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term='College Hockey'/><category term='The Stylistics'/><category term='Editorial Note'/><category term='Eddie Izzard'/><category term='New Slang'/><category term='Portlandia'/><category term='Blood Libel'/><category term='Will Leitch'/><category term='PVH1976'/><category term='Beta Band'/><category term='Politics'/><category term='Headphones'/><category term='Election'/><category term='Qrank'/><category term='Bullet Points'/><category term='Austin Satar'/><category term='Blindsight'/><category term='Big Ben'/><category term='Weather'/><category term='zombie books'/><category term='Vasectomy'/><category term='Grammys'/><category term='Holiday Activities'/><category term='Vaughn Ward'/><category term='Solid Sound'/><category term='Religion'/><category term='War on Christmas'/><category term='Suggestions'/><category term='DFW'/><category term='Hell&apos;s Kitchen'/><category term='Tea Party Patriots'/><category term='Wanna be startin&apos; somethin&apos;'/><category term='NCAA Men&apos;s Hockey Tournament'/><category term='Universal Health Care'/><category term='Sleigh Bells'/><category term='Brett Favre'/><category term='Kim Jong-Il'/><category term='Art'/><category term='Rent'/><category term='Robot Chicken'/><category term='Upstate Artists Guild'/><category term='Glenn Greenwald'/><category term='Something Missing'/><category term='BP'/><category term='Adios MoFo'/><category term='Osama Bin Laden'/><category term='Onion Rings'/><category term='Cats'/><category term='Funny or Die'/><category term='Cast Iron Cooks'/><category term='Bad for you food'/><category term='Yogi Bear'/><category term='NYS Politics'/><category term='Maine'/><category term='Bananarama'/><category term='Choices'/><category term='Genre Fiction'/><category term='Greek Antiquities'/><category term='Karaoke'/><category term='Visitors'/><title type='text'>A Futile Mistake</title><subtitle type='html'>This is my blog.  I speak for no one but myself here.  The words I write, the images I post, and the articles I link to interest no one but me.  I stand by what I put here, however, it is not a reflection of time, effort, or particular care.  I just want a clearinghouse of what does interest me and a space to spout out poorly written and thoughtout rants.  Consider this a disclaimer.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2612</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-7226541377697179966</id><published>2012-02-10T21:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-10T21:52:04.067-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I've made a terrible mistake...</title><summary type='text'>No, we are not talking about my personal life, though I could and you would laugh, at me...not with me.

No, what I have done is that I have promised to take TEA to see the re-release of The Phantom Menace (3D).  TEA is going to love it.

Me, not so much.

FAU, I am expecting your scorn.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/7226541377697179966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/02/ive-made-terrible-mistake.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/7226541377697179966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/7226541377697179966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/02/ive-made-terrible-mistake.html' title='I&apos;ve made a terrible mistake...'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-3060488216664452819</id><published>2012-02-08T10:27:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T10:27:00.246-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wednesday</title><summary type='text'>• Three states were covered in a Santorum explosion last night.  Mitt and Newt were not surprised by this.  They have experienced Santorum before.  For Ron Paul supporters, this was their first taste of Santorum, and they did not like it.  

• Rachel Maddow wearing Eli Manning's #10 jersey as the result of a lost bet was wonderful. I love Rachel and forgive her the foible of rooting for the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/3060488216664452819/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/02/wednesday.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3060488216664452819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3060488216664452819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/02/wednesday.html' title='Wednesday'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-5580132613908800866</id><published>2012-02-07T12:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-07T12:39:53.459-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Things'/><title type='text'>Not to be a richard but...</title><summary type='text'>• Pointing out that a number of the commercials during the Super Bowl™ were heterocenterist or patriarchal does not make you an observant media consumer or someone who speaks "truth to power".  It makes you a scold and more easily allows me to dismiss you.  Bonus points if you are quoting Mother Jones or Utne while making your argument.

• Doctor &gt; Downton

• Pats Nation has taken the Super Bowl™</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/5580132613908800866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/02/not-to-be-richard-but.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/5580132613908800866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/5580132613908800866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/02/not-to-be-richard-but.html' title='Not to be a richard but...'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-404569659939680458</id><published>2012-02-01T11:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-01T11:32:08.575-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comedy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Television'/><title type='text'>My List for FAU, DMS, and whomever else is playing along</title><summary type='text'>Seinfeld - The Contest
The Simpsons - Monorail
HIMYM - Slapbet/Robin Sparkles
Party Down - Pepper McMasters Singles Seminar
30 Rock - Tracy Does Conan
Community - Documentary Filmmaking Redux
Arrested Development - Afternoon Delight
Taxi - Paper Marriage
The Golden Girls - Fiddler on the Rope
All in the Family - Gloria Discovers Woman's Lib
Just Shoot Me! - Slow Donnie
The Cosby Show - Theo's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/404569659939680458/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/02/my-list-for-fau-dms-and-whomever-else.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/404569659939680458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/404569659939680458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/02/my-list-for-fau-dms-and-whomever-else.html' title='My List for FAU, DMS, and whomever else is playing along'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-2863486822686019672</id><published>2012-01-16T18:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T18:22:32.407-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture of the Day'/><title type='text'>PotD - Tasty</title><summary type='text'>This may be the tastiest thing I ever put in my mouth.  #CraftBeer</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/2863486822686019672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-tasty.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2863486822686019672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2863486822686019672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-tasty.html' title='PotD - Tasty'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/-obM9ra1l-dI/TxSxNwkLbBI/AAAAAAAAD2U/urHM6oGLQYQ/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-4281526653708131514</id><published>2012-01-15T11:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:46:55.443-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Football'/><title type='text'>Question for you...</title><summary type='text'>"Only a master of evil..."Doesn't he look like he should be ordering Anakin to kill the younglings?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/4281526653708131514/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/question-for-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4281526653708131514'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4281526653708131514'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/question-for-you.html' title='Question for you...'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QjQ6BNyK4V0/TxMC_ZO0LpI/AAAAAAAAD2M/iPHse2qBNoM/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-3486577619082503216</id><published>2012-01-15T10:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T10:55:24.515-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture of the Day'/><title type='text'>PotD - Brrrrr!</title><summary type='text'>It's cold. It's so cold that ice is forming on the inside of the windows. That was not there last night.  See? Really cold!How cold is it?My father, who is up this week dealing with urban family things, must be hating that he is not in Florida.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/3486577619082503216/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-brrrrr.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3486577619082503216'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3486577619082503216'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-brrrrr.html' title='PotD - Brrrrr!'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jIVTNQYKvfY/TxL26vsTMnI/AAAAAAAAD18/royeSjsxhlQ/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-4439473713152565251</id><published>2012-01-14T22:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-14T22:26:21.167-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture of the Day'/><title type='text'>PotD - Picture in Picture</title><summary type='text'>Yeah, Miss America is more competitive than the Broncos game.  (Yes, my hope was to post the final score with the Patriots (Cowboys East) losing to the Broncos.  That does not look like it is going to happen.)(Why are all the women in this orange?  Are they Oomph Loompahs?)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/4439473713152565251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-picture-in-picture.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4439473713152565251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4439473713152565251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-picture-in-picture.html' title='PotD - Picture in Picture'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/-uHPndU1959M/TxJHW9lDu2I/AAAAAAAAD10/Gg5_OhpsUM8/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-5543839284713197034</id><published>2012-01-13T13:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T13:39:20.165-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture of the Day'/><title type='text'>PotD - Rocketship Underpants</title><summary type='text'>Some days...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/5543839284713197034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-rocketship-underpants.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/5543839284713197034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/5543839284713197034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-rocketship-underpants.html' title='PotD - Rocketship Underpants'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/-IlbUC5E0cnE/TxB6VmMh81I/AAAAAAAAD1k/rDtUUo6Taks/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-385181372669661670</id><published>2012-01-12T15:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T12:49:43.499-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture of the Day'/><title type='text'>PotD -Twinkies!</title><summary type='text'>Tallahassee loves Twinkies.  Food for the ZA!Yes, they may be going away, but they may not be...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/385181372669661670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-twinkies.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/385181372669661670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/385181372669661670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-twinkies.html' title='PotD -Twinkies!'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UGV8iwTSvpw/TxButa5vgGI/AAAAAAAAD1c/bowX_L1Uo6g/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-6436449753939783340</id><published>2012-01-11T18:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T18:22:27.568-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture of the Day'/><title type='text'>PotD - Announcing Your Intentions</title><summary type='text'>Nothing inspires confidence like these..."I'm the Flash and I am the Fastest Man alive!"</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/6436449753939783340/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-announcing-your-intentions.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/6436449753939783340'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/6436449753939783340'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-announcing-your-intentions.html' title='PotD - Announcing Your Intentions'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gjoctWMuo_0/Tw4ZsaybG7I/AAAAAAAAD1U/cwXYlTOvcDk/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-374747786190003011</id><published>2012-01-10T23:50:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T23:50:12.522-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hyperbole</title><summary type='text'>Watching the speeches from the "winners" in New Hampshire, I was struck by the rhetoric that was being put forth to the point where I wondered if we were talking about the same country.  

I then proceeded to watch two documentaries about the DPRK so that I was able to have some perspective.  

Perspective gained.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/374747786190003011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/hyperbole.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/374747786190003011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/374747786190003011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/hyperbole.html' title='Hyperbole'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-2218929226449673527</id><published>2012-01-10T18:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T18:07:19.142-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture of the Day'/><title type='text'>PotD - Ramen</title><summary type='text'>So tasty...Now with actual chicken!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/2218929226449673527/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-ramen.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2218929226449673527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2218929226449673527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-ramen.html' title='PotD - Ramen'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HJoNPRSnOMs/TwzEpX_GSCI/AAAAAAAAD1M/p91z0KzZYQE/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-5984290376124545960</id><published>2012-01-10T07:28:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T07:28:47.679-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dreams'/><title type='text'>The Dream</title><summary type='text'>There were a number of weird things going on with my subconscious last night. 

We were staying at this wonderful beach house that sat on a bluff overlooking the ocean and it was a long walk via a rickety wooden staircase to the ocean.  (This detail seems meaningless, but there were many trips up and down the set of stairs, including one with a large raft.) 

There were many cameos by friends (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/5984290376124545960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/dream.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/5984290376124545960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/5984290376124545960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/dream.html' title='The Dream'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-7550241295126597096</id><published>2012-01-09T16:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T16:10:26.226-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture of the Day'/><title type='text'>PotD - Shadows</title><summary type='text'>Late afternoon sunlight thru vertical blinds.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/7550241295126597096/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-shadows.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/7550241295126597096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/7550241295126597096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-shadows.html' title='PotD - Shadows'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/-bjRp_LnA-Ac/TwtXwXeqStI/AAAAAAAAD1E/k_fe1Ky65YI/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-5370294993371585359</id><published>2012-01-08T19:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-08T19:25:29.500-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York Football Giants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture of the Day'/><title type='text'>PotD - Giants Win!</title><summary type='text'>Did you expect anything else?This is Giants football!It was a great afternoon with (redacted) and Teacher Dave. There was also beer and pizza. It was almost a perfect day. (Not hanging out with TEA is the delimiter. It has nothing to do with breakfast foods.)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/5370294993371585359/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-giants-win.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/5370294993371585359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/5370294993371585359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-giants-win.html' title='PotD - Giants Win!'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1C1PX9alMDE/Twoz9tyCpcI/AAAAAAAAD00/rBeyhyfghsY/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-4255092605393268718</id><published>2012-01-07T18:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-07T18:38:01.628-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture of the Day'/><title type='text'>PotD - Oh, those ribs...</title><summary type='text'>Yeah, these are ribs that I was talking about...They went down like (insert joke here).  The dry rub was: smoked chipotle, garlic powder, salt, black pepper, dry basil, &amp; celery salt.  The ribs were basted with butter and a bottle of crappy light beer (my sister's brand) and a bit of an Irish Stout and a good American Pale Ale.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/4255092605393268718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-oh-those-ribs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4255092605393268718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4255092605393268718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-oh-those-ribs.html' title='PotD - Oh, those ribs...'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/--kn5z2TbvYU/TwjXWBEXnDI/AAAAAAAAD0s/QKa5m64WivA/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-3543339617131399705</id><published>2012-01-06T19:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-06T19:44:56.496-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture of the Day'/><title type='text'>PotD - Things that don't exist</title><summary type='text'>Hah!  Peppermint Oil!  What are they trying to say?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/3543339617131399705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-things-that-don-exist.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3543339617131399705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3543339617131399705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-things-that-don-exist.html' title='PotD - Things that don&amp;#39;t exist'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jb5DbS_Aduw/TweVhqq3b1I/AAAAAAAAD0k/35sBNCX-W1A/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-1850472748859086235</id><published>2012-01-05T19:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T19:05:00.608-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture of the Day'/><title type='text'>PotD - Pizza?</title><summary type='text'>Yes, because when I think of Kansas...I think pizza.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/1850472748859086235/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-pizza.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1850472748859086235'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1850472748859086235'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-pizza.html' title='PotD - Pizza?'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MTv6jKSxvXU/TwY6qa71EkI/AAAAAAAAD0c/6hq4uLxfxdo/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-4170122196863589962</id><published>2012-01-04T16:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T16:50:32.093-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture of the Day'/><title type='text'>PotD - Winter Sunset</title><summary type='text'>It is going to be a long winter.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/4170122196863589962/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-winter-sunset.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4170122196863589962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4170122196863589962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-winter-sunset.html' title='PotD - Winter Sunset'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2bFoM0PQRbg/TwTJpouLSfI/AAAAAAAAD0U/yDNGwnCYXpU/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-7696069376937606233</id><published>2012-01-03T11:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-03T11:43:45.181-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture of the Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Decision 2012'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>PotD - Iowa</title><summary type='text'>I love electoral politics.  And I love that there is a "surge of Santorum".  Love him or hate him, Dan Savage does do some interesting things.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/7696069376937606233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-iowa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/7696069376937606233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/7696069376937606233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-iowa.html' title='PotD - Iowa'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/-PQARwksOAIc/TwMwPyKgSnI/AAAAAAAAD0M/XE3gPDnqjrk/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-285719585183766904</id><published>2012-01-03T00:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-03T00:01:02.830-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthday'/><title type='text'>Happy Birthday, HJ77!</title><summary type='text'>Happy 35th 29th Birthday, HJ77!May your year be filled with all that your heart desires!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/285719585183766904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/happy-birthday-hj77.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/285719585183766904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/285719585183766904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/happy-birthday-hj77.html' title='Happy Birthday, HJ77!'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HVXYg4QCl1w/TwIezInR2oI/AAAAAAAAD0E/LIY9o3Pfr0Y/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-4657045721989852933</id><published>2012-01-02T11:56:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-03T10:46:01.164-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture of the Day'/><title type='text'>PotD - Reading Material</title><summary type='text'>
Rereading before the movie comes out.  

(In other book news, Colson Whitehead's "Zone One" is much better and far different than I expected.  I would not be surprised to see it on the various lists signifying the necessity to include it in the modern canon.)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/4657045721989852933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-reading-material.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4657045721989852933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4657045721989852933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-reading-material.html' title='PotD - Reading Material'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Oac6crKErRE/TwHithjNxFI/AAAAAAAADz8/jABW0-v3vwY/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-8018000263173715673</id><published>2012-01-01T19:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-01T19:52:22.242-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture of the Day'/><title type='text'>PotD - Nachos</title><summary type='text'>Getting ready for the #NewYorkFootballGiants against the Cowboys. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/8018000263173715673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-nachos.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/8018000263173715673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/8018000263173715673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2012/01/potd-nachos.html' title='PotD - Nachos'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3zs1T1k-dSI/TwD_xHSdh3I/AAAAAAAADz0/c7y5AnYG5xQ/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-589363215114276502</id><published>2011-12-26T13:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-26T13:32:07.901-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Photos'/><title type='text'>The Year in Pictures</title><summary type='text'>I had a great time in Manhattan with Lux!Ashley and I celebrated All Over Albany's Birthday!Shauna had her 30th birthday!HJ77 and I had a beer. I climbed Mount Greylock with FAU. TEA played Little League. We had a great vacation in Maine. TEA toured Fort Crailo with the wonderful Ms. Lee. I hated that bag.  We had a hurricane.  I had a birthday.   Yes, those are three neds.  Teacher Dave rocked </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/589363215114276502/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/12/year-in-pictures.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/589363215114276502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/589363215114276502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/12/year-in-pictures.html' title='The Year in Pictures'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/-O_vzJ0uyGH8/Tvi9goXU-6I/AAAAAAAADxs/IMEgXZ5wUgA/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-188365242424950910</id><published>2011-12-09T14:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-09T14:46:35.396-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Community'/><title type='text'>The Pop Culture Battle</title><summary type='text'>

#OccupyGreendale</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/188365242424950910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/12/pop-culture-battle.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/188365242424950910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/188365242424950910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/12/pop-culture-battle.html' title='The Pop Culture Battle'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-8587071072982045803</id><published>2011-12-09T14:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-09T14:42:17.858-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='80s Music'/><title type='text'>And during the few moments that we have left, . . . We want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand.</title><summary type='text'>

Cult of Personality</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/8587071072982045803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/12/and-during-few-moments-that-we-have.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/8587071072982045803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/8587071072982045803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/12/and-during-few-moments-that-we-have.html' title='And during the few moments that we have left, . . . We want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand.'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/7xxgRUyzgs0/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-8420768734811044959</id><published>2011-12-01T09:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-01T09:14:26.645-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='RISD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ancient Art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art'/><title type='text'>Yes, but is it art?</title><summary type='text'>(Apologies to Paige, who has her "Is it art?" project, but I did love the title.)

Last weekend, HJ77 and I went to the RISD Museum of Art.

While there, we saw this:



The final resting place of a Roman slave named Delicatus Saturnina.



This upset me, much like mummies, sarcophagi, and other funerary artifacts bother me.  Why?

Because they do not belong in museums.  These are sacred objects </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/8420768734811044959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/12/yes-but-is-it-art.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/8420768734811044959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/8420768734811044959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/12/yes-but-is-it-art.html' title='Yes, but is it art?'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rLzWjTukVZk/Ttd8jPMM79I/AAAAAAAADvY/QKn8zZaLA1k/s72-c/roman_risd1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-2019317077875631901</id><published>2011-11-29T11:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-29T11:51:07.658-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><title type='text'>Book Recommendations</title><summary type='text'>These are three of the books that I have read recently.  I thoroughly recommend them all.  (There have been others and it is best if I speak not of them, however, I will give a hint about a book I did not like.  The book is about a guy with a name like Jteve Sobs.)

11/22/63 (NY Times Review)

The Year After the Flood (NY Times Review)

Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human (NY Times Review)

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/2019317077875631901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/book-recommendations_29.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2019317077875631901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2019317077875631901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/book-recommendations_29.html' title='Book Recommendations'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-4936511445873534981</id><published>2011-11-29T08:29:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-29T08:29:23.496-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='RISD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chicken Little'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nancy Chunn'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art'/><title type='text'>Chicken Little and the Culture of Fear</title><summary type='text'> Chunn's most recent painting series, Chicken Little and the Culture of Fear, on which she has worked since 2004, focuses on the terrorism crisis in America and the panic it perpetuates. This theme was similarly depicted in her 9/11 piece from 2002-2004.
From Wikipedia
RISD Exhibition Page

Bathroom:</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/4936511445873534981/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/chicken-little-and-culture-of-fear.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4936511445873534981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4936511445873534981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/chicken-little-and-culture-of-fear.html' title='Chicken Little and the Culture of Fear'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Axm6fOf4Igw/TtTeLmYV7gI/AAAAAAAADu4/BO5JY5sgTlA/s72-c/blogger-image-1402167470.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-8030632986340154387</id><published>2011-11-28T07:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-28T07:03:00.526-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Foursquare'/><title type='text'>This week in Foursquare Badges</title><summary type='text'>Good week for new badges on Foursquare.  These things make me happy: art and commerce, bread, wine, &amp; books.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/8030632986340154387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/this-week-in-foursquare-badges.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/8030632986340154387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/8030632986340154387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/this-week-in-foursquare-badges.html' title='This week in Foursquare Badges'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZWP3rHhO3vY/TtKmgRL6nsI/AAAAAAAADtc/E9Q7_9y8suI/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-8200536284846879383</id><published>2011-11-27T14:47:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-27T14:47:23.543-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='RISD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greek Antiquities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art'/><title type='text'>To the victor!</title><summary type='text'>Isn't this beautiful?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/8200536284846879383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/to-victor.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/8200536284846879383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/8200536284846879383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/to-victor.html' title='To the victor!'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-vnZiVPOpJCM/TtKTxOnHioI/AAAAAAAADs8/mOlmLs25r1A/s72-c/blogger-image--421890439.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-1461041998162047151</id><published>2011-11-27T13:39:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-27T13:39:08.996-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='RISD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art'/><title type='text'>Clash of the Titans</title><summary type='text'>Yeah, I know...but I had to.  
</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/1461041998162047151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/clash-of-titans.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1461041998162047151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1461041998162047151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/clash-of-titans.html' title='Clash of the Titans'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-O_IrfM1Htio/TtKDxQB8E9I/AAAAAAAADss/FJXdaeb9cl8/s72-c/blogger-image-322157368.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art Benefit Street, Providence</georss:featurename><georss:point>41.826368 -71.408216</georss:point></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-3973761549926955704</id><published>2011-11-21T17:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-21T17:37:52.111-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thanksgiving'/><title type='text'>As God As My Witness</title><summary type='text'>I thought turkeys could fly.



This is one of my favorite Thanksgiving television moments.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/3973761549926955704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/as-god-as-my-witness.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3973761549926955704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3973761549926955704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/as-god-as-my-witness.html' title='As God As My Witness'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/ST01bZJPuE0/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-5543548452111238125</id><published>2011-11-21T09:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-21T09:28:19.125-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aqua Teen Hunger Force'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thanksgiving'/><title type='text'>There is always one at every Thanksgiving</title><summary type='text'>

Much respect to ATHF!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/5543548452111238125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/there-is-always-one-at-every.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/5543548452111238125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/5543548452111238125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/there-is-always-one-at-every.html' title='There is always one at every Thanksgiving'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/VTP15uTE8aA/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-1541757704376794825</id><published>2011-11-21T08:20:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-21T08:20:00.883-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sealab 2021'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I&apos;m Helping'/><title type='text'>It's Bizarro!</title><summary type='text'>

On Wednesday, eleven years ago, something great premiered on Adult Swim.  That little piece of greatness was Sealab 2021.

Of all the weirdness this show provided, Bizarro was the most odd and the best.

Whenever someone tries to help, and does it poorly, I hear in the back of my head "I'm helping".  Thank you, Sealab for this wonderful phrase!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/1541757704376794825/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/its-bizarro.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1541757704376794825'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1541757704376794825'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/its-bizarro.html' title='It&apos;s Bizarro!'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/F6ROXLtorwY/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-1024872418864313576</id><published>2011-11-18T06:47:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-18T06:47:00.609-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iTunes'/><title type='text'>The Mix I Am Listening To</title><summary type='text'>1) Jumpers - Sleater Kinney

2) 10x10 - Yeah Yeah Yeah

3) Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth

4) Never Said - Liz Phair

5) No. 13 Baby - The Pixies

6) Blacklisted - Neko Case

7) All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem

8) Los Angeles, I'm Yours - The Decemberists

9) Walking With A Ghost - Tegan and Sara

10) Painted By Numbers - The Sounds

11) Dirty Dream Number Two - Belle and Sebastian

12) The Well </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/1024872418864313576/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/mix-i-am-listening-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1024872418864313576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1024872418864313576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/mix-i-am-listening-to.html' title='The Mix I Am Listening To'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/vZA_7FtttRY/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-7172148098646329568</id><published>2011-11-17T17:16:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T17:16:00.799-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cast Iron Cooks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jason Schwartzman'/><title type='text'>This is a handful of...demented</title><summary type='text'>Cast Iron Cooks with Elmo and that guy...you know the guy I am talking about...indie film guy who is a Coppola...what's his name?



Via Vulture</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/7172148098646329568/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/this-is-handful-ofdemented.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/7172148098646329568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/7172148098646329568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/this-is-handful-ofdemented.html' title='This is a handful of...demented'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/94rDM7Bf9qo/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-5850668450351111460</id><published>2011-11-17T09:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T09:38:47.009-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='John Hodgman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rachel Maddow'/><title type='text'>Rachel and Hodgman on Occupy Wall Street</title><summary type='text'>This deserves a squee.

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Really, it does.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/5850668450351111460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/rachel-and-hodgman-on-occupy-wall.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/5850668450351111460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/5850668450351111460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/rachel-and-hodgman-on-occupy-wall.html' title='Rachel and Hodgman on Occupy Wall Street'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-8962495762935488455</id><published>2011-11-16T20:20:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-16T20:20:00.110-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dinner'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lamb'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Good Food'/><title type='text'>Lamb...it's what's for dinner.</title><summary type='text'>I love lamb.



When preparing it, I always think of this scene as well as the scene where a lamb asks Lisa, "Lisa, what did I ever do to you?"


Oven roasted rack of lamb (medium) with a red wine reduction

Seriously, I love lamb, and look at that above.  It is cooked with my minimal skill, and a minimum of seasoning (salt, garlic, pepper) and a little bit of olive oil.  As Vincent Anotelli said</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/8962495762935488455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/lambits-whats-for-dinner.html#comment-form' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/8962495762935488455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/8962495762935488455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/lambits-whats-for-dinner.html' title='Lamb...it&apos;s what&apos;s for dinner.'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/ac-dvvS1NgU/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-2798657540891223841</id><published>2011-11-16T09:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-16T09:57:00.256-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rachel Maddow'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Occupy Wall Street'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='#OccupyWallStreet'/><title type='text'>Occupy Occupy Wall Street</title><summary type='text'>I think I love the guys at Occupy Occupy Wall Street.

Rachel did a segment on them last night.

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It made me chuckle.  I love the reveal at the end as well.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/2798657540891223841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/occupy-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2798657540891223841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2798657540891223841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/occupy-occupy-wall-street.html' title='Occupy Occupy Wall Street'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-2800787483216430192</id><published>2011-11-16T08:26:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-16T08:30:10.726-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fracking'/><title type='text'>Don't Ruin Our Beer</title><summary type='text'>Ommegang: Fracking may force us to leave » Local News » The Daily Star, Oneonta, NY: 

"Brewery Ommegang is warning that it would have to consider relocating if the town of Middlefield's ban on gas drilling is struck down and horizontal gas drilling begins.

The ominous warning is contained in a new legal brief filed in support of Middlefield's recent zoning law.

"If its water were to be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/2800787483216430192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/dont-ruin-our-beer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2800787483216430192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2800787483216430192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/dont-ruin-our-beer.html' title='Don&apos;t Ruin Our Beer'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-1283845758765422463</id><published>2011-11-16T07:46:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-16T07:46:00.078-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Buffy'/><title type='text'>Once More, With Feeling</title><summary type='text'>Once More, With Feeling, for those who were not fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, was the musical episode of BtVS.  It aired a little more than ten years ago. It was, and continues to remain, awesome.

A list of the Top Ten Things from Once More With Feeling.









I hope that you enjoyed the clips, and I know what I am going to be listening to today.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/1283845758765422463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/once-more-with-feeling.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1283845758765422463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1283845758765422463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/once-more-with-feeling.html' title='Once More, With Feeling'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/yVEp-mJqJb4/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-5753164904885983484</id><published>2011-11-15T15:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-15T15:22:29.653-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Hunger Games'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Forest of Hands and Teeth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YA Fiction'/><title type='text'>Young Adult Dystopias</title><summary type='text'>I am sure that you have already viewed the trailer for The Hunger Games (sorry, FAU, it is only going to get more publicity before it gets less) but I am including it anyway.



Now, I blogged about reading the books (Start here if you care) and I will not return to that method, but I want to talk about another YA trilogy that is also being turned into a movie:

The Forest of Hands and Teeth.

(</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/5753164904885983484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/young-adult-dystopias.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/5753164904885983484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/5753164904885983484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/young-adult-dystopias.html' title='Young Adult Dystopias'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/p-5ANq4sAL0/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-2505028962420853901</id><published>2011-11-15T14:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-15T14:06:36.041-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><title type='text'>Cool things on the Tubes</title><summary type='text'>ExtendNY is a very cool site that puts you in Manhattan's.

I live at the intersection of 2684th St and 336th Ave.  What about you?

What is your address?

Via All Over Albany</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/2505028962420853901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/cool-things-on-tubes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2505028962420853901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2505028962420853901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/cool-things-on-tubes.html' title='Cool things on the Tubes'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0TgNQ5ZCVXA/TsK4F6I2FNI/AAAAAAAADrU/rmYX58_29FA/s72-c/extendny.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-3234151658087541092</id><published>2011-11-15T11:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-15T11:38:45.903-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Radiohead'/><title type='text'>Covering Radiohead</title><summary type='text'>Deadmau5 covering Radiohead

Enjoy!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/3234151658087541092/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/covering-radiohead.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3234151658087541092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3234151658087541092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/covering-radiohead.html' title='Covering Radiohead'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-2511512630822612869</id><published>2011-11-14T12:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-14T12:31:48.131-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet'/><title type='text'>Yet another chuckle</title><summary type='text'>Stolen from Facebook. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/2511512630822612869/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/yet-another-chuckle.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2511512630822612869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2511512630822612869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/yet-another-chuckle.html' title='Yet another chuckle'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/-j8xR0UkkxC4/TsFQgq7GbpI/AAAAAAAADrI/LvZ56EelSKM/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-6863390923553724937</id><published>2011-11-13T18:12:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-13T18:12:26.489-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Union College'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='TEA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><title type='text'>Pictures from Union College</title><summary type='text'>HJ77, TEA and I were on campus on Saturday.  

The good news is that TEA loved it.  The bad news is that the 'Skellar was closed.  

TEA wants to go there.  Now, that is scary on a number of levels. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/6863390923553724937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/pictures-from-union-college.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/6863390923553724937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/6863390923553724937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/pictures-from-union-college.html' title='Pictures from Union College'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7IR9--pOCIU/TsBO181mP0I/AAAAAAAADqw/tOdaCzxH0PI/s72-c/blogger-image--420325057.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-3872383740348747469</id><published>2011-11-13T17:53:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-13T17:53:54.403-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Museums'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Boston'/><title type='text'>Pictures from the Boston MFA</title><summary type='text'>Some images from a recent visit to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.  
</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/3872383740348747469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/pictures-from-boston-mfa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3872383740348747469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3872383740348747469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/pictures-from-boston-mfa.html' title='Pictures from the Boston MFA'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6XnPKWoGwRk/TsBKegsPyZI/AAAAAAAADpo/UYCEESoHsIA/s72-c/blogger-image--1156340416.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-327200430852921906</id><published>2011-11-11T06:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-11T07:00:04.304-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Xmas'/><title type='text'>I just need a couple of weeks more</title><summary type='text'>While walking to get something for lunch, I heard something horrible.  Holiday Music.  More specifically...Christmas music.  It was 64 and raining at the time.  Too soon.  Too f***ing soon. The saccharine nature of this holiday sets me on edge and I would prefer that the bulk of us were allowed to get through Thanksgiving (which is a much better holiday) without the minority trying to steal our </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/327200430852921906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/i-just-need-couple-of-weeks-more.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/327200430852921906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/327200430852921906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/i-just-need-couple-of-weeks-more.html' title='I just need a couple of weeks more'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5j99JypOA1I/Tr0OQUulZpI/AAAAAAAADpg/GEN3Jjf78Xc/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-1187000309851180103</id><published>2011-11-10T11:44:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-10T11:44:00.258-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Product Recommendation'/><title type='text'>Product Recommendation</title><summary type='text'>I have a lot of gadgets.

All these gadgets use a lot of power.

Unfortunately while I am out an about, I need a way to power my stuff.

I must recommend Scosche's solBat II.

While it will only charge my iPhone to 50%, that is better than nothing, and all my other devices will have a full charge without making a dent in the battery itself.  It is a USB device and can charge off a USB port, a USB</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/1187000309851180103/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/product-recommendation.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1187000309851180103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1187000309851180103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/product-recommendation.html' title='Product Recommendation'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QkTV66iYC84/TrrnVJEptmI/AAAAAAAADpY/sFm8L7IMnHc/s72-c/solbat.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-1863246862958860501</id><published>2011-11-10T08:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-10T08:10:01.106-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pop Culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Philosophy'/><title type='text'>Book Recommendations</title><summary type='text'>I am reading Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul which is part of the Wiley series on philosophy and pop culture.

Now, this is not heavy philosophical lifting.  This is for fun.  Yes, children, philosophy can be fun and that is the point of this series.

There are other books in the series that I have enjoyed including Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Knowledge Here Begins Out</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/1863246862958860501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/book-recommendations.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1863246862958860501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1863246862958860501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/book-recommendations.html' title='Book Recommendations'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cgXd0JKa8RE/TrrhbZMNZ3I/AAAAAAAADpM/OB3y9Fv1JzY/s72-c/Batman%2Band%2BPhilosphy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-6714582384239986488</id><published>2011-11-09T15:06:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-09T15:07:16.078-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heavy D'/><title type='text'>Late to the Party</title><summary type='text'>But this was a classic party song for my college years.



RIP Heavy D.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/6714582384239986488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/late-to-party.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/6714582384239986488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/6714582384239986488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/late-to-party.html' title='Late to the Party'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/NNEgUPKxk7A/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-1393362830651269157</id><published>2011-11-09T14:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-09T14:18:39.750-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Podcasts'/><title type='text'>The Podcast List</title><summary type='text'>Recently, HJ77 was interested in what podcasts I listen to and wanted suggestions for ones that she may enjoy.  Every so often, I have listed the ones that I consume regularly, and I decided that I would list them again, with links to either the iTunes page or the page for the show.

APM's Dinner Party Download
The show that helps you win the dinner party.  Funny (or punny) jokes, interesting </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/1393362830651269157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/podcast-list.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1393362830651269157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1393362830651269157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/podcast-list.html' title='The Podcast List'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-2452551129186802547</id><published>2011-11-09T12:36:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-09T15:10:01.514-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Slate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='media'/><title type='text'>Slate's New Classics</title><summary type='text'>Slate has a list (compiled by their staff) of the New Classics, or the things from the last ten years (since the year 2000 (done in my best Andy Richter voice)) that will stand the test of time.

The New Classics

Some of them I agree with...some of them I loathe (Uggs, "I've Gotta Feelin'", The Wire)but it got me thinking, along with the three awesome hosts of the Slate Culture Gabfest, about </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/2452551129186802547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/slates-new-classics.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2452551129186802547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2452551129186802547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/slates-new-classics.html' title='Slate&apos;s New Classics'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/sU0oZsqeG_s/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-4045549501059184903</id><published>2011-11-08T17:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T17:58:00.379-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Randomness'/><title type='text'>Another Chuckle</title><summary type='text'>Dysfunction:The only consistent feature of all your dysfunctional relationships is you. I love the Demotivational posters.  This one seemed strangely appropriate today (for some odd reason) and it made me chuckle.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/4045549501059184903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/another-chuckle.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4045549501059184903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4045549501059184903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/another-chuckle.html' title='Another Chuckle'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/-igUhweHV-p0/Trmz9b38VCI/AAAAAAAADpA/mVr5CRanegE/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-8496580821972545188</id><published>2011-11-08T09:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T09:32:40.808-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Randomness'/><title type='text'>What have we learned today?</title><summary type='text'>• Seeing Stephen King and Tom Perrotta talk about books, writing, and fighting shirtless was amazing.  • King is a lot less weird than I expected.  Perrotta is a lot more nervous (using the "like...uhm" tic that I suffer from) than I would have gathered from the strong authoritative voice in his writing. • Is anyone surprised about Herman Cain?  I am not saying that he is DSK but he was a banker.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/8496580821972545188/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/what-have-we-learned-today.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/8496580821972545188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/8496580821972545188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/what-have-we-learned-today.html' title='What have we learned today?'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LKRPaYtnnzk/Trk9e8xdK0I/AAAAAAAADoY/AVxgAe3jBXA/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-8498124563980259505</id><published>2011-11-08T07:17:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T07:17:42.372-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Memes'/><title type='text'>This still has me chuckling</title><summary type='text'>Some images are meant to be shared.  

It has been around for a couple of weeks and it makes me laugh every time I think about it.  

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/8498124563980259505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/this-still-has-me-chuckling.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/8498124563980259505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/8498124563980259505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/this-still-has-me-chuckling.html' title='This still has me chuckling'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rwjtLO9sEqU/Trkd5CuozJI/AAAAAAAADoQ/vWkKYfGdEJI/s72-c/blogger-image-210604190.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-39548827623751944</id><published>2011-11-04T20:27:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-11-04T20:27:52.769-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Questions'/><title type='text'>Random Questions</title><summary type='text'>• What is the meaning of "Werewolves of London"?  Seriously, I wish I knew.  

• HJ77 blogged about here love of coffee. So, readers, which would you miss more: good coffee or good beer?

• If a book (or series) has disastrous results every time two characters engage in light physical affection, is this an indication of an abstinence theme?

• Where do the missing socks go whole doing laundry?

•</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/39548827623751944/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/random-questions.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/39548827623751944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/39548827623751944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/random-questions.html' title='Random Questions'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-218647657301912078</id><published>2011-11-04T14:44:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-11-04T15:01:07.266-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pop Culture'/><title type='text'>This is odd.</title><summary type='text'>What do you think of the "bronies"?

 The object of the bronies' fascination is "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic," a remake of a 1980s animated TV show for preadolescent girls featuring plucky, candy-colored equines.


Hey, Bro, That's My Little Pony! - 


H/T to Lux</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/218647657301912078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/this-is-odd.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/218647657301912078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/218647657301912078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/this-is-odd.html' title='This is odd.'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-6867728273970485365</id><published>2011-11-03T08:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-11-03T08:23:15.928-04:00</updated><title type='text'>HA!  I knew there was something to this...</title><summary type='text'>Freakonomics » The Disadvantages of Summer Babies: "...that children born in summer months generally score lower on standardized tests and are seen as “underachievers;” while children born in September and autumn months are more academically and socially successful."As it is my brother's 14th 21st birthday, and my sister is a summer baby, as well as me being a September baby, I just have to say </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/6867728273970485365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/ha-i-knew-there-was-something-to-this.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/6867728273970485365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/6867728273970485365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/ha-i-knew-there-was-something-to-this.html' title='HA!  I knew there was something to this...'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-90480199205622815</id><published>2011-11-02T16:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-11-02T16:57:44.886-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Get On That Bike</title><summary type='text'>Secret To A Long, Healthy Life: Bike To The Store : Shots - Health Blog : NPR:"Researchers at the University of Wisconsin were wondering if getting people out of their cars just a wee bit would create measurable improvements in health. health. So they gathered up data sets on obesity, health effects of pollution, and air pollution caused by automobiles in 11 Midwestern cities, and did a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/90480199205622815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/get-on-that-bike.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/90480199205622815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/90480199205622815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/get-on-that-bike.html' title='Get On That Bike'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-1424168211968702403</id><published>2011-11-02T10:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-11-02T10:05:39.300-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Congress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rachel Maddow'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In God We Trust'/><title type='text'>Symbolic Votes and Trusting in "God"</title><summary type='text'>You saw that the House of Representatives had a symbolic vote re-affirming that "In God We Trust" continued to be the national motto, didn't you? (Of course, the GOP #2 Rep. Cantor believes that symbolic votes are silly, but that is neither here nor there.)

Here is my question about the symbolic vote: In which G*d does the People's House trust?  Is it Zeus? Jehovah? Loki?  It cannot be Gaia.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/1424168211968702403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/symbolic-votes-and-trusting-in-god.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1424168211968702403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1424168211968702403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/symbolic-votes-and-trusting-in-god.html' title='Symbolic Votes and Trusting in &quot;God&quot;'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-3715891503135012705</id><published>2011-11-01T16:49:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T16:49:29.986-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Someecards'/><title type='text'>For so very many of you, this is true...</title><summary type='text'>

Enjoy, it folks...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/3715891503135012705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/for-so-very-many-of-you-this-is-true.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3715891503135012705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3715891503135012705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/for-so-very-many-of-you-this-is-true.html' title='For so very many of you, this is true...'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-7103329268337225142</id><published>2011-11-01T12:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T12:47:09.921-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lobster'/><title type='text'>Consider the Lobster</title><summary type='text'>
Doesn't that look tasty?

Saturday was one of those wonderful days where nothing happened and it did not matter.  Part of the reason was fear of the storm, and part of it was that just hanging out with HJ77 and watching our Alma Mater beat RPI is a little slice of heaven.  We ate good food (standard American breakfast, chicken enchiladas at lunch and the above for dinner), enjoyed coffee and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/7103329268337225142/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/consider-lobster.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/7103329268337225142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/7103329268337225142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/consider-lobster.html' title='Consider the Lobster'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jo6RIFaX4rI/TrAZqLdoQzI/AAAAAAAADoM/idizdKZbH_g/s72-c/lobster_tail_lobster_pasta.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-4561857812673089312</id><published>2011-11-01T11:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T11:44:12.226-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hipsterism is a religion to which you gotta  be devout'/><title type='text'>Important Flow Chart To Determine Hipster Status</title><summary type='text'>Admit it, you giggled.


(By the way, I own some of my pretensions when it comes to food.)



Thank you, Mc Frontalot and your opus "Indier Than Thou" for the label to this post and Jeph Jacques for Questionable Content which provides the visual content for the video for Frontalot's track.  This is nerdcore goodliness.

(Via Happy Place)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/4561857812673089312/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/important-flow-chart-to-determine.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4561857812673089312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4561857812673089312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/important-flow-chart-to-determine.html' title='Important Flow Chart To Determine Hipster Status'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KdjVBJ0TYr8/TrARFUVLCJI/AAAAAAAADoE/qA37s2O_ffA/s72-c/hipster_flowchart_happyplace.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-6957699056152896119</id><published>2011-11-01T10:53:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T11:09:10.001-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wolfmother'/><title type='text'>Aural Pleasure</title><summary type='text'>I was thinking about how certain songs make me think of certain people...

For instance, "Don't Stand So Close to Me" makes me think of Teacher Dave a good friend.

I like that music makes me think of people.

Do you have any music that makes you think of any specific people?

The reason I ask is because Wolfmother's Vagabond has been going through my head a lot over the past two days...and I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/6957699056152896119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/aural-pleasure.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/6957699056152896119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/6957699056152896119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/11/aural-pleasure.html' title='Aural Pleasure'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/ThtGuKy27qk/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-121327066642145366</id><published>2011-10-31T08:49:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-31T08:49:47.243-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Isn't this a bit...excessive?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/121327066642145366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/isn-this-bit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/121327066642145366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/121327066642145366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/isn-this-bit.html' title=''/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BJu_IVoAnnY/Tq6ZbABVzgI/AAAAAAAADn4/D7gbS4OKajE/s72-c/IMG_0285-787244.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-5080546334976802452</id><published>2011-10-28T14:51:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-28T14:51:30.721-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tebowing'/><title type='text'>Internet Meme for the Win</title><summary type='text'>And I am Tebowing!See more at Tebowing.com</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/5080546334976802452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/internet-meme-for-win.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/5080546334976802452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/5080546334976802452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/internet-meme-for-win.html' title='Internet Meme for the Win'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/-njttNBFmdyg/Tqr5sJYAjyI/AAAAAAAADns/mAXlNqn8VN4/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-2965848505367397812</id><published>2011-10-28T08:10:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-28T08:11:51.660-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='History'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='365 Things to do in Albany'/><title type='text'>Pictures from the Haunted Capitol Tour</title><summary type='text'>




My mother likes doing fun and education related things with her grandsons.  It is her right and occasionally she  invites me along.  Yesterday was one of those things.  It was the Capitol Haunting Tour. (Read about it at All Over Albany and the NY Times.)


The family before the tour


Stuart Lehman, our tour guide


Describing a grisly death in the Capitol Building


The Death of Samuel </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/2965848505367397812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/pictures-from-haunted-capitol-tour.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2965848505367397812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2965848505367397812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/pictures-from-haunted-capitol-tour.html' title='Pictures from the Haunted Capitol Tour'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-tjLfU5puuqw/TqqSDd_iLgI/AAAAAAAADlw/8iBD1YNJj4A/s72-c/haunted_capital%252520002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-1111306952577678750</id><published>2011-10-27T14:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-27T14:31:40.575-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Huh?'/><title type='text'>I may be wrong...</title><summary type='text'>But isn't the Road Runner a licensed property of Time Warner, Inc.?I checked the packaging and there was no use statement anywhere acknowledging the use of the character.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/1111306952577678750/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/i-may-be-wrong.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1111306952577678750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1111306952577678750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/i-may-be-wrong.html' title='I may be wrong...'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5BDJ_vSEP0I/TqmjiVrnTyI/AAAAAAAADlc/aYWjHrhaEa8/s72-c/iphone_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-5236904366221816463</id><published>2011-10-27T08:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-27T08:00:15.324-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Curly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><title type='text'>It has been a year...</title><summary type='text'>And I still wake up thinking that I need to take him for a walk.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/5236904366221816463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/it-has-been-year.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-7188895309522276221</id><published>2011-10-26T10:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-26T10:46:54.319-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='WTF'/><title type='text'>At least your life is better than this...</title><summary type='text'>or is it?Casting Call for Maury

Via Vulture</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/7188895309522276221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/at-least-your-life-is-better-than-this.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/7188895309522276221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/7188895309522276221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/at-least-your-life-is-better-than-this.html' title='At least your life is better than this...'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wiB8VGiWvQQ/Tqgc__fTCeI/AAAAAAAADkA/Z7CS-OejtHk/s72-c/maury.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-1585876005169007545</id><published>2011-10-26T08:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-26T08:06:14.796-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zombies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dreams'/><title type='text'>Dreams...brought to you by over zombification</title><summary type='text'>

After watching the above, Zombies: A Living History, and reading Day By Day Armageddon before falling asleep, I was plagued (heh!) by a long and drawn out zombie escape dream.

A group of us had started our long trek to find freedom, and while we rarely encounter zombies, we were living in fear of other humans.  At one point, we found ourselves sneaking through an area that was apparently the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/1585876005169007545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/dreamsbrought-to-you-by-over.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1585876005169007545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1585876005169007545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/dreamsbrought-to-you-by-over.html' title='Dreams...brought to you by over zombification'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/OnCbOs5alYA/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-3831400518268677266</id><published>2011-10-25T10:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-25T10:52:02.951-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Now is the winter of out discontent</title><summary type='text'>Generation X a bunch of slackers? Not so, says new study - USATODAY.com: "Forget what you've heard about Generation X as a bunch of insecure, angst-ridden underachievers. Most of the once-nicknamed "slacker generation" are hardworking, family-oriented adults who lead "active, balanced and happy lives," suggests a 20-year study of 4,000 Xers out today."Via Daily Intel</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/3831400518268677266/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/now-is-winter-of-out-discontent.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3831400518268677266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3831400518268677266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/now-is-winter-of-out-discontent.html' title='Now is the winter of out discontent'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/7GGTmZO-H5A/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-2987060065902950153</id><published>2011-10-24T23:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T23:21:37.552-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Follow-up to the Arab Spring - Yemen</title><summary type='text'>In Yemen, The Dance of Daggers - By FP correspondents | Foreign Policy:"In happier times, President Ali Abdullah Saleh and top general Ali Mohsin al-Ahmar treated camera crews to the spectacle at a public celebration in Sanaa, the capital.Today, and for almost a month running, their daggers are heavy artillery, their audience Yemen's abortive protest movement, and their dance floor a prone </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/2987060065902950153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/follow-up-to-arab-spring-yemen.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2987060065902950153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2987060065902950153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/follow-up-to-arab-spring-yemen.html' title='Follow-up to the Arab Spring - Yemen'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-3089173981887010100</id><published>2011-10-24T17:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T17:07:46.689-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Your Papers Please...</title><summary type='text'>I really have nothing to say about this except admitting my love for both the middle of the country and small town political figures.Hull discusses limits for bikes, pedestrians on town roads | Stevens Point Journal | stevenspointjournal.com: "The town of Hull is considering restricting bike and pedestrian use on some of its roads, a measure one advocacy group says is illegal.A town public safety</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/3089173981887010100/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/your-papers-please.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3089173981887010100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3089173981887010100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/your-papers-please.html' title='Your Papers Please...'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-7760972986260945927</id><published>2011-10-24T14:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T14:24:06.044-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Has #OWS Jumped the Shark?</title><summary type='text'>When I see a lawsuit after a three year old accidentally gets Maced, I will become very angry.  Occupy Wall Street: Best or Worst Sleepover Ever? | Mediaite: "On Friday night, while many families stayed home, went to movies, or checked their Facebook accounts together, a group called “Parents For Occupy Wall Street” was organizing a massive sleepover in Zuccotti Park, where the OWS movement is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/7760972986260945927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/has-ows-jumped-shark.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/7760972986260945927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/7760972986260945927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/has-ows-jumped-shark.html' title='Has #OWS Jumped the Shark?'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-4565012333839967613</id><published>2011-10-24T14:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T14:17:07.441-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In Other News...</title><summary type='text'>#OccupyAlbany is the fourth story on YNN Albany's broadcast.Out of curiosity, with the stated goal of the "occupation" being "ending economic inequality", how is this camping out in a park outside of City Hall leading to the end of economic disparity?Occupy Wall Street Is Coming to MTV -- Daily Intel: "MTV announced today that True Life: I'm Occupying Wall Street will air in less than two weeks, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/4565012333839967613/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/in-other-news.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4565012333839967613'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4565012333839967613'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/in-other-news.html' title='In Other News...'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-4793048995323035862</id><published>2011-10-24T08:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T08:48:01.579-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dreams'/><title type='text'>What Were Those?</title><summary type='text'>(This post brought to you by roasted hot pepper seasons pulled pork consumed at 11 pm after watching The Walking Dead.)

Dream #1:

It was a pyscho-sexual thrill ride involving a number of different scenarios.  The less I speak of it, the better it is for everyone.  Including me.  Think Nine &amp; 1/2 Weeks but...not as tame.

Dream #2:

HJ77 and I were preparing to run a 5k in Boston but we were in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/4793048995323035862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/what-were-those.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4793048995323035862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4793048995323035862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/what-were-those.html' title='What Were Those?'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-327541901957281704</id><published>2011-10-23T10:37:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T10:37:34.757-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Breakfast'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iPhone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alex Witt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MSNBC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Apple'/><title type='text'>Notes on a Sunday Morning</title><summary type='text'>• I broke my eyeglasses yesterday.  I am irked by this.  Luckily I still have my Oakley's but they aren't as "funky" as my Ray Ban's. 

• I wonder what my Sunday mornings would be like without Alex Witt.  

• With one swipe, Apple has now created the interface that I have been looking for and trying to design for more than a decade.  I love that one swipe gives me everything that I care about.  
</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/327541901957281704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/notes-on-sunday-morning.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/327541901957281704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/327541901957281704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/notes-on-sunday-morning.html' title='Notes on a Sunday Morning'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HnzwH6GqpRk/TqQmrGTuIVI/AAAAAAAADjs/qp-5NzlMBEg/s72-c/blogger-image-778300566.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-1971496398631668581</id><published>2011-10-23T09:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T09:23:00.416-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='28 Days Later'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zombie Apocalypse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Centers for Disease Control'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York Magazine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zombie Attack'/><title type='text'>Are you ready for the zombie apocalypse?</title><summary type='text'>Would you be able to survive the zombie apocalypse? Really?  You think this?  Take this internet quiz and find out.  I'll wait.

How did you do?

Still confident that you will survive?

Well, NY Mag had a great group of articles on what to do if there was an outbreak in NYC.  The feature includes sections on:

Should you stay or should you go?
Knowing Your Enemies
What to Loot from the Met
What </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/1971496398631668581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/are-you-ready-for-zombie-apocalypse.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1971496398631668581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1971496398631668581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/are-you-ready-for-zombie-apocalypse.html' title='Are you ready for the zombie apocalypse?'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/eunaclr-WgU/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-4330166621202064796</id><published>2011-10-21T08:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-21T08:27:22.194-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Grand Unified Theory of BBQ'/><title type='text'>The Grand Unified Theory of BBQ - Two Sandwiches</title><summary type='text'>HJ77's family is Southern, and they have opinions about Southern cooking and cuisine, which is great because I have opinions about Southern cooking and cuisine.  Such as: Paula Deen should be arrested and changed with crimes against humanity.

Anyway, after the race, Heather's mother had prepared pulled pork (low and slow as it cooked for six hours the day before and there was a secret ingredient</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/4330166621202064796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/grand-unified-theory-of-bbq-two.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4330166621202064796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/4330166621202064796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/grand-unified-theory-of-bbq-two.html' title='The Grand Unified Theory of BBQ - Two Sandwiches'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-gpFMdW83dcA/Tp1uJgIIgKI/AAAAAAAADjQ/YlwEh46_5sI/s72-c/joannspulledpork%252520002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-9011624216292299942</id><published>2011-10-20T20:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-20T20:17:13.867-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Questionable Content'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bourbon'/><title type='text'>Coping Mechanisms</title><summary type='text'>I loved today's Questionable Content.


Do you have a recipe for a Coping Mechanism?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/9011624216292299942/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/coping-mechanisms.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/9011624216292299942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/9011624216292299942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/coping-mechanisms.html' title='Coping Mechanisms'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QThhIg0yiTQ/TqC51WF0ZEI/AAAAAAAADjc/E2ahxMclVu4/s72-c/qc_102011.PNG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-3293417209828385077</id><published>2011-10-20T20:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-20T20:01:15.383-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Queen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='William Shatner'/><title type='text'>Yes, this is insane.</title><summary type='text'>Watch it...it made me giggle.

William Shatner's Floating Head Covers Queen



Via Time

FTR: I hate Queen but I love Shatner.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/3293417209828385077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/yes-this-is-insane.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3293417209828385077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3293417209828385077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/yes-this-is-insane.html' title='Yes, this is insane.'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/cKo4FMzt_hM/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-1951738264858625721</id><published>2011-10-20T19:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-20T19:55:12.095-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zombie Movies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zombies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Important Movie Quotes'/><title type='text'>Important Movie Quotes - Dawn of the Dead</title><summary type='text'>With The Walking Dead coming back to television this week, I have been thinking about zombies.  (Oh, and Nazis...and adults who use the word "fair" to describe perceived injustice...)

The first version (Romero, 1978) is a favorite of mine and I do really enjoy Zack Snyder's remake in 2004.


1978


2004

Yay, Zombies!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/1951738264858625721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/important-movie-quotes-dawn-of-dead.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1951738264858625721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1951738264858625721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/important-movie-quotes-dawn-of-dead.html' title='Important Movie Quotes - Dawn of the Dead'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/PpuNE1cX03c/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-2433066891148904263</id><published>2011-10-20T18:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-20T18:27:49.411-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I have a couple of my own...</title><summary type='text'>These made me laugh...3. Showing up in your TARDIS during the toasts to steal the bride for an intergalactic Dalek-fighting adventure, while simultaneously dropping off a bulky gift at the reception itself instead of sending it to the designated address. No one appreciates that!7. Grabbing the mike and trying to get your ex-boyfriend to come up and sing "No Children" with you unless the mood is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/2433066891148904263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/i-have-couple-of-my-own.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2433066891148904263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/2433066891148904263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/i-have-couple-of-my-own.html' title='I have a couple of my own...'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-3136919954469465011</id><published>2011-10-18T09:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-18T09:57:08.424-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Modern Diner'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Diner Food'/><title type='text'>Diner Food -  Modern Diner</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday, HJ77 and I made a pilgramage of sorts.  To the Modern Diner (FTR: That link brings you to Quahog.org which I wrongly assumed was a support group for those addicted to "Family Guy") which was the first diner placed on the National Registry of Historic Places (read the Times piece about the diners in the area that features the Modern). It has be important as it has it's own entry in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/3136919954469465011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/diner-food-modern-diner.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3136919954469465011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3136919954469465011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/diner-food-modern-diner.html' title='Diner Food -  Modern Diner'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CkYmvUfFcKU/Tp1s6l3WR2I/AAAAAAAADjE/oT38tqhjs_U/s72-c/modern_diner%252520010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-447235194366588929</id><published>2011-10-18T09:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-18T09:09:39.381-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Radiohead'/><title type='text'>Anyone can play guitar</title><summary type='text'>As I was travelling on Saturday (and Data Coverage and WiFi were spotty at best), I relegated myself to sitting back, reading, and enjoying the complete Radiohead catalog.  (It was a very enjoyable Saturday.)



However, I kept coming back to this one song and the lyrics:

And if the world does turn
And if London burns I'll be standing on the beach with my guitar


I like how wonderfully </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/447235194366588929/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/anyone-can-play-guitar.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/447235194366588929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/447235194366588929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/anyone-can-play-guitar.html' title='Anyone can play guitar'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/Di2d7-rsdUI/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-6437585742706751231</id><published>2011-10-17T10:50:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-17T10:50:33.669-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pictures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><title type='text'>Pictures from the Amica Marathon</title><summary type='text'>HJ77 ran well.  It was a wonderful, if really long day.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/6437585742706751231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/pictures-from-amica-marathon.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/6437585742706751231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/6437585742706751231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/pictures-from-amica-marathon.html' title='Pictures from the Amica Marathon'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sS9bJXePgrk/TpxArmOi-AI/AAAAAAAADhs/1fPQKZFWeb4/s72-c/blogger-image-402905655.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-1540772800310568600</id><published>2011-10-17T10:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-17T10:22:53.495-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Prepare for the Rapture (Coming This Weekend)</title><summary type='text'>"“I do believe that we’re getting very near the very end,” he said, repeating that “we’ve learned that there’s a lot of things we didn’t have quite right, and that’s God’s good provision.” He asserted once again that Judgment Day had nevertheless begun spiritually, that God had kept them in the dark in order to “bring about the tremendous event that occurred on May 21 of this year, and which …”</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/1540772800310568600/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/prepare-for-rapture-coming-this-weekend.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1540772800310568600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/1540772800310568600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/prepare-for-rapture-coming-this-weekend.html' title='Prepare for the Rapture (Coming This Weekend)'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-6630054515452392113</id><published>2011-10-17T10:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-17T10:08:21.818-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I find this disturbing</title><summary type='text'>"To explain Germany's response to the crisis we must start from the fact that the country has undergone a dramatic transformation over the last 20 years. In the postwar era, leaders from Konrad Adenauer to Willy Brandt realized that, for Germany to be readmitted to the fellowship of civilized nations, it had to atone for the recent past. Germany thus paid reparations to Israel, concluded peace </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/6630054515452392113/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/i-find-this-disturbing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/6630054515452392113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/6630054515452392113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/i-find-this-disturbing.html' title='I find this disturbing'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-3611661158426502377</id><published>2011-10-17T09:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-17T09:25:29.695-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In defense of the study of philosophy...</title><summary type='text'>"What makes philosophy different? It can seem self-absorbed; philosophers themselves joke about Arthur Koestler's definition: "the systematic abuse of a terminology specially invented for that purpose." But it also is a tool (like history and religious studies) for thinking about everything else, and every profession from law and medicine to motorcycle maintenance."Is Philosophy the Most </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/3611661158426502377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/in-defense-of-study-of-philosophy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3611661158426502377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3611661158426502377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/in-defense-of-study-of-philosophy.html' title='In defense of the study of philosophy...'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-9168043325117428516</id><published>2011-10-13T13:30:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T13:30:47.879-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iPhone'/><title type='text'>More people should come with a EULA</title><summary type='text'>This is what happens when you ask "Siri" (the iPhone 4S assistant) to marry you. 

Via Post Secret</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/9168043325117428516/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/more-people-should-come-with-eula.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/9168043325117428516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/9168043325117428516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/more-people-should-come-with-eula.html' title='More people should come with a EULA'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uYS3AFJqDsM/TpcgHw58EpI/AAAAAAAADhk/t7En4uRK_jQ/s72-c/blogger-image-1797812887.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Troy Troy</georss:featurename><georss:point>42.733852 -73.683059</georss:point></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-612590152080212046</id><published>2011-10-13T11:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T11:06:47.549-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='David Letterman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='President Clinton'/><title type='text'>President Clinton on David Letterman</title><summary type='text'>I think Civil rights, Women’s rights, Gay rights, the Vietnam War…and on the right, the conservatives, the Tea Party groups and the Pro-lifers, all those things, that’s part of being an American, to be able to organize with people that you agree with in trying to make your voice heard. But to make the change, eventually what it is you’re advocating has to be clear enough and focused enough that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/612590152080212046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/president-clinton-on-david-letterman.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/612590152080212046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/612590152080212046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/president-clinton-on-david-letterman.html' title='President Clinton on David Letterman'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-6948711852015160312</id><published>2011-10-12T10:08:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T10:08:55.594-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='#OccupyEverywhere'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='#OccupyBoston'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Political Discourse'/><title type='text'>Pictures from #OccupyBoston</title><summary type='text'>I am not sure how I feel about the protests yet, but when I found myself near Dewey Park, I had to take a look. 

Here is some of what I saw. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/6948711852015160312/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/pictures-from-occupyboston.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/6948711852015160312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/6948711852015160312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/pictures-from-occupyboston.html' title='Pictures from #OccupyBoston'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GYD72ghT-TU/TpWfdu94KDI/AAAAAAAADhc/bAVIm49U9FE/s72-c/blogger-image--147333022.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-574747344248342370</id><published>2011-10-11T14:54:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-11T14:56:41.016-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='#OccupyWallStreet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Political Discourse'/><title type='text'>Outrage Fatigue and Protest Apathy</title><summary type='text'>I have quite a few friends that are left of center when it comes to political beliefs.  That is fine with me as they tend to be interesting and smart in spite of their liberalism. (NB: when I say I am a moderate, I am a moderate.  The left irritates me almost as much as the right does.  I just happen to agree with the left more than the reactionaries on the right.) They post interesting reads to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/574747344248342370/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/outrage-fatigue-and-protest-apathy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/574747344248342370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/574747344248342370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/outrage-fatigue-and-protest-apathy.html' title='Outrage Fatigue and Protest Apathy'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-8754508686940143375</id><published>2011-10-11T10:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-11T10:08:59.809-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Decision 2012'/><title type='text'>Then you have gone too far</title><summary type='text'>When Karl Rove says that you have gone too...

"This is a terrible mistake on the part of the Pastor; it’s the kind of thing that doesn’t belong in politics. We want our candidates, we want our leaders to be people of faith, but we don’t get into and we haven’t gotten into since at least the 1960 presidential election in the determination over whether or not somebody’s professed faith is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/8754508686940143375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/then-you-have-gone-too-far.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/8754508686940143375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/8754508686940143375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/then-you-have-gone-too-far.html' title='Then you have gone too far'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-3628902117129432657</id><published>2011-10-11T09:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-11T09:30:20.377-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Keep Calm and Carry On'/><title type='text'>Keep Calm and Carry On</title><summary type='text'>I love the "Keep Calm and Carry On" imagery.


(If you are not familiar with the history of this image, the Wikipedia entry is edifying.)

Now there is a bit of a kerfuffle going on related to "Keep Calm and Carry On".

The Awl has a breakdown of it that is funny, snarky, and thought provoking.

There is a response on keepcalmandcarryon.com.

I love that Coop is comparing a copyright action to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/3628902117129432657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/keep-calm-and-carry-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3628902117129432657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/3628902117129432657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/keep-calm-and-carry-on.html' title='Keep Calm and Carry On'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E2HFoWcHq9Y/TpRDoO0MO_I/AAAAAAAADgs/zTVF7sL-wY0/s72-c/Keep_Calm_and_Carry_On_Wallpap_by_airborneangel.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854438239726798476.post-7433478799121762804</id><published>2011-10-11T07:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-11T07:28:49.298-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Important Movie Quotes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zombie Films'/><title type='text'>Important Movie Quotes - Shaun of the Dead</title><summary type='text'>

HJ77 was introduced to Shaun of the Dead recently and she seemed to like it. (This was the second attempt at an introduction to the genre.  The first was The Zombie Diaries and it was an abject failure.) One of the reasons that we went with this was because of a discussion around Labor Day with Sandor, who offered the opinion that SotD was a meta-zombie movie, encompassing all the good things (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/feeds/7433478799121762804/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/important-movie-quotes-shaun-of-dead.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/7433478799121762804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1854438239726798476/posts/default/7433478799121762804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.afutilemistake.org/2011/10/important-movie-quotes-shaun-of-dead.html' title='Important Movie Quotes - Shaun of the Dead'/><author><name>A Mistake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07589478937826044332</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vhbnr6OoXJE/SSWc5Fe8MmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/U8iIwsokMe0/S220/Picture+43.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/yfDUv3ZjH2k/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
