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May 30, 2006
Barry Bonds in the news
Home run record, blah blah blah. The real news about Barry Bonds is that his brother Rick just bought my parent's car! Yes, a sibling of the seven-time MVP award-winner purchased the 15-year old Toyota Camry off of Craigslist for $1800.
As much as I love the idea of Barry Bonds riding in the passenger seat of my parent's old car, I have promised Ted that if I ever get signed to a 5-year, $90 million contract (plus bonuses), I will buy him a brand new car, no questions asked.
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May 24, 2006
On the radio
Yeah, I was a contestant on "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" 100 years ago, Carl Kasell (and later Daniel Schorr) recorded the message on my answering machine -- but that's old news. Emily H. is living the real public radio American dream: she's the subject of a piece on last week's "This American Life." It is hilarious, and a little sad. Best of all, it features the classic Ira Glass disclaimer: "A warning to listeners -- there's nothing explicit or graphic in this story, but it does acknowledge the existence of sex." Listen to it here. Her story starts at minute 46.
I haven't been this excited about a TAL segment since my cousin Amanda was interviewed by Ira himself, in the prologue of this episode!!
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May 23, 2006
The littlest white belt in the dojo
Ruby Beatrice was born early Saturday morning, and she is completely adorable. Congratulations Brett and Rebecca!
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May 18, 2006
Bike to Work Week
The high holy days for the alternative transportation community are here. On Tuesday the Bike Coalition sponsored a free screening of the bike-iest bike movie this side of "Breaking Away": "Pee Wee's Big Adventure." Today there are energizer stations around the city and later, a party at 111 Minna.
Hot off the presses: Mark took this photo of Brett chauffering Supervisor Dufty from Noe Valley to Civic Center for the press conference at City Hall this morning, and David got one of me at the Valencia Street station. Look at how excited I am to get a free water bottle! Doesn't take a lot to make me happy, apparently. I guess that's a good thing.
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May 16, 2006
MOST BACON
Warm nights in San Francisco are so rare, so unpredictable, and so, so marvelous. On Sunday Hunter, Hal and I spent the evening in David G.'s backyard for a barbecue and the first meeting of Mission Other Side of Thirty Belabored Acronym Coalition Of Neighbors (MOST BACON). As a non-Mission resident, I was quite honored to be included. Hunter said that since I could probably receive mail at Valencia Pizza & Pasta, that was good enough.
Topics addressed included arch-nemeses, hot tub camping, past and future themed bus rides and random trivia printed on Pringles.
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May 15, 2006
For those about to pretend to rock, we salute you
Harold and I went to the U.S. Air Guitar Championships (Regionals) at the Independent on Thursday night, and my ears are still ringing. It rocked! Photos by Harold:
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May 11, 2006
Holy cow
Ted and Naomi celebrated their 4th anniversary on Saturday with Mitchell's ice cream cake and, happily, me.
Later that night James (not that James), Jodie, Judy, Michael, Pam, Paula, Thom and I do-si-do-ed to Berkeley for square dancing. Which was kind of a square thing to do on a Saturday night, but ended up being really fun. I don't think any of us are ready to turn into East Bay hippies though.
The next day Jenny and Robyn and I finally saw "Stick It." It's not worth its own post, as it sucked! Jenny, who was smart enough to go into it with low expectations, actually liked it, but let me tell you now, that movie made NO sense. I kept waiting for it to get good anyway, and it kind of did in the last 15 minutes... but, come on. It made us all want to watch "Bring it On" again (not to be confused with watching "Bring It On Again," which we're sorry we saw even once). Grrrrrr.
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May 3, 2006
The lighter side of peer pressure
Peer pressure has a pretty bad reputation, mostly for its association with underage drinking, drugs and sex. But sometimes it's just the thing to push me in the right direction. Recent examples below.
Crocs. Leah has peer-pressured me and the rest of her friends into buying these ugly shoes. And now I'm glad, because they are incredibly light and comfortable. Did I mention they are ugly? Not so good for a night on the town, but great around the neighborhood, office, campsite, etc.
Expensive, tight, low-rise jeans. Got peer-pressured into buying these by Rebecca, Darlene, Jessica, Jenny and, believe it or not, my mother. They take some getting used to... but I think I'm a convert. Have to buy some longer shirts though.
Lost. I resisted this show for a reasonably long time, but ultimately had no defense against the obsessive recommendations of Kyle and Nicole. Just finished Season 1 and... wow. Don't care so much about the mysteries of the island, but love the relationships and back stories. And really love how adorable the castaways are. Such a good idea -- a plane crash in the middle of nowhere, and only the supermodels survive! Jin in the cutest. No, Sayid. No, definitely Sawyer. Yum.
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May 2, 2006
A weekend in the country
This weekend Jodie, Mark, Michael, Pam, Thom and I headed up to wine country for sun and, well, wine. Our plan was to spend Saturday afternoon biking around Dry Creek Valley, but the first winery we stopped at (Preston Vineyards) was so nice that we ended up staying there -- talking, drinking, and napping on the lawn -- all day. Whoops. Saturday night we camped at super-beautiful Lake Sonoma.
For some reason I only ever seem to manage to go camping once a year. I hope I can pull off more trips this year, but if I don't, at least this was a really good one.
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