anyone who has tried using one of those FM transmitters to broadcast MP3s to your car stereo in the triangle area knows what a pain in the ass it is to try to get a good clean signal.  but i had found the holy grail chirren…a station that would let me listen to my tunes cleanly all the way from my house to work. 

until today.

when i started my car, everything was working fine.  i drove up one block, and suddenly all i could hear, completely drowning out the rockingness of grizzly bear, was a preacher telling me about the evils of fornication and gambling.

so, if anyone has a good frequency they use locally, or more importantly knows how to build an FM transmitter that will broadcast over 87.9 or 87.7 FM (most transmitters only broadcast down to 88.1, which doesn’t help in the triangle, where we have WKNC 88.1 being broadcast out of NCSU.) please leave a comment or send me an email.

i’m not even going to bother telling you the movie:

“Having watched an advance DVD of the first three hours, I can offer a mini-review: two thumbs up. Up my own eye sockets.”

admittedly, the folding is nifty, and eliminates the need for a chip clip…but the music, ah the music!

according to the BBC, david beckham has been recalled to england to start against brazil and play in the euro 2008 qualifier against estonia. 

if anyone feels like giving me a ralph eugene meatyard poster, print, etc. to put in the new house, that would be swell.

also, tomorrow night’s round two will have something to do with candy. i’m just not sure what yet.

on the splendid table yesterday, they went over a delicious sounding recipe for a belgian tartine.  click the link to get the background, or read below for the recipe.  i’m always on the look out for some good stuff to eat while drinking, and with the ridiculous amounts of nice belgian beers around these days, this could be a really nice match up:

To get it to taste like it does in Brussels, use grainy, sturdy country-style bread. When buying the cheese, sample for a clean, creamy-yet-tangy fromage frais (French for fresh cheese).  Here’s how to make a tartine:

• 1 large slice whole-grain country bread, cut about 1/2-inch thick
• About 2 ounces Fromage Frais
• 3 thin-sliced radishes, or 1 medium tomato, sliced
• Coarse salt

1. Spread the bread with the cheese. Fan radish or tomato slices over the cheese and sprinkle with coarse salt.

2. Serve the tartine on a large plate and eat American style with your fingers, or Belgian style with a knife and fork.

so apparently, they have doc martens in heaven…assuming of course these punk bastards made it there….

Created with Paul’s flickrSLiDR.

hey kids, in honor of the simpsons movie AND the simpsons 400th episode this past sunday, tomorrow night’s round 2 will be all about the simpsons.

there’s a great article about this book in the most recent believer, and while the book itself costs about 450 bucks, some kind soul has put scans of all the pages on flickr.

combine that with the newly found flickrslidr gadget and:

Created with Paul’s flickrSLiDR.