19 May 2003, 21:40 p.m.

Performances I want to attend

Klezmer at the Freight & Salvage and recommended (by an improvisateur) improv. Also, Cody's Books author appearances in June will include Ursula K. Le Guin!

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19 May 2003, 21:38 p.m.

Farewell to All That

My last day. Suddenly hot, as though to impress upon me that May is for flowering and breaking up and moving on and graduating and leaving behind. I tidied shelves and helped customers choose gifts. …

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19 May 2003, 7:23 a.m.

My Own Private Diaspora

Leonard is considering moving elsewhere in SF. I'm considering moving to SF in the early fall. Nandini's heading to DC for grad school. Sarah might move further into Oakland, Adam and SteveR to New York, …

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19 May 2003, 7:18 a.m.

Finally, a Label

A Slate writer slams Bill McKibben's Enough, and in passing mentions the Copernican Principle: You Are Not Special. "More precisely, the principle says that, as a matter of statistical necessity, most observers must be 'typical.' …

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19 May 2003, 7:01 a.m.

Workaround

How do you reference Britney Spears if you don't know how to spell her name? One spam refers to her as "B. Spears."

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16 May 2003, 13:40 p.m.

Nisha Sharma Is My Hero

I am so proud of this gal! She got on the phone and busted her fiance for shaking down her dad for more dowry -- on the wedding day. Props especially to the relevant law …

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16 May 2003, 8:39 a.m.

Action-Packed Tuna

Yesterday I had two or three social occasions. Zed and I talked at lunch, Leonard came by after work, and a bunch of celebrants invaded the Swiss enclave of Fondue Fred's in Adam-graduating merriment. Only …

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14 May 2003, 16:17 p.m.

Google Surprises

Googling "city" (results): the first actual city is Kansas City.

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14 May 2003, 12:25 p.m.

Quiet Pulse

How's it going? "Going great. Playing music. Doesn't get any better. I thought you were going to ask me about the war or something." "Working hard. Children are grown. Pretty good shape. In a forward …

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13 May 2003, 18:48 p.m.

HYPE!

Some entity or other, I hear, will put on a free showing of the fun Seattle grunge history documentary Hype! tomorrow evening (Wednesday 14 May) at the United Artists theatre in Berkeley. I enjoyed it …

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