The Week
Cruising up 400 this morning there was a State Trooper with a radar gun. Eventhough I was amongst a pack of cars and I wasn’t speeding, that much ;), my heart skipped a few beats when I saw him get into his car and turn on his blue lights a second later. I was certain that it was my turn (again) since I was in the shiny red Honda Accord, but luckily some other poor soul got the pleasure of flirting with Johnny Law this morning.

Moving This Blog, Part 436
I tried this weekend to cut ties with Blogger and move this space to my Wordpress setup. For someone who has twenty years of computer experience this process is going embarrassingly slow. This weekend I did go out looking for a new theme/skin for the blog. The latest selection is currently up at www.InsideThePerimeter.net.

I’ve got a meeting with the minds set up for June 7th, afterwhich I will undertake a no-holds-barred attack on getting the move done. Look forward to the ribbon-cutting around that time.

OTP: Two Out Of Three
That’s right I crossed the fence twice over the weekend. On Saturday my buddy Darren and I went to Milstead, GA to take photos of the remnants of an old mill which once sat along the Yellow River. We had hashed past this site a few weeks ago and I was ready to go back with the camera.

This shot highlights my fascination with old manufactured parts that have information about the part forged onto it. If you look closely at this shot (or click through to get to see a better view) you’ll see that this is/was a “fire door hanger” and was patented in 1901 and 1909. Eh, I think it’s kinda neat.

I Prefer Fat Tires Over Flat Tires
Yesterday my friends Betsy, Melissa and I decided to do a grueling bike ride in the middle of the day. About two miles into the ride we saw three women on the side of McLendon Ave having difficulties with one of their tires. I, being brought up in an era where chivalry was still taught, asked them if they needed help to which they replied that they needed someone to help free the tire from the rim. We stopped, and secretly in the back of my mind I knew that I would look like a putz if I couldn’t complete the task. After much struggling (and sweating, even in the shade) I admitted defeat (note to self: time to return to the gym). The woman’s friends took off and started to ride back to their cars.

We remounted our bikes to resume our ride and about two blocks later Betsy’s rear tire was punctured by a staple. Oh bother. While fixing her tire (we managed to get hers off the rim) the first woman passed us on her bike alerting us that she had gotten a real “fix it” man to help her out, and that he had ruined his housekey in the process. While I contemplated finding a stick to shove into her spokes, the task of fixing Betsy’s tire was still at hand and I couldn’t be bothered with filing police reports, etc. Once the tire was repared we decided that it was time to drink beer instead of ride so we headed back to our start. I accused Betsy of sabotaging her tire in order to restore my manly bravado, but thanked her for doing so. While the beer wasn’t Fat Tire Ale, it was rather tasty.

CD Pick Of The Week
Readers, I hate to say this but you are on your own. I haven’t a fucking clue about any of the CDs being released today.

Asobi Seksu? Boards Of Canada? Jim Dickinson? Matthew Herbert? Peeping Tom?

Perhaps one of you could educate me.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - unsure
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing The Faint — “Desperate Guys”
Website Of The Day - If you’ve got the moxie to flirt in traffic, perhaps you should sign up for offline dating at Flirting In Traffic.

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 - a short Black Sheep hash on Sunday, an even shorter bikre ride on Monday

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

I have spent the last handful of Memorial Days in Newnan, Georgia with hashers at an event known as Hedon. Hedon is a “camping” weekend on private property where the rules are “No dogs. No illegal drugs.” and there are two beer trucks on site dispensing beer the entire weekend. Sound fun?

In the I have had a lot of fun at Hedon and about a month ago I signed up for this year’s event. However, my recently-relentless schedule combined with last weekend’s campout convinced me that Hedon was not for me this year. Instead I plan to spend a mostly-restful weekend doing whatever the hell I please.

Not Too Tough An Act To Follow
This morning I followed the “You Have But One Chance To Make A First Impression Act Of 1978″ by taking the Jackmobile in for some TLC at Catcus Carwash. She looks fucking hot, even with the smattering of lint still present on the windshield. Seriously, I like Cactus Carwash but for what they are charging to wash cars could they not afford lint-free towels?

In two weeks I will take the Jackmobile in for her 50,000 mile checkup as she turns the ripe-old age of four. She still looks a like this picture from a year or so ago, with the addition of a few gray hairs and a few more wrinkles

Speaking of the Jackmobile, the other day I received a phone call from a District Attorney asking me questions about my carjacking which occurred in August of 2003. Ah, the swift wheels of the criminal investigation process…

When WiFi Turns Into WoeFi
When I made the monumental leap from my ancient Palm Pilot III to an iPAQ last year one of the big perks was getting the ability to surf the net wirelessly when I was at a location with a WiFi hotspot. It was great, until last week, when my iPAQ decided that it didn’t want to do this any longer. It sees WiFi networks, but refuses to attempt to connect to them. Rats!

The timing this couldn’t be much better since I am seriously considering moving to a Treo 650 from Sprint (Sprint’s prices for data plans seem so much more reasonable than Cingular’s and Verizon’s). Cool kids like Susan and Mark carry them (although not necessarily of the Sprint variety), why should I? And let’s face it, I’ll never be as cool as Maigh so a Blackberry is out of the question…

Don’t Know Much About Geography
Yesterday I found out that I will be spending a day or two in El Paso, Texas in the middle of July for training. Don’t be that way, nobody likes it when you are so jealous of me. Do you think it will be hot then???

Not being a cartographer myself I pulled up Google Maps to locate El Paso. Holy Fucking Hell (almost literally) it’s almost due South of Albuquerque, New Mexico! And it being almost directly on the US / Mexico border I can get a look at the new fencing being put up in efforts to stop illegals from entering.

Customer Disservice, Part 1
In preparation for my trip I decided to sign up for Frontier Airlines EarlyReturns^(R) frequent-flier program. I consider doing this like getting immunization shots before travelling; I may not need them, but having them can’t hurt.

After providing all of the required information on their web site I was greeted with an error message. So I tried again, same error message. Naturally I then turned to calling customer service where I was promptly greeted with the standard message that

• their menus have changed recently, please listen to all options
• my call was important to them
• call volume was higher than “expected”
• all of their loyalty agents were currently helping other customers

Loyalty Agents? Oh Please, stop this fucking nonsense! They are (on average) underpaid call service representatives who’d give their left nut/teet to get the hell out of Dodge and we all know it.

Customer Disservice, Part 2
June marks the end of my Natural Gas Fixed Rate plan. To prepare myself for sigining another contract I surfed on over to websites of the major gas marketers to check their rates. One of the marketers had a rate plan called the Choice plan which was in between the non-fixed-rate plan and their “normal” fixed-rate plan. Want to know what this means? Me too! From their site I could never figure out what the hell made this plan “choice.” I am sure that you understand why I didn’t dare call them because I had no desire to sit on hold to wait to talk to one of their Loyalty Agents…

Well, that’s a lot to digest. I’ll probably be posting on Monday, so check you aggregators then. If not, I’ll have plenty of nonsense to discuss on Tuesday. Have a safe Memorial Day Weekend all!!!

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - nervous
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Yeah Yeah Yeahs — “Phenomena”
Website Of The Day - Are you planning to travel to where the Internets may have not reached yet too? You may want to do like me and grab some of your favorite apps from Portable Apps and put them onto a USB thumb drive.

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]

You take them both and there you have
The facts of life, the facts of life

I have to apologize in advance because I really don’t feel like writing today. Today my world is a little like this…

I Gonna Zoom Zoom Zoom Zoom Zoom
I tried taking a picture of the zoom lens to try and show the foreign object I’ve been mentioning… I failed.

I tried taking a picture of my whiteboard to perhaps show any problems… I failed (I could not get far enough away to focus, nor could I get decent lighting).

I guess that I am just going to keep the lens because I really hate having to ship shit back to online retailers.

InsideThePerimeter v2.0
I’ve made progress on the move to WordPress (visit my .net counterpart to see where it stands). I am still not happy, especially because I spent a good hour poking around trying to understand how the right-hand galley was populated (it’s not like Blogger where you violate good web design by adding data to the css template). If you go to the site you will see that I never figured it out.

I’ve got a “Come To Jesuses” meeting set up with Maigh and Dave in a few weeks. In the meantime I will be playing around with css, probably wind up trashing the .net site, and starting all over again after we meet.

Ladies And Gentlemen, We Have A Winner!
Last night I watched the finale. American Idol? Um no, Top Chef. I know, I was the only person in America to watch Top Chef, but I kinda enjoyed it. It was no Hell’s Kitchen mind you… On a related note, Hell’s Kitchen v2.0 starts on June 12th.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - mixed — one the one hand very happy; on the other notsomuch
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing The Avalanches — “Frontier Psychiatrist”
Website Of The Day - This week’s Web 2.0 wine evaluation site is…. Cork’d. Don’t get this name confused with Corky, the characted with Down Syndrome on “Life Goes On.”

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, approx 5 miles; walking, approx 1 mile

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Seriously, Am I This Dense?
I am having major difficulties figuring out how to use Wordpress with Dreamhost. Every time I think that I have found the proper document which explains how to set up my blog there I get routed to yet another document. I know that it shouldn’t be this hard, and that I am not that stupid (although I am starting to have my doubts).

Can one of you Wordpressers point me in the right direction? The longer I wait to move from Blogger, the longer this process will take.

Flickr Is Acting Like A Fuckr?
Here’s another shot using the zoom lens I bitched about yesterday. (note: at “press time” Flickr is unable to show this photo. WTF?)

If the lens imperfection were to rear its ugly head it should be near dead center in this shot. Today I’m going to try and get shots of things like my whiteboard so I can make a final decision on whether or not to keep it.

What The Zot Is That?
I’ve been sucked up into the Mac World just a little further. The other day while listening to a podcast I heard about this site called MacZot. I don’t fully understand MacZot yet other than that they sell Macintosh software at a discount.

MacZot is currently offering a mystery grab bag of software, where the price is increasing as mystery items are revealed. I nearly jumped in on Day One when the price was $19.95, but I got cold feet. Of course I went back on Day Two and purchased the mystery grab bag for $24.95 (sometimes my financial decisions are weak). I’ll reveal the contents of my purchase when I find out.

Pulling My Falcons Season Ticket Rip Cord
Good news, I have been offered an upgrade for my Falcons season ticket (moving from section 316 to section 123). Bad news, the cost has more than doubled (to about $750). I’ve decided that with at least one trip, a couple of technology purchases, and some home and auto maintenance on the horizon that the cost is too rich for my blood so I have passed.

Look for me on my couch on Sundays during the Fall watching football on a big screen tv instead of at the dome live. It’s the way God intended it.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - dense
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing The Plastic Constellations — “Sancho Panza”
Website Of The Day - Maybe if I start exercising and begin enduring I can contribute to We Endure the social training log.

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 - With my photography class at 6:15pm-8:00pm Tuesdays are rough. How’s that for a lame excuse.

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

I Hate It When I Lose My Friends
I’ve been a manager at this Nationally Distributed Satellite Television Company for more than seven years.

Yesterday another of my employees turned in a resignation. This one hurt a little more than normal because not only do I think that this person is a talented software developer, (s)he has become a good friend in the time that we have worked together.

I work hard to bring them in and try to keep them happy. It’s inevitable that some will fly the coop for better opportunities, but it doesn’t lessen the pain and guilt.

To Return Or Not To Return, That Is The Question
With time to burn before trivia last night I took my new zoom lens out for a nature hunt — in Piedmont Park. In part I was trying to get the necessary photos for tonight’s homework (which didn’t work out so well) and in part to test the limits of the new lens. I was excited to use my new lens. However, when I attached the lens to the body I looked down the barrel for the first time and saw what appeared to be a defect in the lens, or a foreign object inside the outermost lens. Welcome to my world. I am now trying to decided if I should return it for replacement since I purchased it online. Why does this bullshit continually happen to me?

Here are two shots (as always click through for better image quality, although I am not uploading the originals right now due to the length of time necessary to do so).

At lunchtime I am going to try and capture more shots to see if the perceived imperfect is reflected in my photos. If I can notice it my decision is simple, if now I have to decide if this is a big enough inconvenience for me to return the lens and lose use of it for awhile. If you see a whacko around Perimeter Mall taking photos at lunch, honk your horn to say hello.

I’ll Take “Arrowhead Stadium” For 74,000 Please, Alex
Last night Meet The Hashers gathered at Taco Mac in the Highlands for Team Trivia. While we were not at the top of our game (I should have remembered that this was the first season since 1979 that the St Louis Blues have missed the hockey playoffs!!!) we managed to “finish” the game tied for second place. The host called for team representatives (which was me last night) to come up and get a tie-breaker question.

What is the seating capacity of Arrowhead Stadium?

The team which came closest to the actual seating capacity would take second place.

Knowing Midwesterners are nuts for their football I knew that the number would be high, but not as ridiculously high as something like “The Big House” in Ann Arbor. My best guess was 74,000. The answer I found on the Internets this morning is 79,451. The team we were playing against turned in an answer that was eight seats further away from our guess (they went over, we were under), thus we claimed second place.

Google Is My Calculator
I may have blogged about this before, but do you know that if you enter a mathematical formula into Google’s search bar it will parse it and provide an answer? Why bother trying to find that calculator application on whatever operating system you are using, simply Google the answer!

I calculated the height of my photos today, knowing that I needed them to be 80% of the original height of 333 pixels, using this formula 333 * .8

What Day Is It Today? Tuesday!!!
And I admit that I don’t know much about the bands releasing CDs today. While I know The Dixie Chicks I’ve never been a fan. Mission Of Burma is playing the Pitchfork Music Festival (my Chicago trip) so I suppose that I should attempt to familiarize myself with their music.

It’s that simple Kids! Today I will suggest that you check out Mission Of Burma’s release of “The Obliterati.” Like we say around the office “It’s not rocket science.”

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - feeling like I’ve got my first poison ivy of the year
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Gomez — “Hamoa Beach”
Website Of The Day - Morigami!!! If you liked last week’s origami link, go check out Origami Tessillations. (thanks Sarah!)

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 but walking around Piedmont Park (BOO! HISS!)

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Twisted Ankle: A Great Photo Shoot Spoiled
Picture in your mind a beautiful state park in Northwest Georgia. Picture in your mind a picturesque lake with fauna, and breathtaking views with flora. Got them? Good, because those are the only images from my past weekend you will see.

On Friday I had planned to drive up to Summerville, set up my tent and then go for a little hike and a drive into Summerville all the while carrying my camera. When I got up there, some of my friends had already arrived and together we started drinking while attempting to guard a few select camping spots for the friends that were yet to arrive. Who am I to leave a fun group situation to go away alone? A quick trip to town to purchase food and beer was all I managed.

Saturday’s Twisted Ankle half marathon was once again challenging. If you ignore the three friends who completed the half marathon in a shorter time, then I finished first amongst my friends. And for those that ran the marathon? Holy shit did I kick their collective asses!

In all seriousness, the day was warm, warmer than this Clydesdale (who ironically will drink almost any beer except Budweiser) who didn’t train nearly enough enjoys. My calves began cramping around mile nine, which if you know anything about a half marathon, is about four-point-miles before one wants this to occur. I’m not saying that without the cramping I would have passed any of my friends who finished before I did, but I would have broken the three-hour mark (those of you scoffing at a three-hour half marathon need to go out and run this course before doing so). Maybe next year? I’ll have to wait until the memory of the pain from this year subsides.

Once the race was over there was no way in hell that I was going to hike back out with the camera in hand to take photos.

Sunday Achy Sunday
I had huge plans for Sunday, many of those went by the wayside thanks to aches, need for sleep, and a battle with allergies.

Two major accomplishments occurred, the purchasing of a Frommer’s travel guide for Chicago (trying to be optomistic for my July trip) at Borders

and lunch with some great friends.

One major accomplishment did not however, as I decided that I have been pushing the limits a bit too often recently and chose not to go see the Flaming Lips in concert. I also could fathom the thought of being around a slew of free concert-goers. Had this been a ticketed event my decision may have been changed.

Not “If” But “When”
This is my renewed attitude toward exercising. I was reminded often this weekend that I used to be in much better shape, and that if I want an improved attitude I will have to return to the daily hard work that I used to perform.

The “gym bag” has been packed with running attire, it’s now up to me to use them.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - still achy and run down, perhaps it’s not allergies afterall
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s — “Quiet As A Mouse”
Website Of The Day - I love free wifi. Apparently, so do the people at I Love Free WiFi which is a new community for listing free wifi hotspots.

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 - 13.1 miles of trail running Saturday

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Well, I Thought I Was Going To See Live Music
I really need to stop buying tickets for shows and then bailing. Last night I just could not get motivated to go out. I think waking up at 5:30am had something to do with it, but I really think I just couldn’t get worked up to go out.

Post-Survivor Blues
Wow, while staying at home on a Thursday night I actually missed being able to watch Survivor. Who would have thunk it?

At Least Someone I Know Is Exercising
This is one of my many toys in the office. His yellow arms are scrawny, but he can hold this pose for days.

My Turn Comes Tomorrow
Tomorrow I will in Summerville Georgia, more specifically in James “Sloppy” Floyd State Park to run the second annual Twisted Ankle Half Marathon. I ran (if you can call the speed at which I completed it running) this course last year. In theory I’ll be in better shape this year, although I am not expecting to make great gains…

And Last But Certainly Not Least
There’s a little concert going on this weekend downtown. The only bad thing about the concert is that it is free. Now I’m a Democrat (or Libertarian depending on your definition) so I don’t mind free things, but free concerts are generally the worst. Free concerts bring out thousands of people who go to only because it’s free, thereby oftentimes ruining the experience for those of us there for the music. I’ll be there on Sunday night (probably annoyed by the crowd) to see The Flaming Lips. Come back here on Monday because you are guaranteed that I will have stories…

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - out of the loop
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing The Replacements — “Message To The Boys”
Website Of The Day - You may think that I bring you a whole lot of nothing, bere here’s a blog called Whole Lotta Nothing that actually advertises the fact.

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]

It’s a full day of training for me today. I am currently in a far away land known as Suwanee. Yikes!

Chicago On $200 A Day?
When I first decided to go to Chicago a few months ago I considered to be an inexpensive alternative to going “across the pond” for the first time. It’s Chicago, midwest living, how expensive could it be? The answer is “very expensive.”

While I was able to convert SkyMiles for my flight, I don’t have the same luxury for a hotel room. If you’ve been reading my blog since my trip to Manhattan last year you know that I usually travel solo (and don’t like to, which is why I travel infrequently) and don’t require a stay in the Four Seasons to have a pleasant stay. Let me re-introduce you to the Shoilet that was in the Hotel Thirty Thirty that I stayed at last year.

(click through to get a better look — if you dare)

For the last two weeks I’ve been searching for a Chicago hotel that is

• in Chicago
• not a complete shithole
• costs less than $150/night before taxes, fees, etc

It’s been very hard to find such a room. Even at $150/night my four-night stay will wind up costing my $800 (once you add in all the taxes, etc) for the hotel room alone! Tack on food, beer, and other entertainment expenses I’m looking at a Chicago trip which costs nearly the same as a new computer.

I am really having a hard time rationalizing this and am thinking about bagging the trip completely.

Any BellSouth DSL Customers Out There?
I’m considering switching DSL providers. My connection is okay, but not stellar especially for what I am paying. I admit to not being a big fan of BellSouth because I think that I am paying a lot for minimal land-line phone services (which I cannot drop), but I am willing to consider them as an option if I get enough rave reviews.

Back On The Live Music Circuit
Tonight I’ll be back at The EARL, this time to see Pretty Girls Make Graves. I don’t know much about the band, but since I am only working a partial day tomorrow I am willing to investigate on a School Night.

What A Bunch Of Flags!
SKIP NOW if you didn’t watch last night.

While I was somewhat unimpressed with the grand finale of The Amazing Race I was pleased to see the Hippies win it all. There was just something about the Frat Boys that bugged the shit out of me.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - in pain, I have a pinched nerve in my neck
Current Music - nothing today
Website Of The Day - Seek inner peace by checking out the origami art of Richard Sweeney.

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 (a-gain)

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Mac In Black?
Yesterday Apple introduced the much anticipated MacBook. It’s the 13.3″ widescreen laptop which replaces the iBook series. Apple has decided that people should now also be able to ejoy a laptop in black in addition to white, only for certain models however. It’s like ebony and ivory. The song title puns cannot be stopped!

Now I Know My Alpha, Beta, Gammas
After coming back from lunch yesterday I swung by Flickr and something struck me as being slightly different. When I looked at Flickr’s logo I realized that they have transitioned from Beta to Gamma. It looks like the change consists of mostly menu changes, and not having to go to other pages to select menu items, but change has occurred.

Want to check out the new version? Click on the picture below (it will also allow you to see my other fantastic works of art that I call photos).

Like Rodney Dangerfield I Get No Respect
Twice in the past two weeks I’ve try to play “Scoop the Reporter” and rush a story to one of the Big Blogs in hopes of getting some recognition. (the Flickr story was one of these stories) On both occasions the only recognition I received was as part of a “Thanks to everyone who reported this” mention. I tell you, I get no respect.

Down The Hatch
Richard Hatch, the winner of Survivor 1 has been sentenced to fifty-one months in jail for tax evasion. Ouch! As always you can pay The Man now, or pay him later.

I just hope that my sentence isn’t that steep if GA Law officials say that I gypped the toll booth on 400 by a quarter. The arm was raised and the green light which reads “Thank You” was on, so I assumed that it correctly read all 50-cents that I dropped into the basket. I really don’t want to lose my recently re-obtained virginity to a man. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…

No George’s Again?
Microsoft’s Outlook has a major problem scheduling meetings for participants in different time zones. I found out that the meeting which I thought was to last until 7pm tonight, really is supposed to only last until 5pm. This meeting was scheduled by someone in Denver, hence the Mountain - Eastern time zone differential. Because of this I didn’t pack anything for running tonight. Perhaps I’ll show for a beer.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - in pain, I have a pinched nerve in my neck
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 26, playing Husker Du — “Could You Be The One”
Website Of The Day - If you’ve never been to The Smoking Gun, where have you been?.

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 - zilch

Cheers!
Paulie [eatl/ga]