princeofcairo  visits Fields in San Francisco, plus our PantheaCon booth, and delivers his annual account of being beaten into fiscal submission by tempting piles of books. Bwahahaha! Advantage, Fields.

The Prince is a talented game designer and more witty than I, so I leave the narrative to him. But really, read back through previous entries. 2010 is ( Read more... )

With back to back events at the store tonight & tomorrow, I didn't want to miss telling friends about an event NEXT week:

Lon Milo DuQuette: "Low Magick: It's All in Your Head ... You Just Have No Idea How Big Your Head Is"

Saturday Dec. 11, 2010
8 PM - 9:30 PM

Fields Book Store
1419 Polk St.
San Francisco, CA 94109
(directions)

Take a fascinating ( Read more... )

• 07:08 Lart time I was up this early for democracy was in 2004. But that was in Iowa, -10 degrees, and my guy lost. Better now. #
• 07:12 @ Malacandra, damn. yes. #
• 07:44 #inaug09 Parkway in Oakland Ca full. Alternatives? #
• 08:02 found local cafe, snagged chairs #
• 08:19 no, w's legacy is not going to improve. #

• 09:37 Didn't see HBO caption it, but that WAS a gay men's chorus doing backup on the Marian Anderson tribute. Prop 8 goes down soon, haters. #
• 13:26 At Fields today. Fueled by fig-scented white tea (thank you, Triliteral sales rep!) and back to book catalogs. I love esoterica. #
• 17:18 I hope Obama understands that the munchkins' joy has more to do ( Read more... )

Courtesy of the progressive blogosphere, here are 7 concise talking points you can use. I hit 5 of them in 20 seconds when I called Tauscher's office.

http://boztopia.com/?p=325

No profits for the plutocrats who got us into this mess. Ya basta!

Just in case you haven't noticed on Facebook itself...

We've made up a Facebook page for Fields and seeded it with upcoming author events and some photos of the fabulous store ceiling.

Author events are also available via Google Calendar if that's a tool you use; see the Fields website for more details.

Rare book dealer Todd Pratum, through his Pratum Literacy Services, has been providing free books and libraries for homeless youth in Oakland, CA. Fields Book Store is helping Todd collect gift books for the holidays.

You can help in any of the following ways:

• Mail age-appropriate books you already have, on any subject, to Fields.
• Buy a gift ( Read more... )

Today our new Fields Book Store website makes its debut. You can now browse the store's shelves and order books online at www.fieldsbooks.comThe online offerings include rare volumes from Pratum Book Company which are now available exclusively through Fields. The Pratum collection features thousands of books in the areas of hermeticism, philosophy ( Read more... )

The Daily Kos community has a large tag-team liveblogging effort covering the California wildfires. The "Mothership" post (which is staying on the front page "recommended diaries" list) has basic emergency information and always contains a link to the diary containing latest updates and ongoing discussion ( Read more... )

Gothling 2, sulking: "I did everything right out of the Necronomicon, and the candles didn't even flicker. I don't get it. It should have summoned at least an imp."

And it gets better.

From Pagan Snark, via Chas Clifton.