Happy Birthday to avocado_tom, who shouldn't see this, and thus won't reply to it if he does. :-D

Edit: [Comments screened just in case I'm wrong]

[This entry is in reference to Swiftly Satirical. And was originally behind a rather severe filter.]

The follow on to Surprise 9/22:

I sent the following Evite ("Mom! Dad! Don't touch it it's EEEEEVILLLLL!") just a bit ago. Suffice it to say, if you can see this entry, you're invited. Comments Screened, fire away.
Host: Erik ( ( Read more... )

[Cross-posted from my MovableType Blog]

Last night A few nights ago as we were watching Twin Peaks Special Agent Dale Cooper said, "I have no fear."

At which point I immediately piped up: "Of course not, because fear is the mind-killer, fear is the tiny death that brings total obliteration."

My smug smirk was met with ( Read more... )

[This entry is in reference to Swiftly Satirical. And was originally behind a rather severe filter.]

The following mail message just went over the wires:

Subject: Heads up: September 22 (evening)

The Details (sparse though they are) for the impatient:

It's a surprise! (PLEASE don't breathe a word to Chiara)
September 22, 2007
Evening (dinner)
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Every few months for the last several years, this particular problem annoys me enough that I search MacOSXhints and the web in general for a possible solution. The closest thing I've ever found is this hint, but that doesn't describe the situation I've encountered. Maybe that's ( Read more... )

[Cross-posted from my MovableType Blog]

aka. "Jane, You Ignorant Slut" (Weekend Update)
The day on Friday did its best to suck the life out of me: ( Work crap, you can safely ignore it )

[Cross-posted from my MovableType Blog]

This past weekend (a bit less than a year ago) we had a very busy weekend.

We went to a wonderful show for a band we'd known well since high school, a sorta jazzy, brit-pop ensemble known for their upbeat melodies mixed with dark and twisted lyrical styling and subject matter (and ( Read more... )

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Last night (Over a year ago), a bunch of us went to an event in the designer gultch at the bottom of Potrero Hill: The Charles and Ray Eames Film Festival, we arrived early, though not early enough. They. Ran. Out. Of. Chairs!

[ed. Admittedly a few of you may find this amusing, ( Read more... )

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Apparently the new fun thing to do (at AP) is to walk out into the street and ask random passers-by, "So, is there something going on downtown?" (And watch them sputter with indignation at the rock you must be living under.)

While this didn't seem overly fun to me (yeah, ok, ( Read more... )