July 2010
10 posts
Tiki decor is excellent. Bad music and a bartender that doesn’t like rum, though. (@ Kona Club) http://4sq.com/7r9ntV
Jul 20th
Now we’re talking. This place gives Frankie’s a run for its money. (@ Forbidden Island) http://4sq.com/62leBP
Jul 20th
SF tiki bar. First of several. (@ Smuggler’s Cove w/ 3 others) http://4sq.com/6eKVzc
Jul 18th
Told ya so. (@ Ace Wasabi) http://4sq.com/7GFcJl
Jul 18th
Two years ago I won a gift card playing bingo at Ace Wasabi Rock N Roll Sushi in SF. Tomorrow night I will be making good on my big win.
Jul 17th
My favorite part of this week’s True Blood was the werewolves drinking Coors Light; The silver bullet.
Jul 14th
RIP Harvey Pekar. It’s sad to lose such a useful curmudgeon.
Jul 12th
So glad twilight’s not the only vampire gig in town. (watching True Blood via @gomiso)
Jul 12th
My first wood ship model is probably going to have scoliosis of the keel. I shouldn’t expect much from my first attempt at carving.
Jul 8th
Required reading. http://yfrog.com/4r120qj
Jul 6th
June 2010
4 posts
Free Will. Richard III. Beautiful night.
Jun 30th
What is Arnold made of? [Dot Physics] →
Jun 23rd
How One MS Drug Got Its Start in Chinese Folklore... →
Jun 23rd
My two favorite words in an email from Apple: “Shipment Notification”
Jun 23rd
May 2010
4 posts
You watch The Big Bang Theory? Seriously, who dresses that Jewish kid?
May 9th
A Nirvana cover I don’t hate. The Polyphonic Spree doing “Lithium”. http://bit.ly/dkOQCA
May 9th
Found out today that local writer and weirdo @mactonnies died a few months ago. Didn’t know him but we were blog buddies a while back. RIP.
May 8th
I love Roger Waters, but it’s not a $450/ticket kind of love.
May 6th
iPad + Clear 4G + Clearspot = Awesome. Who needs a 3G iPad?
May 1st
April 2010
6 posts
iTunes DJ. One minute I’m listening to Violent Femmes and then it’s — Paul Giamatti reading a chapter of A Scanner Darkly ?! Okay, awesome.
Apr 22nd
I’m already having Lostdrawls. Only four episodes left. What are we gonna do then?
Apr 22nd
I can order ice cream from Amazon. http://amzn.to/bRa7d9
Apr 15th
Dinner out on the town. Fabulous Lawrence, Kansas. (@ Zen Zero) http://4sq.com/bkhp80
Apr 9th
Scrivener is awesome for writing screenplays, too.
Apr 6th
March 2010
5 posts
Love the Shins? Like Gnarls Barkley? Check out Broken Bells (MP3 Download) http://bit.ly/d1lhCN
Mar 11th
Live Like You're Dying →
Chuck Palahniuk lays out the rules for suicide.
Mar 10th
From The Basement : Andrew Bird : Performance →
Solo Bird.
Mar 8th
Exotica | Music | Gateways To Geekery | The A.V.... →
Good article on Exotica music from The Onion’s AV Club.
Mar 6th
See, the Underground’s “Venus In Furs” just sets a strange mood for the entire evening.
Mar 5th
February 2010
6 posts
Single-malt scotch tasting. (@ Gomer’s Northland Fine Wine & Spirits) http://4sq.com/9nJ8aM
Feb 17th
I turned off Google Buzz, he told Twitter, perhaps so it wouldn’t be jealous. Twitter can’t keep a secret though; Facebook will know soon.
Feb 12th
On Tuesdays, my favorite word is “lost”; 43 minutes later it’s my least favorite word. Until next tuesday. *sigh*
Feb 10th
Why I Am Not a Libertarian →
Feb 5th
Losting watch on Pacific time. Everyone at home has already seen it. Man, that’s just not fair.
Feb 3rd
Going to Seattle and environs. (@ Kansas City International Airport (MCI) w/ 5 others) http://4sq.com/15cfIV
Feb 1st
January 2010
11 posts
Mac rant: why does Address Book support Avery label templates but iWork’s Pages does not? Not everything that goes on a label is an address.
Jan 31st
In Bruges, Ask The Dust, Cassandra’s Dream. Films in which Colin Farrell is not a douche.
Jan 31st
Jan 31st
Why do people often vote against their own... →
Not only do people ignore facts contrary to their opinions (confirmation bias), they’re also liable to actively sabotage their own potential well-being. Good thing I’m not a people.
Jan 31st
RIP Miramax. Some of the best movies came out from under that shingle. Long live the Weinstein Company.
Jan 28th
If Disney Animated Literary Drama Instead of Fairy... →
Jan 26th
Twilight was on Showtime. But you know what? Pulp Fiction came on IFC. I do like a good movie.
Jan 24th
Four Things Everybody Should Know About Quantum... →
Jan 21st
So Mel Gibson might be batshit insane, but he’s going to make a Viking movie with all the dialogue in Old Norse. Still insane, but awesome.
Jan 19th
GM Corn Leads to Organ Failure!? Not So Fast |... →
Jan 14th
Dropped my cat off for minor surgery. She is going to mad at me when I pick her up this afternoon.
Jan 11th
December 2009
24 posts
“Star Trek 2009’s Most Pirated Film” and “2009 Record $10 Billion Box Office” are two headlines that, juxtaposed, tells me everything’s fine
Dec 27th
Whomever wished for a white Christmas? Yeah. You’ve ruined it for the rest of us. Thanks a lot.
Dec 25th
Have a Gibbous Cephalopodmas, everyone!
Dec 23rd
Going home after two long weeks. Looking forward to wife, cats, and Dexter. In that order.
Dec 19th