Sunday Leftovers

433 words written by dylan
Posted October 05, 2003 @ 10:58 PM
2 comments

Odds 'n' sods.

The new REM single is "Bad Day," which really isn't a new song, since it was originally recorded during the Lifes Rich Pagent sessions. They did, however, fill in some holes in the lyrics. It's the way REM is supposed to sound. To all of you who were at the REM Bumbershoot show with me (me: 31, right side of stage about four people back from the barrier, blue Mountainsmith pack, Gold Pass, first REM album bought was Dead Letter Office), hi. For all you 26 and under people, I was judging Green to be too commercial about the same time you were snapping up New Kids CDs and you were watching Blossom because you thought Joey was hawt. BTW, the video is pretty funny.

After four years, I'm organizing the kitchen and paring down the appliances. Anybody desire their own Fry Daddy, electric can opener, or a two quart steamer?

Discovered the "broken" pressure cooker during the kitchen cleanout this weekend. When we first got it (as an exchange for a wedding present we already had four of) I couldn't get it to work right, so I shoved it in the cabinet and forgot about it. Four years on, I found it again, and I realized my mistake -- you have to LOCK the lid, not just throw it on top. Duh. So, we have a working pressure cooker that will finally be put to use.

The Cubs are through to play the Marlins, and the Red Sox are one masterful performance by Pedro away from playing the Yankees. The Series of Armageddon draws nearer.

Speaking of supporters of the Series of Armageddon, George has come up with an ingenious way to create a "Now Reading" spot on your MT blog without using a plugin. Excellent if you don't want to deal with convincing your ISP to install XML::Simple.

I'm trying to figure out how to parse Susan's Livejournal RSS feed so that I can link to her blog. Any ideas would be helpful.

Went to Wayne and Karen's baby shower last night. Karen bought kebabs with beef sirloin and veggies... but she didn't realize that these were Kobe beef. 3-4 minutes per side on the grill, they came out medium rare, and the beef was like butter. Heaven.

Weight: 225. Change since May 1: -35. Now five pounds from my BMI falling below 30. I'm already wearing 36 waist jeans, though I think they're "36" in name only, probably actually 38s. The Gap has apparently been tossing a few extra inches into their waistbands for a while now.

Comments

  1. Dylan, for RSS feeds, have you tried the RSS feed plugin?:

    http://mt-plugins.org/archives/entry/rss_feed.php

    Might be a problem with some of the requirements if they are not already installed on your server.

    Posted by: George Chang | October 6, 2003 12:02 PM

  2. Hmm. Haven't tried that. And I have everything installed for it. Discovered, too, that I have the essential XML:: plugins. WOOHOO!

    Posted by: dw | October 6, 2003 04:19 PM