February, 2003

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Friday, February 28th, 2003

Cool morning:

- Half Mast reviewed on Slashdot

- Invited to be part of a panel at the Sonoma Valley Film Festival (April 13)

Friday, February 28th, 2003

I like these new typing gloves, but they smell of bacon.

Thursday, February 27th, 2003

Baby pics by popular demand.





Tuesday, February 25th, 2003

I can’t decide if this is amusing or not, but the #4 link when searching for the word “murder” on Overture is Amazon.com.

In other news, I dreamed last night that my little brother built a nuclear bomb and tried to get a crazy woman to detonate it. I turned him in and he got upset, but my mother was far angrier about the whole thing.

Monday, February 24th, 2003

At what point do we just give up and put the money in our mattresses?

Friday, February 21st, 2003

How awful does this sound? (From LexisNexis PR update newsletter.)

Movieline

Movieline magazine will change its name to Movieline’s Hollywood Life in May. The magazine will focus on lifestyles in Hollywood, which is evident in its current issue about the luxuries of stars. The title change is an attempt to increase circulation. For more information, e-mail Heidi Parker, editor-in-chief, at heidi@movieline.com.

Friday, February 21st, 2003

More tales from the darkside.

Friday, February 21st, 2003

Rilly nifty dialect survey. Link courtesy Kayte.

Thursday, February 20th, 2003

This guy’s water trick helped me unclog a long-suffering toilet. Recommended.

Thursday, February 20th, 2003

Is this what the moviegoing world is clamoring to see? Incidentally, you can skip Spacey’s current movie. Oh, and as a final tidbit of movie news, here’s a lawsuit I can get behind.

Tuesday, February 18th, 2003

If anyone knows where I can get some Munchos, could you please let me know?

Monday, February 17th, 2003

This is the first time I’ve ever been quoted in the New York Times, I believe. (registration required)

Sunday, February 16th, 2003

She must spend a LOT of money on this habit.

Friday, February 14th, 2003

Whenever I do a story like this, I always worry about the perpetrators hunting me down and throwing their wrath in my direction.

Friday, February 14th, 2003

I think the audience should be the ones with “terror fears.”

Thursday, February 13th, 2003

Thanks to Blogcritics for this excellent Half Mast review. Hope to see you all tonight at the reading! (Barnes & Noble, Oakland, Jack London Square, 7:30)

Wednesday, February 12th, 2003

Spotted today: Lisa Marie Presley.

Tuesday, February 11th, 2003

Whoa! I can’t believe this is happening! Wired.com has the details…

Tuesday, February 11th, 2003

Which is sadder:

- Playing penny slots at casino.

- Trying on “leather jackets” at Safeway.

Sunday, February 9th, 2003

In Tahoe this weekend. Tried jumping a ramp (one with a launch ramp, a landing ramp, and a big gap in between)… and landed in the gap. Ouch.

Meanwhile, here’s the laziest job description I’ve ever seen — someone cut and paste right from the off-the-cuff comments in their email.