Archive for March, 2002

3.28.02 MMM, TASTES LIKE…
San Francisco moment:
I walked to work this morning. Taste of Leather is having a Spring clearance sale.

3.26.02 RELATED
Lane is working on his 20 things project and needs help. He wants you to send him a short set of directions (walk until you see a tree, turn left, etc.), and when he gets to the end of your instructions, he’ll take a picture. Here’s the page with the details.

20 THINGS […]

3.25.02 BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Boy 1: Where are you from?
Me: San Francisco.
Boy 1: I’ve visited San Francisco.
Boy 2: Is that a euphemism?

3.21.02 VALUE ADD
I�m afraid of heights. My new dentist is in an old building with an elevator that has mesh walls. I didn�t realize the elevator was of the see-through variety until I�d already climbed aboard, pushed my floor, and begun to hum. By the time I noticed the swaying cables of the elevator […]

3.20.02 GOOD IDEA
Rarely is an organizational tool methodical enough to satisfy me. Jason Fried of Signal vs. Noise has done the trick with his new book collection organizer, Singlefile. Now I’m doomed to hours in front of the monitor typing in every good quote from every book I’ve ever read. (Via kottke.)

3.19.02 VALUE
Last night there was a woman on �Antiques Roadshow� who had very long hair. She had, in fact, never cut her hair. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this woman was fascinated with hair and hair-related products. She had a collection of jewelry that had been made from hair. Other people�s hair. The hair of dead strangers. […]

3.18.02 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
When I was in Junior High, I was looking to fill an elective and the guidance counselor cajoled me into taking an emotional-sensitivity class that she�d developed. Whenever one student said something nasty to another, the counselor would snap, �I heard a put down. Two put-ups, please.� Whereupon, the kid […]

3.17.02 JOSH NEEDS A DATE

Josh is nice. Josh is available. I like him. Josh is in sight of earning his Ph.D at Berkeley in Genetics. He could engineer the perfect child. Pictured here is his winning smile. Also pictured, his exceptional abdomen. (Josh made me take down the picture of his exceptional abdomen. Boo.) […]

3.7.02 WHITE GUY ON A CELL PHONE
Hey, Dave. �Sup?�
Absolutely�
Pizza, light cheese? I�m down. (Turns to friend.) You down with pizza, light cheese? (Friend nods)�
We�re down�
Kay. Cool, dude�
Peace

3.6.02 MOM MATERIAL
In San Francisco, when people don�t want outdated computer components (or bedroom sets), they put them out on the street in hopes that someone will take them away. I was walking by a school this weekend when I saw two boys coming up the street with an old printer. They were stalking […]