Entries for week beginning November 22, 2009
➠ November 28, 2009
Arches
Mum: "I keep expecting Kermit & Miss Piggy to pop up and introduce us to the Muppet Show"
Photography
My photo of Mum, using her new iPhone to take a photo of San Francisco.
Parking lot
The too-small-for-its-own-good parking lot at Coit Tower.
“Artists work in harmony”
From the murals at Coit Tower.
Green
My detailed botanical skills make me certain that this is some sort of fucking cabbage, or something.
“No Examiner, No Gazette”
The annoyance of SF's free sheets is shared among many.
“HOME DELIVERY SUBCRIBER”
Details on the crime of littering, sadly not available.
Hey buddy! English is our national language!
None of this French bullshit flies here!
➠ November 27, 2009
➠ November 26, 2009
Portable Rotary Phone - Red
I want one of these for on my desk at work, since I don’t have a real phone.
➠ November 25, 2009
Love the new Kindle boot screen
The "relaxing with a book against a tree" motif is such a perfectly romanticized vision of reading. Far better than the regular reality of where I read: crammed on the piss-smell-filled Muni.
Smart-assed skeptic…
I'm not entirely sure I understand the point of Amazon's new "PayPhrase" system (How is this phrase and a PIN easier than entering my email + password, exactly?) But I am quite pleased with the phrase they let me use (after filtering out all my profane first attempts)
Ommwriter
Oh my, this is rather lovely. A distraction-removing full-screen text editor (similar to WriteRoom), with a lovely background and jangly music!
➠ November 24, 2009
Mum in her classy plastic bib
Joy has a shellfish allergy, so dining at Thanh Long, a SF restaurant famous for its roast crab, never seemed like a good idea.
But once my pesky pescetarian mother is in town? The perfect spot for some garlicky goodness. (Holy shit, it was good!)
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