Did anybody else see that scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory have created, in their Relativistic Accellerator, a new form of matter? By slamming two gold ions together, they created,…
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Let me tell you all about Mr. Hung. He markets his services with a pale pink flyer inscribed in black - “Hung’s Gardening Service / Make your home more beautiful with beautiful yard! …
It’s great that I get so many catalogues every freaking day. They’re slick and slippery and give me exciting dexterity challenges when they try to slither out of my grip as I drag…
I developed a strong appreciation for the work product of Philadelphia area bakers when I lived there. It really shows in the cheesesteak - a good roll, like an Amoroso, will make or break a sandwich,…
Not too many guesses at my new DVD purchase. You can all drop dead.
Lunch today was unusual for me - I went out and ate with a co-worker. I was so unused to foraging for myself in this isolated resource-poor neighborhood two blocks from the ferry building in san…
It’s been a while since I got back but I’ve been a bit too busy to catch you all up on all the fun I had in PA. My focus tonight is the article in the Citizens’ Voice newspaper…
Kel was looking for a magazine for the airplane - something light but with a modicum of self-improvement value. She was debating the choice between two magazines called, respectively, “Self”…
I usually take the underground MUNI cars from work to my favorite tavern. I like to check the billboards as I wander through the stations, because it’s a creative and anarchistic city in…
I don’t often get particularly interesting spam but this email captured my interest. For $30…
Things are intense for me these days - work is in its apogee season, bargaining is starting up again and I have to find some actuaries for “our” side, I have a head cold and my weekend will…
I don’t think I’m giving away any industry secrets to identify my dear friend Charles as not just a professional computer artist, but as the Artistic Director for The Sims, the best-selling…
So I’m driving along and I see a store that specializes in Macintosh computer products. It’s called “M.A.C.” The sign in front clarifies that’s supposed to stand…
So here’s a fun quiz for clever people who don’t work at Blockbuster, especially not the one on Geary at 16th Avenue here in SF. Kel went to that particular outlet a week or so ago…
The director of my department gave everybody little halloween giftpacks (or ~paqs) to improve our sullen dispositions for this most joyous of events. I have already consumed all the obviously…
Like hell I wasn’t going to see The Return of the King on a big screen. I’ve missed most every big-screen extravaganza to hit theaters since last year’s The Two Towers, which…
First, the receipt reads, “I’m RELIEF PHARMACIST. I’m here to serve you with our ‘7 Service Basics.’” Well howdy, Relief, that’s an embarassing handle…
The block is loaded with comestibles. My off-the-cuff recollection, just for the one block where I work, is: one italian restaurant; one japanese restaurant; one sandwich deli; one variety deli;…
News on the fitness front: We finally got another set of wheels, nice skinny ones on an aluminum roadbike frame. Kel’s been wanting a fast sled for a long time and now we can ride together,…
I know that banking isn’t what it used to be. I’m getting over it, but I still get a little disoriented around those supermarket banking stations or in the banks with coffeeshops and…
As Blogtown is well aware, I ruined my cellphone and had to get a new one. Naturally, the model I had two weeks ago is…
I was six, we were in Rome for about a week between stints in Oxford and Israel. I was reasonably adventurous when it came to most of my meals - about two-thirds of them. But there was only…
I like my hot caffeine in the morning and I don’t care who knows it. I will drink coffee (but not if it’s got some goofball flavor like hazelnurt or myntt, and not if it’s been…
Apparently calling things the new black is the new black. Memepool has said as much and I’m sure…
Things are not as they might be, I suppose, but I am back and of course I missed you all terribly, each and every one of you. It’s a bit disturbing to return to my site and see that all…
I’m still having internet connectivity problems at home and it’s EAF budget season at work which means I’m up to my ass in shiny new grant submissions, hundreds of projects I have…
We’ve been eating a bit more healthy-like over the past year or so, and I like the results. I’ve grown four inches, doubled my muscle mass, and increased my intelligence to the extent…
So we’re watching tv and an ad comes on for “Big Brother,” about which I have nothing to say in particular, except that the ad had a banner on the side of the screen that said the…
I just have to get this off my chest and then I can go on with my day. There’s a classy kiosk on a prime financial district sidewalk with an ad from a fancy - nay, a fancy-schmancy…