I saw Gallagher last week. Yes he’s still alive, yes he’s still smashing watermelons and yes the show rocked. My only regret is that I didn’t sit closer! The folks sitting in the orchestra pit got SOAKED, people in the center of rows A-C got hit some. Unfortunately, row E didn’t get a drop. But that’s cool.
Gallagher asked everyone who’s birthday was today to come up front. (I seriously considered letting today be my special day. But going to the show alone, there wasn’t anyone to snap the photo of what I knew would ensue). His birthday cake delivery mechanism was… I won’t say “efficient” but I will say “fast”!
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Last night I caught a Fire Opera at The Crucible. Just as I’ve experienced before, I couldn’t understand a word of it without the subtitles, even though it was in English. But it was pretty good. And there was fire and glass pulling and red-hot metal being pounded and power tools. Lots of power tools. And opera!
Tomorrow I’m catching 9.8th Fighting Kite Brigade in Bernal Hill Park. Real kite combat!
And then going to the Parkway with Laura
I got an Aerobed. It’s going to be my guest bed but until I can decide on a bed for myself… I think I’m afraid to get a bed or something. Something about settling down. Silverware, check. Kitchen table assembled, check. House still a mess, check.
Oh and I got the first half of a “deep cleaning” (scaling and root planing) of my teeth involving novocaine and lots of scraping. 2nd half is next week. Joy.
Last bit, I’ve starting an exercise regimen. First week down, it feels pretty good. :-)
I’ve had this no-yearly fee Visa card forever. I even forget who I originally got it with. The company on the masthead has changed so many times… Today it’s Chase.
You know how you get those little “Important Notes for Credit Card Customers” pamphlets… the one written all in legaleze. I decided to read mine this time and yow! My APR on this thing is now 30.99% with a late fee charge of $39. So if I buy a $1,000 item and miss my payment date by a day, I instantly owe an extra $65! Oh, plus a $1 finance charge.
The moral of the story? Don’t be late!
(To try and cover my ass, I just set up an automatic billing thing with my bank. If I forget to pay, Chase Visa still gets an automatic “minimum payment” of $10)
I’ve been listening to audio podcasts the last week or so on my way to work and around town. I’ve been very impressed. It’s an idea who’s time has totally come.
I have iPodder software and I’ve subscribed to… yow a whole lotta shows. A partial list of some of my favorites include Accidental Hash, Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code, Audio Dharma, Catholic Insider, Decoder Ring Theater, Gillmor Gang, several NPR shows… I count almost 50 shows I’m subscribed to.
Cool.
How I do it: iPodder –> CD-RW –> my new car stereo which can read mp3 discs. I swap CDs (holds 10-20 hrs) every couple days.
(attn. doubters) I went for a walk tonight and found my local sushi restaurant. Kiji on Guerrero and 22nd. Super high quality. Authentic. Comfortable. Friendly. Fairly expensive.
The place has been there only barely longer than I have been in my new place.
At the prompting of my neighbor at the bar Jeremy and the guy at the end of the bar, I had saba (mackerel), uni (sea urchin) and sake. It was as excellent sashimi should be, a symphony to the senses.
I’ll be back.
PS. -This- is why SF is an expensive city. Sanctuaries like this command your attendance.
I recently had an exchange with the person behind WikipediaClassAction dot org. The transcript is below Comments are welcome, though the following quote from wikipediaclassaction.org might do just as well to show you how stable the author is (emphasis my own):
Our primary concern is that Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. and JIMBO (Jimmy) Wales believe themselves above the law, refusing to remove offending, defamatory and untrue content, even going so far as to cause further damage by highlighting the content, asking people to vote on its removal, etc. The system is full of problems and these are intentional in design and purposeful in their intent; to cause harm, to permit and encourage a system of anonymous libel and we submit, the result of Wales’ deep-seated upset with ridicule he suffered the result of his porn business; something like the way that Richard Desmond acts because he has never quite been accepted into ‘society’ because of his King of Porn history. Similarly, Wales uses Wikipedia to libel and ‘get back’ of those he doesn’t like…
