May 2008
It’s been a long week. Feels like I packed six days into four.
I think I threw out my back doing The Fishstick last night.
merlin: Nicknames - Lostpedia Sawyer’s nicknames for people. Selected: Charlie: Amigo, Babynapper, Chuckie, Has-Been Pop Star, Jiminy Cricket, Little Limey Runt, Munchkin, Oliver Twist, A Reject From VH1 Has-Beens, Sport, Tattoo, Three Men & a Baby (with Hurley and Aaron - “I counted Hurley twice”) Hurley: Annoying, Avalanche, Barbar (mispronunciation of Babar), Gumby, Chicken Little,...
WatchThe Fishstick Party How to do the Fishstick at a party with all your friends.
Just finished watching the LOST finale (thanks, Easynews!) I find it hard to believe Sawyer is *really* dead. Guess we’ll know next year.
Gawker called me a “reformed cokehead” today. Oh man. Hope they don’t discover I once lived in Iran; they may decide I’m a former terrorist.
“Instead of a weekly box of radishes and radicchio from your friendly local...”
– What’s New: Meet the new (meat) CSAs Likely to be bad news for my cholesterol level.
Mac OS X Leopard: Enable Google Contact Sync... →
“You don’t have to live in a great city your whole life to benefit from it....”
– Cities and Ambition This is a great essay. Via.
Oh. Apparently I am bad at the hypertexting. Make that: http://olbermensch.wordpress.com He just needs *love*, people. Just a little love
Wow, Keith Olbermann is un-fucking-hinged. Or wait. Maybe his hinges are are just too tight. Either way: http://olbermensch.wordpress.com
If you can’t remember whether or not you did cocaine in the 70s; you did cocaine in the 70s. (& Scott McClellan, you are my new joy machine)
“I was visiting my local Toyota dealer in Bethesda, Md., last week to trade in...”
– THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN - Truth or Consequences
Fuck it. We’re gonna hike the John Muir Trail in August just because we can. 211 High Sierra miles, plus Mt. Whitney summit. Adventure!
No plans June 8? Come watch me swim from Alcatraz, then run & bike through the Presidio: http://www.escapefromalcatraztriathlon.com
“Mr. Munroe, a physics major and a programmer by trade, is good for jokes like...”
– Link by Link - This Is Funny Only if You Know Unix - NYTimes.com
Today I swam a mile in the Bay, rode a bike cliffside high over the Pacific surf and finished the day with locally caught oysters and fresh brewed beer at my neighborhood pub. I love San Francisco
Watchyoulooknicetoday: How and where not to do The Fishstick
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Bailed on a bike ride today, but making up for it by going to Mojo Bicycle cafe and drinking espresso. As long as my heart rate’s up, right?
Oh, single-serving website offering an implicitly vulgar command. Has your time finally come? http://hillarygtfo.com/
No, no. You’ve got it all wrong. HRC wasn’t threatening Obama. She was simply saying she wanted him dead, dead, dead, motherfucker, dead.
No, no. You’ve got it all wrong. HRC wasn’t threatening Obama. She was simply saying she wanted him dead, dead, dead, motherfucker, dead.
Just lined up at the Marina Apple Store to be first in SF to get the 3G iPhone. Could someone bring me lunch and a colonoscopy bag, please?
“The sleeve of Final Fantasy’s most recent album (the title is at once innocent...”
– The Return of the One-Man Band - New York Times Paging Rob to this discussion.
Wow. This is a great idea.
colinashe: Wondering how easy it would be to run a massive phishing scheme for early tech tech adopters w/ a vaporware social network and beta invites.
I would love to be able to track prevalence of the word “douchebag” over time. Seems like it would peak once in the late 80s and again now
SF Eaters: Magnilia has been re-done quite well. Better menu/decor & same beer
Getting invited to Pheltup was harder than getting invited to the Oscars. But here I am: http://pheltup.com/emptyage Add me! Thanks @Torrez!
“I can’t read N+1; it’s like I wandered into an Andover vs. Groton...”
– Twitter / mat! Is it wrong to quote myself? Oh, I’m a sad little man.
“Number of words in “Exposed,” by Emily Gould: 7,937
Number of those...”
– Emily Gould’s ‘Times Magazine’ Story: Give Me an ‘I’! — Daily Intel — New York News Blog — New York Magazine
Tried to read the NYT Mag piece on Gawker, but it was too long and also about people in their 20s. So I read Gawker instead; much easier.
I missed the boat on http://pheltup.com All the influencers seem to be there. Anyone have an invite to toss my way?
Beautiful morning for a swim in the Bay.
Having my lawyers look into http://whentwitterisdown.com/
I’ll be sad to see Dennis Richmond go. Last of the no-banter, no-bullshit, no-fakesmile anchors, and SF legend. Final broadcast at 10 PM.
San Francisco is the kind of place where nobody will tell you when you have a bad idea.
Had lunch with @gruber. He had the burger, and I had to tell him that joke isn’t funny anymore. Then we both sang The Smiths like Nancyboys.