Contented Weekend: I am sitting here ripping a movie, listen to "Frampton Comes Alive" in 192kpbs, and downloading my podcast updates and I realize how different I am from Mary. While we are in the same room, both sipping on cups of great English Tea Time, she is reading a mystery novel while I occasionally jump in the air to join Peter in an awesome air guitar duet. Even the dog has stopped noticing these fanciful fits of far out flashbacks. I crave the smell of incense and wish the lights were at about half as bright.

This DVD conversion thing is really bugging me. I have ripped the same movie about 5 times now and still can't get it to work on the iPod. I am giving it one last shot. I am following the instructions carefully from CNET, hopefully Jasmine's instructions work.