Spotted in Glen Park right outside my window… can anyone ID what kind of bird this is? A hawk of some kind from the looks of it.
delusions of grandeur
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The Bird is the Word
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Best Laid Plans…
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010Thought I’d spend a few minutes adding a plug-in to Drinkhacker.
2 1/2 hours later, it’s added… and the whole site is redesigned. Jesus!
About That Clerk Position…
Monday, July 12th, 2010I have a soft spot for this spam/virus I just received. In fact, I love it.
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Can. Not. Wait.
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Did You Know?
Thursday, May 27th, 2010Did you know?*
> Wolverine died.
> Cars are faster than bikes.
> If a car hit us: No car.
> I can do a handstand on a chair.
> Justin Bieber is a teenager.
*Facts courtesy of my four-year-old son as related during a single 15-minute car ride.
Planes, Trains, and Vaporettos
Monday, May 24th, 2010Just back from 8 glorious days in Italy… jet lagged like nobody’s business, but replete…
Thinking about all the forms of travel required to get from here to Florence, around Tuscany, to Venice, back to Florence, and back to San Francisco. Looks a bit like this (not including copious amounts of time spent on foot):
taxi, plane, bus, plane, taxi, taxi, car (rental), car (friend), car (rental), taxi, train, boat(s), train, taxi, plane, taxi
All that’s missing is the rickshaw!
Best Interview Ever
Thursday, May 6th, 2010Never before has one man (me) said so little about so much.
Sometimes Sleeping Is Hard
Monday, April 26th, 2010Had insane dreams last night. People (even some dead ones) from the distant past playing major roles. Espionage and hitmen after me, holed up in a hotel room. My kids were overgrown to 5’6″ tall (but still 4-7 years old).
Things got so weird I was woken up and told that I was having a crazy dream, then went back to sleep.
But that was part of the dream, too.
The hitman/hotel story continued where it left off.
Still not sure if I’m up.
And My Yahoo! News RSS Feed…
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Yahoo! News Tech Blog Now Live
Monday, March 22nd, 2010My first post at Yahoo! News is now up for your reading pleasure:
Google shuts off service in China: What does it mean for us?
Find my daily musings in the blogroll here (still filed under “The Working Guy“).
2010 Best Picture Oscar Nominees by Main Character’s Occupation
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Want to make a hit movie? Here’s what your main character ought to do for a living… at least per 2010′s 10 Best Picture Oscar nominees*.
* Presumes The Blind Side is actually about Michael Oher and not Leigh Anne Tuohy. If you disagree, adjust chart accordingly.
For kicks, adding in the occupation of the 20 Best Actor/Actress and Supporting Actor/Actress nominees (includes some movies more than once).
How Much to Delete this Post?
Monday, March 1st, 2010I wonder if the critic got any of the $400,000? That’s like $1000 a word… nice!
Last month, Variety panned a thriller called Iron Cross. But the review has been disappeared from Variety‘s web site, which probably has something to do with the $400,000 Iron Cross‘ producers paid to Variety for an awards campaign.
From the Mouths of Babes
Saturday, February 20th, 2010Scene: Kids watching TV in the morning via Tivo. Commercial comes on.
Me: “Fast-forward it.”
Child: “I wanna see this!”
Me: “It’s a commercial!”
Child: “But it’s cereal!”
Exeunt.
I Like Forest
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010Something about this email from “Stephenie” (reprinted verbatim) just speaks to me. Can’t put my finger on it. Oddly there are no links in the email, just this text.
Im woman. I have a red hair with copper shimmering. My eyes is purple. I am high. I have beautiful chest. My hair is long straight. I live in a big city. I work in banking. I like to watch funny comedies. Representations in the theater. I like meet friends . I like forest. If you talk about me I am dangerous panther. Most of all in men I value sense of humor. When I saw you theater. I agreed that must. Because I can be for you a incredible lover or someone great if you want. I’m wait.
It Was Only a Matter of Time…
Monday, January 4th, 2010I’m surprised it took so long…
Watch Me Race
Monday, January 4th, 2010This is my 10th (I think) year participating in the Tiger Direct Charity PC Race, which begins at 7pm on Thursday, January 7th while I’m at CES. You can watch it live right here:
Anything to Stay Relevant…
Thursday, December 31st, 2009In Roger Ebert’s world, the best movies of the decade include the retarded Bad Lieutenant remake, the Kill Bill movies, Spike Lee’s tepid The 25th Hour, Linklater’s experimental (and little else) Waking Life, and Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York (the best movie of the ’00s)!
I guess Herzog’s threat has done its job.
Everything’s Coming Up Roses
Thursday, December 24th, 2009Daily Virgo Horoscope – 24th December, 2009
T’was the night before Christmas and all through the land, there were Virgos who were realizing that they had two basic choices: they could continue to act like the weight of the world was on their shoulders or they could get with the new program and start to embrace the fact that the worst of the tough times are over. Virgo, you are actually in line for some happy times, intense maybe, but potentially very happy and also fun. Life is what we make of it – you don’t need to be a New Age hippy to get that.
Just Click It
Monday, December 21st, 2009Don’t want to tell you too much. Just give it a try.
You Want Teeth? I Give You Teeth
Thursday, December 17th, 2009Sometimes two press releases arrive at just the right time…
