03 Dec 2005, 13:35 p.m.

Useful Phone Number

I was reminded last night that many people who have cell phones do not have the phone number of a local taxicab company or dispatcher on their speed-dials. It's useful to have one for many …

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03 Dec 2005, 11:46 a.m.

Tip

450 Sutter Pharmacy is wonderful but their hours are Monday-Friday, 9am-6pm. Not that you'd find that information on their website, argh.

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02 Dec 2005, 18:48 p.m.

Tales Of XM

Every time I hear One Night In Bangkok from the very odd musical Chess (which I have actually seen), and those little rap-like spoken-word bits between the refrains occur, I mentally substitute, "Hot town, summer …

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02 Dec 2005, 18:13 p.m.

Edutainment

I'm going to Will Franken's one-man show Good Luck With It tomorrow, and you should too (if you can). Tomorrow's performance includes an optional epilogue about Tookie Williams. I've confirmed with Will that Good Luck …

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02 Dec 2005, 17:20 p.m.

Luck

I went to Bakersfield for a one-day visit with Leonard. We attended his grandmother's funeral. Rosalie was such a wonderful woman. She treated me like another grandchild as soon as she met me, and was …

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30 Nov 2005, 16:41 p.m.

Chocolate-Milk-Through-The-Nose Hilarious Aside

"(Ben Folds' desolate "Brick" is also set at Christmastime, yet somehow it isn't regarded as a holiday favorite either.)"

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30 Nov 2005, 15:32 p.m.

Smart Dirty Jokes

Funny interview with an actor who's on Arrested Development. And another and another.

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30 Nov 2005, 11:10 a.m.

Nonlucid Dreams

A few nights ago: I'm a happy little boy, traveling off to war, hanging off the back of a kindly mentor as we ride horseback up to the eastern shores of Canada. Suddenly - Nazis! …

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29 Nov 2005, 21:08 p.m.

Music And Linking

Leonard is practicing a song that intentionally sounds like 1990s alt-rock. It makes me nostalgic every time he plays it. Cute child anecdote!

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29 Nov 2005, 19:08 p.m.

A Champion

Brendan, Ian, et al. are welcome.

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