Jean got quoted in this LA Times story about Berkeley Bowl!

Ug.

So when I was in Paris, I ended up having to get dental surgery because I had developed some kind of crazy tumor underneath one of my teeth. It developed suddenly one day and over the course of a week ended up hurting intensely ( Read more... )

This morning I was listening to a story about the history of political campaign ads on NPR. Pretty much every time I listen to interviews or commercials from the 60s and earlier, I notice how different the quality of people's voices are. I can't tell if people just had radically different accents or if it's just a function of the recording ( Read more... )

Yesterday was my first cataloging class meeting. While sitting in class, I started thinking about how you'd organize someone's private library. Like, if you just had a room full of books, how would you keep track of all of them? Find one that you were looking for? Prevent buying duplicates ( Read more... )

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So yesterday I went to drop off film at PhotoLab in Berkeley. There were a couple of people in line ahead of me and when it got to be my turn the guy behind the counter was all 'What can I do for you, young lady ( Read more... )

So it's the early evening and I'm sitting at my dining room table reading the "introduce yourself" thread for one of my classes. My semester started yesterday and I've only just realized how much reading I'm going to need to be doing for my classes ( Read more... )

Les wrote an email to Jon Carroll (and SF Chronicle columnist for those of you not in the Bay Area) and it got printed in a recent column. The letter was about bicyclists and our tendency to blow through stop signs and the occasional red light. I admit that i am completely guilty of not bothering to stop at stop signs ( Read more... )

Grinding whole wheat flour somewhat finer than normal does not make it appropriate for pastries, as the labeling on this bag of flour loudly proclaims.

This is the reason no one believes you when you say things taste good.

Love,

cola

Last Tuesday Sarah Doty came up to Berkeley to have dinner with Les and me. She brought with her a four day old sour dough starter as a gift for me. I was really pleased ( Read more... )