July 30, 2008 14:21

Dinner was tasty last night. Rainbow trout, a little salt and pepper and drizzled with lemon juice, and then sauteed. Accompanied by a salad of spinach, celery, carrots, spring onions, radishes, Parmigiano-Regiano, and drizzled with lemon juice and olive oil. Super-tasty.

A fellow came to the front door on Monday and asked if I would like my lawn mowed. I asked him how much. He said $25. So I said, "go for it." And then my lawn looked tidy. I still have to deal with the weeds along the side and round the back, but Lynne has loaded me a weed-whacker type thing to help with that. My plans for landscaping have encountered some difficulties, so a few changes are in store. All good, however.

The Doctor Who final is this Friday. I've read some of the reactions after it was shown in the UK and I'm really looking forward to a great episode. I've DVR'ed every episode since getting a DVR. It's also the final of the rerun of season two, on BBC on Satuday. I had not seen this season until this year, so I've been following it closely, even though I know more-or-less what happens. I think I'll end up buying all the boxed-sets.

Work is keeping me relatively busy. Some stuff I've been putting off has caught up to me, so that's what I've been working on yesterday and today. I've written up my notes and observations; I now have to articulate my interpretation of the situations and make recommendations. Two or three other projects need some attention today as well. Fun.

My office got a bit of a tidy up yesterday. I still need to get a new (bigger) filing cabinet and a work space. I might replace my current desk as well, so I can better use the space I have.

I'm trying to live by the rule that for every $10 I spend on groceries, I have to have one meal (lunch or dinner) at home. It seems to work out reasonably well. Although it gets harder when I'm buying those expensive non-food items.

I've now been a home-owner for eight weeks and two mortgage payments. So far so good. I'm still trying to work down my credit card debt - all of a sudden I needed to buy a bunch of stuff after I acquired a house, go figure. When that debt is dealt to, I'll be able to get a few more things sorted out around the place and maybe even consider a vacation. We'll see.

Most Recent Tracks Listened To:	Top 10 Artists Listened to Last Week:
Recent/Upcoming Gigs May 17, 2008 14:00 EstoriaFest A bunch of bands playing at Estoria. Very cool. Highlights included Rizzudo, and the Liverhearts. November 16, 2007 21:00 Standard 8 Lenny's. My friend Owen's band. Very fun. July 14, 2007 13:00 Pitchfork Music Festival Union Park. Lots of good music. July 13, 2007 18:30 Slint - Sonic Youth Union Park. Awesome. Slint were really good, and Sonic Youth were simply brilliant June 24, 2007 22:00 Deerhunter Drunken Unicorn. Good stuff. Loud. Distorted. Loud.

Movies

July 01, 2008 22:00	Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	[DVD] Always fun to watch
June 27, 2008 22:00	The Prestige	[Blu] Quite a good story
June 20, 2008 22:00	Shawn of the Dead	[DVD] Always fun to watch
May 26, 2008 15:00	Iron Man	Abosulutely awesome. Perfect balance of special effects and Robert Downey Jr was perfect.
March 19, 2008 22:30	Ultraviolet	[Blu] Visually very pretty. But the story was pretty bad.

Books

July 19, 2008 15:00	Neal Boortz and John LInder - FairTax: The Truth	While I think I agree with a lot of the underlying concepts and reasons for the proposal, some of the arguments don't have me convinced
July 15, 2008 23:00	Neal Boortz and John Linder - The FairTax Book	Too many questions about the proposal are left unanswered, with high potential for misunderstanding.
July 07, 2008 11:55	Chris Salewicz - Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer	Thoroughly fascinating and well-written biography of Joe Strummer. Recommended.
March 13, 2008 20:00	Isaiah Berlin - The Power of Ideas	Philosophy and history of ideas. Very interesting.
January 32, 2008 22:00	Reverend Billy - What Would Jesus Buy?	An interesting, amusing, and ultimately thought-provoking sermon on the Shopocalypse.