Recently I heard Bryan Adams whining, “Everything I do, I do it for you”. It instantly brought me back to 1991, watching the end credits of Kevin Costner’s craptacular Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves for the thousandth time. It was…
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Hi Ho, Hi Ho…
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Huh…what?
Yesterday I had a cold coming on like an overwrought metaphor that was…ah, forget it. Anyway, I left work early to take a nap. The first half hour I lay in bed and my mind jumped gleefully between random topics. …
Surf’s Up
Here’s one of the things I love about living in San Diego: the surf report. Every morning on my drive to work, our local public radio station does news, traffic, a blurb on weather, and the surf report. The laconic…
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Funk
This can refer to a style of music characterized by a heavy beat and sweaty bass guitar licks, a malodorous airborne cloud, or a contagious bad mood. Last night I encountered the third definition. Baby Harbat was in a good…
Breathing Room
Funny thing, hobbies. You complain when you don’t have time to do them, yet feel relieved when you have a break from them. Since the oven went kaplooey last Sunday, I’ve had time to do other things. These things include…
Links
No, not golf. I had dinner at the Linkery last night. My wife and I got to go on a date! For the first time in four months! The Linkery is a hip, food-oriented place. They make their own breads,…
Watchmen: Watched
Wow. That movie was awesome. Having read some of Alan Moore’s work, I know he likes conflicted characters. This movie was gritty, powerfully acted, deep, sexy, and fun. Although it seemed tempted, it never quite dipped into Hollywood schlock pandering,…
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I Have to Sit on a Pillow
This is because my bank doesn’t understand the phrase “No means no.” I went in to my local branch a month ago to have overdraft protection removed. Protection is a funny word, as the bank defines it. For them it…
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[exhale]
Well, that’s done. The presentation went really, really well. I went last and ended the evening on a high note. The Pecha Kucha night was held at the Ivy Hotel here in San Diego. It’s a modern swankhaüs filled with…
Sunday: The Day That I Lose It
Yesterday was to be my biggest baking day ever. 13 loaves of bread, for a presentation I’m giving tonight to 200 people. The event is called Pecha Kucha, and I’m giving a short talk on bread, accompanied by a slideshow. …
