At some point, some genius decided that the entirety of San Francisco International Airport should be outfitted with wireless internet. This is clearly a great idea. You can almost get over the fact that you're stuck in an airport bar for four hours due to beauracratic incompetance if you have the ability to contact the outside world and complain ( Read more... )

In my spare time, I dance. Not, generally in the Club Scene sense of the word, or if so, very rarely, but more in the Ginger Rogers and Fred Astair or possibly Dirty Dancing sense of the word. Ballroom Dance is a strange, strange world which Strictly Ballroom, for those of you who've seen it, really didn't get far wrong. But fortunately, I'm no ( Read more... )

I feel that the Democratic Party would be a much more powerful and effective force in the American Political Scene if they could just stop themselves from doing shit like this ( Read more... )

For those of you who have any interest in the weather channel, or have caught glimpses of the situation on the local news, you know that for the past two weeks the weather in San Francisco has been absolutely beautiful. Regularly in the 80s with stunningly clear skies and overflowing beaches. All the tourists, in their cargo shorts and I Love San ( Read more... )

The Surrealist Compliment Generator has gifted me with this gem...

The seared runes crossing your divided consciousness do speak of contemptuous cardinals setting a spanish villa ablaze.

Oooh! It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.

We have a new Foster Litter of kittens from the SPCA. Their eyes aren't open yet so they don't do anything but wiggle and squeek but in a week or so they'll be up and about and actually develop personalities. And then they'll need names ( Read more... )

Like so many other young professionals in this fair city, with its highest-property-values-in-the-country real estate, I have roommates. Five of them, to be precise. Yes 5. Although it's a very big house, so everyone has their own room. And for a manageable amount of rent we get the added benefit of room for the pool table and the hot tub and ( Read more... )

March 2, 2004, California State Primary Election Ballot
Proposition 56: “Permits enactment of budget and budget-related tax/appropriation bills with 55% vote. Legislature, Governor forfeit compensation each day budget is late. Fiscal Impact: Varying impacts from lowering the vote requirement for budget-related measures-including changes in spending ( Read more... )

“[The city of] Ankh-Morpork has dallied with many forms of government and it has ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote ( Read more... )

Let us start with this confession: I wear high heels. No, perhaps that understates the case. I always wear heels. Somewhere in the depths of my closet is a pair of sneakers left over from my stint on the varsity tennis team. They're hiding back there because they feel left out; they are the only pair of shoes in my possession on which the entirety ( Read more... )