I'm sure this will be all over the news in a few min -- it's already on the local radio news. I was leaving a friend's house in Emeryville around 3:45am this morning, and saw a giant ball of flame coming from the general area of the Maze (the 80/880/580 interchange), so I headed over there to take a look. Apparently, a tanker truck caught on fire ( Read more... )

as of today, i'm in new york for a month

sign this plz: http://www.votelouise.com/page/petition/SpyHearings/komqq

-ben

I'm not feeling original or clever, and I haven't been for the last few months. I've gotta move to Mountain View. i don't really want to, but otherwise all is extremely dandy. I'm going to work in NYC for a month starting 4/19. Google provides room and board! I'm kind of excited. I was in NYC for a week in june, and had a reasonably good time, but ( Read more... )

Scene 1: Alex walks out of his bedroom wearing a faded green towel around his hips. Ben is sitting on the couch, shirtless and in jeans, with his laptop on his lap. Trying to work.

Ben: you're helluv naked
Alex: no i'm not. i'm wearing a towel
Ben: you're still helluv naked
(alex browses through cds and find an everclear cd)Alex: you want me to ( Read more... )

I just gave 30 days' notice.

I'd been wanting to run the race for several years now, but a sequence of ankle injuries seemed to conspire against me until this year. Last year, I managed to sprain my ankle rather badly walking down my parents' stairs about a week before the race. This year I finally ran. A week to prepare, and 3 sleepless hours in bed before it was time to ( Read more... )

thx. i feel very recentered.

i'm on vacation!

i think i'm spinning too fast trying to keep afloat, tossing debris away as hard as i can. keep this up, gonna push 'em all away!