I should be packing
Heading up to Washington tomorrow evening for my grandmother's 98th birthday. I was going to say Tacoma, but that's not...
Partner Ballroom Dance Robot
Well, my Britannica arrived, but they sent me the 2005 version instead of the 2006 version. Sigh. But they correctly...
Return of the Universe of Discourse
The remarkable and talented Mark-Jason Dominus was one of the first people I knew of to have a widely known...
Speaking of good customer service
I'll start with backstory, even though it's not really relevant: The other morning when I came downstairs, I found the...
Customer service praise: DHL
I ordered the latest version of the Encyclopedia Britannica on DVD sometime last week. They shipped it from Ohio using...
Africa, the Other, and sf
Some items that may or may not add up to more than the sum of their parts: Okay, so there's...
Review: King Kong
Finally got around to seeing the new King Kong. As usual, this won't be so much a review as a...
Poi spin pondering
I wrote about my first interactions with poi (the spinning-balls-on-ropes activity, not the taro-root food) back in April of 2004....
WisCon memories?
Those of you who've ever attended WisCon, consider stopping by the WisCon nostalgia page and submitting responses to some questions...
More on McCutcheon
When I tell people about John McCutcheon, I always forget to mention the one song that people who aren't parents...
John McCutcheon tonight in Santa Cruz
Folksinger/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist John McCutcheon is having his annual concert in Santa Cruz tonight, at the First Congregational Church, at 900 High...
Placeholder entry
No time to post lately. Briefly, some of what I've been up to: Cleaning house. Having a successful roundsing. Reading...