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Thanks to the new iTunes 4.9, you’re now able to find and download Podcasts with the ease of the rest of the iTunes software. For those unfamiliar with Podcasts, it’s a very simple concept that has been made overly complicated for some reason. I remember a few months back trying to find out what they [...]

My Web 2.0 vs. Del.icio.us I have been using del.icio.us for quite some time now and it has made my life so much easier for quickly adding bookmarks that I can easily find without having to worry about a lot of bookmark management. It has some nice bookmarklets you can add to your toolbar so that [...]

You can thank the threatening weather for this entry.  If it weren't for the thunderstorms on the way, I'd be home getting myself mentally ready for my first soccer game of the summer and first in about 6 weeks.  Instead, onto Lithuanian homecooking, decapitated daisies, and snake-licking dogs.

I made it to Swedish Girl's house around 6:30 pm yesterday to celebrate our one-month anniversary.  I found the table on the backyard deck decorated with rose petals, candles, and the stemless (decapitated) daisies I had recently given Swedish Girl.  I hope this wasn't an omen for the giver of the daisies.  Upon seeing this lovely display and then being served some tasty Lithuanian dishes, I declared that I didn't deserve it all.  Swedish Girl deadpanned, "No, you don't.  Not after a month.  Maybe after a year, yes, but not after a month."  Seeing as how that is something I would say, is there any wonder why we're together?

We moved through 3 courses, with wine (Cool Jesus was not a fan of the 1992 port wine, so he stuck with his Yellow Tail merlot), took a breather, and then moved onto fruit (raspberries, strawberries, and cherries) with whipped cream.  While Swedish Girl was cleaning up, I went to my car to get my chapstick and gum (I can never be too far from these two items), but on the way, I heard some rustling on the ground.  I bent down to see what made the noise and saw a snake hiding out under some steps.  I called Swedish Girl out to take a look.  The snake was shy and she didn't believe me at first, but it finally made an appearance, so we were all happy.   We thought that was all we'd be seeing of the serpent for the night, but we were wrong.

Annoucement: The Bonnaroo Photos have landed. Enjoy. Relive the glory of our trip to Tennessee. Ok, I promise that unless I end up in Brooklyn, Coney Island or some other unlikely place this will be my last commuting gripe, I hope. But at least this is a positive one. Let me rephrase. At least everything that [...]

Last night, despite my bed in my air-conditioned bedroom calling out to me, I sat down and typed out an entry.  It had to go up last night, because June 27 marked the one-month anniversary of Swedish Girl and Cool Jesus.  Happy Anniversary to us.  I wanted to mark the happy little milestone with a celebratory entry, [...]

You try to figure this out! So after my last post on commuting mishaps, you probably thought I would ship up. That I’d finally find my way around the labyrinth subway system of the NYC Metro area. I’d get some sense in my head and realize that when walking on an Avenue, say 6th, if the [...]

In my mind, I’ve always differentiated a visitor to NYC from someone who actually lives there by using Central Park. In all my prior trips to New York City (and the surrounding areas), I’ve come into the city to go to a club, show, restaurant, party, bar, museum, visit friends, shop, etc. I’ve never had [...]