Ahh, one year old today, issue numero five deuce. Let’s take a look back and see what I wrote in the very…fi…wait, what!? A year ago we were on FTILFF #7? How the hell did that happen? Richard did you screw up with the abacus again? You reject! Number 52 is supposed to happen ONE YEAR after it began. Get it? #52=one post per week for 52 weeks. Wait, it was Meridith? Don’t pass that bla…hold on, who’s Meridith?

Gah, I can’t get good help around here. Anyway, here’s the Super-Pretendo One Year Anniversary of FTILFF. Really it’s just another week’s edition, but let’s close our eyes and believe, ok? Clap your hands if you feel the need:

1. The Apple iPhone - Calling all fanboys! That’s me, reporting for duty, sir. I dig it. It was announced this week. I love the interface and the features, but most of all I love the fact that Steve Jobs made the telcom bozos work for him, not the other way around. We get the shaft in this country on phone technology and it’s about time we see some Jetson’s sh*t ‘round here.
2. The Joy of Cooking - It’s the one book you know anyone who’s mildly serious about cooking has. I got the 75th Anniversary edition (which is one of the better pressings) but hadn’t used it for more than researching dough behavior and yeast. I finally broke out a muffin recipe and a calzone dough recipe this past week and ooooohweeee were they tasty. Combined with the fact that I got to used my new pizza stone and GIANT MUFFIN TINS! (must be screamed when read), it was a great week in our house, food-wise.
3. Cleaning up my workspaces - I spent time this week sprucing up my work and home computers, sending files to die by deletion and dusting off cluttered desktops. Since most of my life is lived on a computer, I need to feel refreshed by my workspace. And a tidy computer is a productive computer, no?
4. The Scion Fuse concept - I came across this while reading an article this week and it took me off guard. I’m still not sure how I feel about the back, but this design screams awesomeness to me overall. Bold an agressive, with a nod to the tech culture somehow. It works. Perhaps this will be my mid-mid-life crisis car? No? Ok.
5. V for Vendetta - I finally got around to seeing this film this week. And while it will likely turn into a full movie review here soon, it definitely was a highlight of the week. Poignant and intellectually stimulating, and chock-full of great references (TS Elliot, Goethe’s Faust, etc). I should probably watch it again in order to digest it further, and even read the original Alan Moore graphic novels.

Richard, you’re on probation for this whole counting fiasco. Who the hell did you work for before me, by the way, Enron?

Oh, seriously? That was a blind guess. A joke actually. Sorry? And wait, who’s Meridith?!