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I opted out of driving to Bakersfield this weekend, partly because I had a few errands to run in town and partly because my new glasses have temporarily bankrupted me (and gas is PRICEY in Cali).  Anyway, Dave went skydiving today, something I don't think he really wanted to do, per se, but just wanted to try once, to see if he would go through ( Read more... )

So, I went to the eye doctor for the first time in maybe 8 years.  My prescription's just changed a little (for the worse, of course), but my current classes are ridiculously beat up and are desperate for replacement.   So I got to look at new frames.  The styles have changed COMPLETELY since last time I did this-- narrow, tapered rectangles seem ( Read more... )

So, this morning I finished Day 2 of my birthday present to myself, which is an Open Water SCUBA certification class.  Monterey is pretty famous for its diving (we have sweet kelp forest ecosystems), and I've been interested in learning for a while.  One of the guys at the Station organized a private accelerated class with a local dive shop, so six ( Read more... )

Attention, all!  If you do not know who Flight of the Conchords are, you should.  You should listen to their music on YouTube.  You should buy the DVDs of their HBO show.  Not only are they hilarious, they're from New Zealand, and when they say "sexy", it sounds like "sixy".  They're pretty fabulous ( Read more... )

Attention residents of Virginia, Maryland, & DC: You made me so, so happy today, in a way that my natal state of New Hampshire and my adopted state of California failed to do.  Thank you for making me happy in a way politics so seldom does.

While I was home for the holidays, I picked up an absentee ballot for the New Hampshire primary.   (Voting so I can feel justified in complaining about how the person I didn't pick is screwing things up.)   I love New Hampshire.  The first and arguably most important primary in the country features many worthy candidates, among them:

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I'm going to Mexico for Thanksgiving!   Dave & I are leaving for Baja presently.   It'll take us about 5 hours to get to the border, so if you have any requests for fashion mags/cookies/etc., call me before about 6 PM EST.   Otherwise, Happy Thanksgiving to you & yours!

 So, I had my first really amazing Bay Area experience last night.   I drove up to Cupertino to attend SuperHappy DevHouse XX, which is a hybrid of a computer programming convention, ideas exchange venue, networking opportunity, and house party.   Picture, if you will, a mansion in the Cupertino hills filled with over 150 Silicon Valley movers and ( Read more... )

UC Berkeley has made a fascinating array of lectures available online, for totally free:

http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php

Pretty cool.