It turns out that even though XML was not designed to be human-writable, humans write it anyway. Humans like me. In my weblog. And it seems like two out of three times I validate my XHTML, it doesn’t. Sometimes because I didn’t close a <li> tag, or because I keep forgetting that <blockquote> doesn’t nest inside <p>, but I also keep trying to embed links (usually to LiveJournal) without escaping & first.

There are probably lower-tech solutions to these problems, but mine was to take the source code to the W3C MarkUp Validation Service and hack it into a Movable Type plugin, so my entries can be automatically validated before I post them, and I can fix any parsing errors before they get published. You can download MTValidate along with my other MT plugins.

The Opposite of Sex
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Election
Tadpole
Rebel Without a Cause
Stagecoach
Citizen Kane
Road Trip
About a Boy
Malcolm X
Flashdance
Happy Times
Sunshine State
The Good Girl
Midnight Cowboy
Persuasion
The Slums of Beverly Hills
Lawrence of Arabia
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
All About My Mother
Three to Tango
Gandhi
The Man Who Wasn’t There
School Ties
Last Orders
The Amazing Panda Adventure
O
Footloose
Crush
Apollo 13
Strictly Ballroom
Cool Runnings
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
The Truman Show
The Right Stuff
The Importance of Being Earnest
Italian for Beginners
Monsoon Wedding
Legend
Days of Thunder
In the Bedroom
Boiler Room
Y Tu Mamá También
The Color of Money
Bandits
Iris

I have come to the conclusion that Netflix is evil. Truly evil. I can’t recommend them highly enough.

Red kidney bean chili. With chocolate chip cookies, and salad with Japanese-style sesame-soy dressing. The latter comes in a bottle from the store, but it tastes good. Tonight (once the bowl is frozen enough) the ice cream maker is making cookies and cream.

And if that weren’t tasty enough, the plan for this coming weekend is to go binge-eating at local restaurants.