Truer words were never spoken blogged.

I started a free two-week trial with eMusic last night, and downloaded a few albums that I had been planning to buy. I don’t think I can stay with eMusic, though, since they only had 2 of the six albums that I was looking for, and only one of the ~20 songs in my soulseek wishlist. I might try Napster next. I tried Puretracks, the CRIA’s site, but it blocks my browser. Idiots. Way to piss off the people trying to buy your music legally.

OK, as much as the idea of Carly Fiorina becoming head of the world bank doesn’t make sense, and as much as it terrifies me that Paul Wolfowitz has been mentioned for the job, that Bono’s name is being mentioned is just hilarious.

I had a nice relaxing evening while Nellie was at a friend’s wedding — got lots of work done, finished off some errands, ripped lots of CDs, watched a movie, blah blah etc. — and met G&C for breakfast this morning at the (so not kidding) Golden Griddle.

And now, my day will consist of an epic battle between my needing to study accounting and my wanting to watch both the Duke and Toronto basketball games on TV.

On T-Bone’s recommendation I watched Nowhere In Africa (imdb | rotten tomatoes). I’m glad I did. I’m just…too tired to write anything insightful right now.

It’s a nice day out there…almost resembles spring-ishness. I had to run a few errands today, so I revelled in the warm sun and absence of cold wind.

Also making it a good day: my wife’s new haircut is hot.

This article has been sitting in my ‘to read’ bin for so long that I’ve forgotten where I found it. If you’re a liberal, or an “outright screaming burn-down-the-goddam-country commie”, you should definitely give it a look.

I’m now running a (pretty much) squeaky clean OS, and my IIS troubles seem to be gone. I have a couple of new MS Office issues, but I can probably fix those. Now it’s just a matter of installing all the remaining software and tweaking things to get them where I want them. And also ripping CDs to my new hard drive. I plan to do that today while I work.

Soon, my pretty, soon, you’ll be full of music.

[note: i was talking to my nomad there, not to y’all.]

Lloyd Axworthy gets feisty

Two interesting articles in this week’s Now Magazine about my neighbourhood, Yonge & Bloor. It really is a mess of an intersection…a shame, as it’s one of the most central and important in the city.

• Putting The Bustle Back On Bloor
• The Big ‘IF’