Or I hope to be, by the time tomorrow rolls around. Today is work, conference calls, last minute grocery store items and implements of destruction. And a diametrically opposite packing strategy (minimalist) vs. that of my girlfriend (kitchen sink! repack! backup sink!). But late night should see me on the way to Reno, and away from most mundane ( Read more... )

Okay, I never post on LJ. But I'm tiring of the hot-then-not nature of the other social networking sites I hang out on. Give me reliable ol' LJ ( Read more... )

Ah, sweet movie fluff. Gory manga-inspired samurai flick ( Read more... )

... Which is to say, literally, that I am currently in Shanghai, and not especially by choice.

Okay, I don't add to my journal often, but life sure is interesting sometimes. And I should record that somewhereI survived my triathlon on Maui. Substantially improved my swim time over last year (which is funny, considering the entire time I was ( Read more... )

I defy even the most cold-heartingest among us to deny the awesome power of cute:
http://www.cuteoverload.com/

Especially the 'Kittens' and 'Bunnies' sections.

Anyone remember the flowchart of the Geek Hierarchy that circulated online a few years ago? (One copy: http://www.brunching.com/images/geekchartbig.gif.) Well, I know my geeks, and that chart was always a good laugh because based on the groups I knew appearing on it, ( Read more... )

Ah-nuld got thoroughly squashed, as did the CA initiative attacking abortion rights. Intelligent designers got booted (http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/09/evolution.intelligentdesign.ap/index.html). While there were some other less ( Read more... )

I haven't been back to the island where I grew up for nearly half a lifetime. Usually I don't care, but sometimes it tugs at me. It's a crappy, dreary, wonderful little corner of the world ( Read more... )

I'm in Maui ( Read more... )

Did you know it is rumored to cost $200,000 just to get in to see Lucas to pitch a merchandising idea? That man may not have done a good job directing in a long time, but he's a god of marketing ( Read more... )