16 Jan 2006, 19:21 p.m.

MC Masala, Only Slightly Behind The Times

I wrote yet more moving stuff because my editor loves it. The day I panicked over that mouse was also the day I crashed a car for the first time. I wrote a column a …

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15 Jan 2006, 9:31 a.m.

Made It

Safely ensconced in temp housing. The plane had a pretty turbulent landing; listening to air traffic chatter on the audio channel made me feel better about it. Feeling informed made me feel more in-control even …

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14 Jan 2006, 18:53 p.m.

"The opposite of QED"

More propositions within arguments should end, as did one a few nights ago, "So that's why I know I'm smoking crack." Songs on the way to the airport; right now Kris/Adam/Leonard are harmonizing on "Asia …

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14 Jan 2006, 18:50 p.m.

Tougher Than I'd Thought

Removing SFGate from my bookmark bar. Restraining myself from ruining the backup vocals for Leonard/Kris/Adam songs with screams and melisma. Listening to acoustic guitar without thinking I'm in a montage in a movie. Staying on …

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14 Jan 2006, 13:07 p.m.

The Final Countdown

But not by Europe. Leonard and I are visiting Kris, Kim, and Adam in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. I thought I didn't like cheese-infused crackers but evidently Trader Joe's makes a highly adequate version. …

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13 Jan 2006, 20:59 p.m.

Last Night in California

Leonard and I are visiting his ancestral home (Bakersfield, Los Angeles, and environs). Tonight: dinner and bowling with his family. I need better upper-body strength.

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11 Jan 2006, 8:08 a.m.

Split

Leonard and I have left San Francisco. We looked in all the cupboards and shelves and found the obligatory forgotten thing, in this case a round pastry-cooling rack. This was after the move-out cleaners did …

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10 Jan 2006, 10:43 a.m.

Tiny Nostalgia Victory

I get to keep the brown comfy chair because Leonard is the Sokoban master so it fit into the relevant crate. Yay! Just saw Star Trek: Nemesis, which is in theory about loss, change, etc. …

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09 Jan 2006, 7:51 a.m.

Goodbye, Will Franken

The only DVD I hadn't packed: Will Franken's Good Luck With It, which I foisted on John, Angel, Michael, and Julia. I'm sorry, Terri. I can't do it. I may be God, but I'm no …

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09 Jan 2006, 6:48 a.m.

From Goodbye Conversations

"No, no, you're thinking he's dead, but he's Canadian." "My great-grandmother was Irish." "Oh, really?" "No, O'Reilly." "That mouse isn't fooled by that mousetrap." "Yeah, to him it's the equivalent of a Nigerian 419 scam." …

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