On Sunday I was so excited to go, I left my continental lunch in the hotel. I was too far along to go back and get it when I figured it out so instead decided to brave the elements and forage for lunch on the fly. I walked the mile or so to the Underground and of all the wondrous luck found a Johnny Rockets. I sat down and ordered a delicious ( Read more... )

When Will, Lisa, and I saw National Treasure, little did we realize that the movie itself was a clue to finding the actual treasure. But now strange things have happened. Will revealed to me that on his and Lisa's trip to Boston, they found something significant there. And on Zig's vacation to Philadelphia, he also discovered a vital piece of ( Read more... )

About five and a half years ago I had my tarot read the one and only time it has been done. This was in the week before I moved to California; it was one of the last times I could go out before leaving everyone, so I wanted to have a little fun and just let go. My friend Pat and I had gotten drunk at a bar with a girl named Amy we knew at the ( Read more... )

I just closed down the coffee shop on this crisp Christmas Eve. This is the first time my poor laptop has had an internet connection since Santa Barbara, but it has handled the withdrawal with grace. Initially I had started working on job related stuff but quickly rolled into playing games (Kingdom of Loathing in particular) after the first few ( Read more... )

Just a quick update. Thomas and I are leaving for Utah shortly, so we'll be on the road for the next 13-16 hours depending on stops and the weather. I'm going to be back in SB on the 26th, and Tom will decide soon if he will join me or fly back after New Year's Day ( Read more... )

zigme has beaten me to the punch, but there was an earthquake about twenty minutes ago off the coast near Santa Barbara. There was no damage; I barely even felt it.

Also, the triumph of anthropology: The origin of :-)

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Happy birthday, boyplankton! May the sands of time never infiltrate your toothpaste.

One of the best things about having a laptop computer is that you can have an instant conga line anywhere.

Congratulations sanikleen and libchick on getting married today!

I think I'm breaking one of the cardinal rules of LJ, but I don't care. I'm feeling wicked fantastic. I got drunk sightly tipsy with a bunch of people upstairs in the church while watching Groundhog Day, and it felt like a homecoming; I haven't been there in a long time. So here I sit in the computer lab on campus waiting for a little while ( Read more... )