So, with tons of people asking me for information on what bands I've been listening to, I've been putting in tons of ratings on my Yahoo! Launch Internet radio station to build a halfway decent playlist, and now it's finally starting to get there. Click on the link if you'd like a taste of my musical goulash. UPDATE: Apparently, there's some issues about finding my LaunchCast station. So either try going here and clicking on the link with the headphones to launch the player, try pasting this link into your web browser: http://launch.yahoo.com/launchcast/station.asp?u=1213304516 or search for the member radio station "rocktheglobe."

What's the origin of the phrase "I've got to pee like a racehorse"? Do racehorses have some kind of inner peeing power that is legendary among humans? Is it more powerful than that of a regular horse? So, I saw the ex-girlfriend yesterday afternoon -- she had some of my things to give back to me and she owed me over $150 that she had to pay back to me. And quite frankly, I was prepared to do things civilly. I even gave her a CD when I saw her. So when she asked if I could sit down and stay a minute, I thought it would be just idle conversation or something about how bad she feels about us ending. Instead, I got a speech about how I was dishonest and suspicious, which showed in the way I told her about my activities last Saturday night (I had originally told her I was going to do karaoke with some people from my singing group -- which I was -- but a bunch of people backed out until it was just me and the organizer left, so we got dinner and watched Real Genius back at my place instead). I took the high road and didn't say anything about how paranoid, condescending and accusatory she is and what unattractive traits those are, and I let her have the last word -- as she finished giving her little speech, she wished me the best of luck in life and got up and walked away. As a result, I have absolutely no qualms about walking away from her now. Any thoughts I had about feeling horrible for breaking her heart are now gone, as are my thoughts about "maybe I should go back to her and see this through," and I am quite happily moving on. Though the little evil prankster gnome inside me has a rather strong urge to hack into her JDate account and change her profile to include some of her not-so-wonderful traits. [wry smile] So... anyone know any L.A.-based hot, intelligent, single Jewish women?

There are times when all the world's asleep, The questions run too deep For such a simple man Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned I know it sounds absurd But please tell me who I am... -- Supertramp, "The Logical Song"

So, I started the day off pretty interestingly. I was pulled over by the police. And it was his fault, not me. When the cop got to my window, he told me that I'd made a left turn through a light that was blatantly red -- then I responded that there wasn't a light where I made a left turn, and I didn't make a left turn at the light he was referring to since I lived on the street that I made the turn off of. He took my license and registration, then went back and called it in to match my address to see if I was telling the truth, because I'd moved only a month or so ago and I don't have my new address on my driver's license -- only on my registration, but at least it was there thankfully. He verified my new address, brought the license and registration back to me and apologized, saying there must've been another silver Honda like mine that made the turn. Hell of a way to get my adrenaline running in the morning though -- I didn't even need coffee. Then I talked to a DJ in Atlanta who told me about his adventures with Usher. Apparently, this guy had Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas on his show last month (remember her? She used to be in TLC), and he asked Chilli about their on-again, off-again relationship with Usher, which she said was off for good now that she'd found out he'd been cheating on her. So now Usher came in and went on the air with this guy, who blamed him for their breakup -- apparently, he thought there was a chance he & Chilli would get back together but because of the conversation this DJ had with her, they weren't getting back together at all. It was 45 minutes of talking about Usher's new CD and more accusations. So, if you're going to buy Usher's new CD, think about whether you want to give money to this guy who cheated on his woman and then blamed someone else for her not wanting to get back together.

Sunday is 04/04/04. Isn't that neat? I love how on Cartoon Network's "Adult Swim" on Thursday, all the commercial bumper flashcards were talking about "springing back." Completely serious about talking about the origins of daylight-saving time... and then telling you to "spring back." So don't forget to screw with your clocks somehow tonight.

On the one hand, I brought chocolate to my neighbor to thank her for letting me use her phone line -- and also to ask her if I could use it again to download this new software version that would allow TiVo to connect via the Internet. That's done. TiVo is now fully functional in my apartment. No more running phone cords from the apartment upstairs! On the other hand, I just broke someone's heart by breaking up with her. And as much as it hurts me and as much as I want to get back together with her and make everything right and continue to enjoy my time with her, I just don't think we're right for each other, despite the fact that she feels otherwise. And in the end, I have to do what's best for the both of us, because it's not fair to me to stay in a relationship that's not right and it's not fair to her for me to stay in this relationship when I feel the way I do.

So, I finally broke down and bought myself a TiVo. I loved it when I had it at my own apartment, and I figured that I was missing so many shows because I was simply forgetting to set up the VCR that I'd just get the damn thing already. I had thought that I wouldn't be able to get it because I don't have a phone line installed in my apartment -- I'm completely wireless. But then one of my co-workers showed me that the new Series2 TiVos can connect through the Internet. Yay! So I bought a wireless adapter so the machine could connect through my wireless network. Then I got it home and turned it on. And it wanted a phone line. It would not budge on this whole phone line thing! Finally, I found a single line in an obscure customer service article on TiVo's website. Wouldn't you know it -- the damn thing needed a phone line for its initial setup. So I went upstairs to my very nice neighbor who introduced herself a few nights ago. Could I borrow her phone line? Very graciously, she let me MacGyver up two phone cords out of her apartment, down the stairs and into my TiVo. It called in and got the info, and I disconnected it and thanked her very much. Then it needed its initial download. And it still hungered for the phone line. So I had to go back upstairs, beg for the phone line again and run the phone cords. It downloaded, and I again disconnected and thanked my neighbor. Now, I can't get the TiVo to recognize the wireless adapter. And, based on articles I've read in the manual and online, I have a sneaking suspicion TiVo still hungers for the phone line so it can download some more stuff. I'll have to call them in the morning. You know, for a device that's supposedly so modern, it's not taking into account that so many people are cutting the cord. According to a Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association study, 5 percent of Americans are completely wireless without a landline phone, and research group InStat expects that number to increase to over 30% within the next five years. So thank goodness for long telephone cords and gracious neighbors.