who the hell put a button on my router to turn the internet on and off? A) why would you want it off; 2) why is it a wee little click button and not some kind of "lift the glass and flip the big red switch" dealie and D) why would you want it off?

the White Horse Inn in the first gay bar in the Bay Area. and still the best. even better than Mixx in the Castro, which is my favorite Castro bar ( Read more... )

Nick and I went to Denny's for dinner because it was late and because i like Denny's (can't get any in Berkeley since we seem to have some sort of "no diners allowed" law). Nick got a phone call and went out to take it, and i continued to munch on my delicious boca burger. om nom nom nom when i hear behind me ( Read more... )

So...i literally just remembered tonight that the reason i haven't heard from Dr. John is that he's at a conference. in Scotland. so probably not dead in a ditch

Starbucks is closing 600+ stores. All of them are stores with a net loss at the end of the fiscal year, and a significant number of them were opened in the last 2 years ( Read more... )

I haven't heard from Dr. John in at least a week and a half, and he usually calls me twice a week, more when he's feeling particularly crappy (as opposed to normal crappy). I know he's a grownup and has his own life, but this is unusual. so i'm vaguely worried.

oh god. this is awesome. around 3 min it gets even better. the pic below is a screenshot from around 5.5 min (if it actually worked- i've never put a pic in a LJ before)

Condom Song


( Read more... )

half the freaking state is on fire. and because it didn't' rain enough last winter, we're in the middle of a moderate drought. One where the utilities, gov't, etc, are going to enforce conservation, but not to the point where we have rationing going on. For my part, i decided i would keep watering the plants, and take a shower only every other ( Read more... )

Starbucks has this thing called Mission Review, and it's a way for partners (employees) to communicate concerns to the company, the higher ups, etc. And I've always been assured that they read all the contributions, and that seemed to have been true, until recently ( Read more... )

Strangely enough, i actually like flying, and enjoy visiting different airports. each one has its own weird charm. If only there were some weird job that would just require me to fly to different airports and, i don't know, check the bathrooms or something.