March 2009
WatchGroban Sings Casey
WatchSunset Shines On Me
Oh, man, this is just terrific.
In a city where Kafka-esque bureaucracy and unbelievable outlays of cash await anybody with the temerity to want a decent education and a little joy for their kid, we learn there’s a nursery school co-op not too far from our ‘hood. (Yes, Monteiro; San Francisco does go even further West than where we live. Unbelievably.)
How...
“It’s nice to see that the kids are pulling up their pants again.”
– Dalton Rooney
“If I were rich, I’d hire a blogger to make my blog look like I’m...”
– Keith Hopper
“Hippies ruined everything.”
– Dean Allen, whom I often think might be in my karass.
Conferences, Friends, and Stuff That Really...
Jonathan Coulton & Merlin Mann by CC Chapman
Increasingly, I’m not so big on the, “Here’s me with somebody you’ve maybe heard of” photos, but I really like this one (nice work, C.C.!)
Amongst the many “Hey, That’s Terrific…That One Thing You Do…” relationships I’ve kinda fallen into with people I’ve met through the...
“I read the headline ‘Pope visits Africa’ as ‘Elderly...”
– Stephanie
“i am so done with social media marketers. y’all are peeing in the pool.”
– Heather Champ. Who rules. And is dead right.
“That’s not a bald spot,” he said. “That’s a solar panel...”
– Ryan.
The Celebrity Chronicle
Thanks to the vigilant Archive.org, the first project I ever made for the web lives on.
I’m working on a longer post about my modest, mid-90s labor of love (get ready for some hilarious FileMaker Pro anecdotes), but for now I’ll just leave you with a few of my favorite “brushes with celebrity.”
I pee next to Tom Hulce
Bob sees a frustrated...
“Sick of You” (fragment)
Factors:
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I don't want to be rich,
yourmonkeycalled:
but if I have to be rich in order to build a secret oak-paneled downtown library where my pals and I can eat chicken salad sandwiches, drink whiskey, and make poop jokes, then fine, I will get rich.
“I don’t write the songs in The New Pornographers. So for me, it’s...”
– Neko Case, in an interview full of wonderful insights, humor, and music from her swell new record.