The gorgeous-est iPod mini case ever: The “Kimono” Case, by Power Support. (Oh, they also make ’em for non-minis.)

Standing at the cutting board in the kitchen, I sliced off the sides of the mango along the flat side of the seed as I’d been taught, and scored the flesh so it could be bent outward and easily eaten. I took one side to my husband who was on the couch, and sat on the edge of our dilapidated La-z-boy recliner to eat my portion.

I put out my right palm so Brett could drop his peel into it, and stood. As I crossed the threshhold into the kitchen, I told him, “A guy told me once that mango is the pussy of fruit.”

I returned to my knife and sliced off the remaining chunks of the mango for Brett, and kept the seed for myself. I returned to the living room, and watching Deadwood on HBO, we finished off the fruit.

Brett followed me into the kitchen to dispose of his peels and said, “Yes, it is the pussy of fruit.” And as an afterthought, he added, “But you can do things to a mango with your teeth you would never do to a pussy.”

I eyed him, scowling a little. “I never said it was a perfect analogy!”

He laughed.
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Windows user? Yeah, well, me too. Now you can turn your iPod into a PDA and sync it with Outlook: mail, tasks, address book, and calendar on your iPod! Get iPodSync. It even puts weather on your pod! It works great.

Spring is coming. I can feel it. The air today’s got a certain balminess, and the birds are coming back. Spring! It’s coming! I can FEEL it! Soon, very soon: LILACS. I’m telling you. Just wait.

A year ago, it didn’t even exist. Now I’m walking around with podcasts about knitting (of all things) on my beloved iPod mini. Information, it seems, often does want to be free!

Curious about podcasting? Read this. Want a nice app to help you get your podcasts? Here it is: iPodder.

Ten PM. A roaring fire. A great book. A glass of Radiance Dairy whole milk, and two chocolate graham crackers.

Mmm!
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$32.67… that’s how much money I’ve given the iTunes music store. Aside from the occasional audiobook, I doubt they’ll be getting much more… it’s so much better to just buy the CDs. But here it is, my list: iTunes XHTML Playlist: Purchased Music. Sigh.

Nifty little app lets you extract playlists from iTunes… iTunes XHTML Playlist… and put ’em on your web site!

Kyle’s iPods-in-Iowa feature is here at the Des Moines Register. He mentioned I.C.K. for some blown reason, which amuses me a great deal.

Happy Valentine’s Day. Guess what I’m doing today. I’m going to the gynecologist for a follow-up exam. IS THERE NO SENSE IN THIS WORLD?!? Where is my dinner and goddamned dancing?! Or at least a new tattoo?!?