So I was probably scraping bloggity rock bottom the other day by describing my lunch, but I have to risk compounding that faux pas by talking more about these Fancy Turkey Sausage People. Karen left a comment requesting the origins of the sausages and I dutifully trotted over to the fridge to find out. (Names [...]
Surprise polka! That…is a surprise. And a polka. How endearing. Polkas are quite jaunty. And make me want beer with a side of sausage.
Who plays the triangle? Did he have to go to Juilliard and major in Triangle? How hard can it be? Does his business card say Triangle Professional? It’s probably some vastly misunderstood [...]
I love discovering things within walking distance of my front door that I had no idea existed. Not annoying things like an overabundance of meter maids (I know they exist) or the latest den of hippies who offer you pot as you walk home (if I was of a different persuasion that would count as [...]
Official fun thing about having an office job one day and the next day not: ALL THIS EXTRA TIME. EXTRA TIME FOR PROJECTS. I do like me some projects. The enthusiasm is occasionally tempered by the sticky black fear regarding things like rent checks and the trembly, ever-so-slight socially-inculcated feeling that I’m not doing my [...]
On Wednesday, I went with some friends to an exhibit of original concert posters from San Francisco’s musical archives – Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, and a band improbably named Captain Beefheart. One of the posters listed an opening band at the very bottom, almost an after-thought. Like the designer [...]
Dehydrating myself before a 12k run could be termed a wretched mistake, if one was feeling judgmental. Especially since it was an unprecedented 90 million degrees that morning, and I’m a wilting San Francisco flower who wears a scarf when the thermostat drops to 68 and pulls out the fan and a bucket of ice when it [...]
On the cable car to North Beach, Friday night:
A man was walking his dog down Powell Street. Perched on top of the dog was a cat. Perched on top of the cat was a rat.
To sum up: The cat looked hungry. The fate of the rat concerns me.
At a bar, Saturday night:
“I’ve got steak in my [...]
Despite my best intentions, I’m generally too lazy to explore a neighborhood until I move into it and realize I need groceries. I never found any food, because I was too distracted by this house, cleverly disguised as an atomic banana.
Here is the household cat. I think she resents me. Or merely wants to devour [...]
Prince Gomolvilas and I were both associate editors at the same small theater magazine. When I arrived, several years after he left, people were still drifting aimlessly, lost in a cruel world where Prince was no longer available to do impressions of J. Edgar Hoover tap dancing. Tears were shed. Green tea no longer had [...]
The entire central coast of California is getting pummeled right now. Sirens have been wailing all morning, and every so often I hear glass shattering down the street. I’m not used to actual weather, so wind shrieking between the houses makes me shiver like a dog confronted with a dust buster.
I woke up this morning [...]
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