On the skybus plane to Columbia now, vacation!

Had my birth day bash this past Saturday at zeitgeist. Had some downtown brown, hefeweizen, and Belgian blonde. Good to hang out with the usual gang plus Mike Steczo and his brother Rick. Afterwards we grabbed some food and ice cream. Realizing how late it was, I rushed to meet my sister, who had flown up from san Diego, at the Bart station. ( Read more... )

I reserved a private karaoke room at the Playground for my birthday party in mid September and sent out the evite. Beforehand I'll be at Zeitgeist, so if you don't feel like singing, swing by and have a beer and a hamburger. Hopefully it will be a nice and sunny day. San Francisco lives in denial of summer during summer, instead opting for a ( Read more... )

So I typed out a long post via my blackberry... and then the browser crashed. Auto save didn't seem to work, although it has other times. Whats going on, LJ ( Read more... )

I'm making this posting from my new blackberry. i hated my last phone, a Motorola v220, with a passion, but I certainly didn't expect to go with a smartphone next. But I got the salesman to give it to me for free. Free is good ( Read more... )

I've talked about the immigration bureaucracy in the USA on this blog before ( Read more... )

Got back from Europe last week. Hung out with Eric and gang on Friday and Saturday, then Sheila and Victor on Sunday ( Read more... )

Leaving next Wednesday morning to Barcelona. We are still planning some bits. Just FYI... the most useful sites in this search have been ( Read more... )

I've been watching over the years as gasoline prices climb. More than that, I've actually saved every gas receipt since 1999. Looking back through the stack of receipts, it's amusing to watch prices fluctuate. Each jump follows some world event or seasonal change. Sometimes, it seems to be on a whim that prices rise. The oil industry claims ( Read more... )

Good design ( Read more... )