Well, I was on an almost-daily posting schedule there for a bit. But I failed to stay ahead, used up my backlog of posts, and then the last two nights, Christy lured me over to The Nursery with twin enticements of dinner and company, Krevice last night, and Tstop tonight. Evil temptress! So no interesting […]
Category: journal
Punditocracy and other notes
I’ve often joked recently that I’d like to become a pundit, holding forth on various and sundry topics for the amusement and edification of my listeners. Alas, the hard part about becoming a pundit is finding an audience. But if you can find one, it is apparently quite lucrative. A coworker of mine said that […]
James Carse at the Long Now
I’ve been to a few of the Seminars about Long-term Thinking, sponsored by the Long Now Foundation. They’re hit and miss. Sometimes they’re really interesting, sometimes they’re kind of boring. This week’s speaker was James Carse, author of a book called Finite and Infinite Games. I’m not sure where I’d heard of Carse (although reviewing […]
Performing Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass
Oh, I forgot to mention it, but the chorus performed Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass last week, and now I’ve updated my chorus page to reflect that.
Back in Oakland
I flew back last night. Took BART home from the Oakland airport, which took way longer than it should have. We touched down at 6:01pm. I didn’t get my checked bag until 6:37pm. As I was waiting for my bag, I saw the AirBART bus go by. It turns out there was only one bus […]
On Whidbey
Ah, this is the life. I’m sitting in the living room of my parents’ house on Whidbey Island outside of Seattle, lounging in a comfortable leather chair in front of the fireplace, looking out the window at the trees and bay, typing away. Laptops are cool. And since I acquired an extra wireless hub and […]
Birdhouse Factory
After seeing the 7 fingers circus last year, I said that I would go to the annual holiday circus show by the Circus Center. This year’s show is called Birdhouse Factory. I only convinced Colin and Brad to go with me this year, but next year, I’m dragging more. If you live in the Bay […]
New laptop
So my laptop finally came yesterday. I had to make one more phone call this morning, because they only refunded the bogus shipping charges when it shipped, and forgot to refund me the $25 for the coupon that they first accepted, and then denied. But they agreed to do that after leaving me on hold […]
I’m not dead!
Yes, even though I haven’t updated in two weeks, I am not dead. Really. I’ve just been pretty busy. And distracted. What have I been doing? I bought a dining room table off of craigslist over Thanksgiving weekend, which I was able to move with Christy’s help. I had a games day, where we played […]
Writing more
In between all the craziness of AC2004 and BloggerCon and trying to meet a deadline at work and doing some consulting work for a friend, I’ve been thinking. Several different threads going on here: Going to these conferences and having to answer the question “What do you do?” and not having an interesting answer ready […]
