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Charlotte’s week in San Francisco

Watercourseays Hot tub and sauna.
Picnic dinner in palo alto
Went to Craft night with Julian Cash, met cool photographers and artists. Got Maple syrup, Torrone and camp towel.
Went to bed at 12am and went to sleep at 2:30am : ) Worked. C went to Berkeley Hills with Ion.
Met group of seven friends, at an egyptian restuarant in Sunset. Saw Egyptian belly dancing. Went to sleep. Got up and didn’t get out of bed.
; ) Ran a hilly 1.8 miles. Lee went to work. C went to Twin Peaks, de
Young museum, and ‘ake Stowe. Met friends for drinks. Saw the play,
Take me for a ride cute girl. Drinks with cast. Slept. Woke up and didn’t get out of bed ; ) C belly danced. Breafast at Boogaloos. Tango lessons. Drove divisidero. Exploratorium and Tactile dome. Snack. Nimby tour. Necked in car. Airport.

I’m having someone import old blog entries to Wordpress. Things might be a little wonky for a week or two but all will be well shortly.

Tonight, seeing either The Gong Show at the Dark Room or my friend Shameless Heather in “Take me for a Ride”. And then maybe go to the Purple Friday Show late. :-)

Saturday morning Tango class! And likely the Metronome’s Tango Milonga in the evening!

Sunday see Naqoyqatsi with Philip Glass LIVE at Davies Symphony Hall! The closest I’ve ever seen him live thus far has been on Southpark.

Monday: nuffum :-)

2 blocks from me there is a really good Italian Deli. 4 guys with aprons behind the counter cut prosciutto, 25 different cheeses (only Italian varieties, mind you), all manner of cold cuts, and pizza and focaccia sold by the sheet or 1/2 baking sheet.

They even have several types of imported torrone. I immediately flashed back to fresh torrone from Boston’s North End. It was like the original Snickers bar. After I made my purchase, I asked the man behind the counter if they had such torrone and a woman next to me nodded and pointed to the box of said torrone that was on top of her stack of items being purchased. The man said (and I’m very happy he was so knowledgeable!) that he had small squares of the stuff but not the bars.

This is why San Francisco is an expensive city. Delicacies are so close at hand that it is hard to resist!

I called Carlotta and asked her to bring some fresh Boston torrone when she visits next week. She thinks she can oblige :-)

I’ve been listening to the audiobook of “Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking” during my commute. It’s got powerful ideas. I highly recommend it.

But that’s not why I’m writing. I’m writing because I got the book from the library. It’s just like Amazon.com, only free. And it’s better than trying to steal it off the internet because there’s no fakes out there.

I suppose I have a big advantage here because I now live just 1 1/2 blocks from a library. And I know that the library isn’t free, it’s paid for by my taxes. But Blink is still a really good book. And I’ve got a small pile of books, CDs and DVDs next to me about my upcoming vacation to England, all from the library. :-)

I had a dermatologist remove a mild case of mollescum contagiosum.

It’s been said that burning them off causes less scarring than freezing them, mostly because the heat can be applied with greater precision. The downside is that burning hurts a lot for a few moments, while freezing is only mildly uncomfortable.

He said that he didn’t want to burn them off with heat because of the potential danger to both of us by putting the virus in the air via the smoke during the operation.

After he went ahead and froze it off and left the office, I thought of a question. Why not simply use a vacuum and air filter to pull contaminated air away from the burn site? Surely such simple safety measures are available.

I think he didn’t want to burn it off because he doesn’t own a heat-burner-thing. Hmm.

A friend asked me my thoughts on how he could make a good web site for himself that wouldn’t put off potential employers and that he’d still like for himself. I looked over my reply and realized that most of it applies to life as well.

Do anything. Just do it well. Put care into it and people will notice. Be honest about it. Keep it relatively current.

You said that you wanted to make your site like mine. Mine a mish-mosh of stuff I’ve done over the past 10+ years. My homepage has an ancient design but it’s functional. I have no eye for design and I know it but I forge ahead. I’m sure that my personality shows through in a positive way because I put in the effort.

I’m seeing Philip Glass at Davies Symphony Hall this weekend. Most likely NAQOYQATSI on Sunday night.

Join me!
Write to me and we’ll go together.

I’m reserving my tix very soon. And I’m going to meet up with an old co-worker, Steven Y.! We worked together in New York.

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Pillow Fight!

Valentine’s Day, Tuesday Feb. 14

6:00pm

Free

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It’s not a flash mob, it’s a

PILLOW FIGHT!!!

Rules:
1) Tell everyone you know about PILLOW FIGHT!!!
2) Wait for the Ferry Building clock to strike 6:00pm
3) Don’t hit anyone with out a pillow (unless they want it)
4) Don’t hit anyone with a camera
5) HAVE FUN!!!

(Rain plan: put your pillow in a plastic bag, see Rules 1 - 5)

Links:

wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillow_Fight_Club
London: http://www.flickr.com/photos/63511593@N00/sets/19017
Madrid: http://www.madridmobs.net/correveidile_coment.php3?
id_breve=16#forum148
Tel Aviv: http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArtPE.jhtml?
contrassID=2&subContrassID=3&sbSubContrassID=10&itemNo=549086
Toronto: http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/archives/photos_concerts_events/
051114_1362.shtml

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Justin Herman Plaza, by the fountain
Market and Embarcadero
San Francisco

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Tivo just came out with a deal: an 80 hr Tivo for $70. To get it, you have to subscribe to their service for a year at $13/month.

Think of it this way: You get a 400Mhz linux computer with a TV tuner, a great TV output card, modem, ethernet, remote control, a 100 gig hard drive, TV Guide-like services, and the amazingness of Tivo for a year for $226.

Walk into Comp USA and ask for a computer with those specs for that price. They’ll stare at you as if you dress funny.