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Monday, March 18
Non-consensual breath control
When you can't actually see the source, which was some sort of McDonald's breakfast sandwich involving meat, you'd swear the odor was coming from warmed-over canned cat food. This is a smell I know from when we used to heat up food for our cat, an indulgence many a pet owner can understand. This is not the kind of aroma I want to smell at 7 AM as I ride a crowded subway car. But sharing a confined space and enduring unpleasant smells is part and parcel of the New York transit experience. It's also a gentle reminder of why I avoid eating food from McDonald's. McFriskies McMuffin, anyone? I found out I can hold my breath from 42nd Street to 34th Street, though. This could come in handy. '; } else { if(stristr($filename,"archive")) { $dir=$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; $template='_01_archive.html'; $tail=strlen($template); $thisArchive=$filename; //$files=scandir($dir); $dh = opendir($dir); while (false !== ($filename = readdir($dh))) { $files[] = $filename; } sort($files); $earlyarch=""; $laterarch=""; $prevarch=""; $next=0; foreach($files as $file) { if (substr($file,-$tail)==$template) { if ($next==1) { $laterarch=$file; $earlyarch=$prevarch; $next=0; } if ($file==$thisArchive) { $next=1; } else { $prevarch=$file; $earlyarch=$prevarch; } } } $link=''; $divider=''; if(file_exists($earlyarch)) { $link='< Earlier Archive'; $divider=" | "; } if(file_exists($laterarch)) { $link=$link.$divider.'Later Archive >'; } $link=$link.' '; } } echo($link); ?> |