There was a run on haggis at the British Imports Store in Campbell this afternoon. I asked the proprietress if she had any available, because it's listed on their web site by the pound, and she said, "No, dearie, we've only got the canned variety left. Head down the aisle over there and look for the plaid can". J and I followed the directions, ( Read more... )

It's just after midnight, early enough into January I could call it a new year with a little poetic license. The moon is bright and half full, hanging above the highway I've just wandered off of. I'm standing beside a taco truck next to a trailer park and a gas station in the unfashionable end of Santa Clara after talking much of the night in a ( Read more... )

A story from the Minneapolis Star Tribune has gone viral yesterday and today, saying that because of a wobble of the earth over the last thousand years, the dates associated with zodiac signs have changed, and a new zodiac sign needs to be added because the sun spends almost no time in Scorpio anymore, and between November 29-December 17 the sun ( Read more... )

I just registered for the 100th running of Bay to Breakers next May. If you've run before, the "pre-registration" link you got in your e-mail still works, although not with the discount. Otherwise, regular registration starts January 1 ( Read more... )

J and I are heading for Charleston, SC at a really unfortunate hour in the morning, to spend a little holiday time with family. We've spent the last couple of days in a whirlwind of vendor interviews in wine country, christmas shopping, tree trimming, and (on the pleasurable end of the scale) hosting pumapreysize and boy on their holiday trip through town. ( Read more... )

I got to sit at an air traffic control terminal this afternoon and direct surface traffic for a couple of hours. (the terminal is our Future Flight Central simulator, seen here: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2008/ ( Read more... )

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My base is having a halloween bring-your-kids-in event. I love the prizes they're offering:

We will serve light refreshments, organize games, arrange raffles and give away prizes. Other festival attractions include a Pumpkin Patch, Dino Digs, a Looney Laboratory and Science Archive, a Castle Treasure Room and Dungeon, and a Graveyard, Crypt and ( Read more... )

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J got us into a sneak screening of The Social Network, the movie about Facebook that's coming out this Friday. It's being heralded on the movie posters as the film of a generation, the Citizen Kane of the 21st century, one of the most stimulating films of the year. 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

I more or less agree, actually.

( Click here for review, no spoilers )