ambertatge , whom some of you know, teaches grade school in a very poor school district in San Jose. She is trying to raise funds to buy two notebook computers for her classroom via DonorsChoose.org, a program for helping public school teachers. Her project is called "Help 21st Century Students Cross the Digital Divide". Check it out! And if you can, make a ( Read more... )

Our annual summer BBQ is tomorrow. If you're around, c'mon by! Starts at 4:00, runs until late.

We've been spending a lot of time doing prep for it, more time than in recent years. We realized that it's largely because we haven't been doing much entertaining this year due to a variety of circumstances (traveling, conventions, other people's parties ( Read more... )

The danger of going away for 5 days:


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We're going to be seeing this group in person soon. I can hardly wait. Those harmonies, OMG!

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I grew 2 1/2 lbs of these babies, on a 4-foot wide trellis! Feeling very pleased ( Read more... )

The brilliant Roy Zimmerman will be playing at Mission City Coffee Roasting tomorrow, Friday 7/8. Imagine Stephen Colbert channeling Tom Lehrer! TIcket info (scroll down). Hope to see you there.

"Free Metal Dust Caps with Each Emission Test"

I have no idea either.

Here's an easy one for y'all. I'm looking for some fictional British SF place names, from books, movie, or TV shows. E.g., Perelandra, Perdido Street, The Village, Mordor.

Bring on the flood!

We're enjoying a short-lived heat wave here -- 2 or 3 days of 80+ degree highs, before going back to highs in the 60s. We moved the grill out tonight, grilled chicken and leeks, and ate dinner outside, admiring the crisp, crescent moon. Tomorrow will probably be too cool to repeat (pleasantly ( Read more... )

We went to see Xanadu at the Retro Dome tonight. What fun! Great singing, loads of clever '80s references, good dancing, campy roles = lots of fun. Not as much roller skating as I expected, but that's okay. I definitely recommend it!