Last night I dreamed, in the middle of a dream with a complicated plot and a lot of characters, that I was in a building and there was an earthquake. It wasn’t a bad one, but it was scary. I woke up this morning to find that apparently there was one. Reality intruded into my […]
Category Archives: Personal
Transportation perspectives
I recently got the opportunity to borrow a car again. The last time I had a car for a while, I had borrowed my dad’s, and had the adventures of 101/92/280 to San Francisco on a Tuesday night and parallel parking. My adventures this time were quieter. The lowlight (or highlight) was a drive home […]
101 in 1001 #88: See the SF Symphony live
A few days ago I got a message from the San Francisco Symphony about a deal they were running on a bunch of concerts: all remaining tickets $25 or $55, if purchased through today. I looked through the list and noticed a couple that interested me, including one that was tonight. Resphigi’s Fountains of Rome […]
On the lighter, but still heavily caloric side
I’ve recently gotten very interested in chocolate-mint sandwich cookies. I first discovered that there are Mint Oreos by accident several months ago in the grocery store. While I don’t like chocolate much, I generally like chocolate-mint combos if there’s enough mint and the chocolate isn’t too intense. The Mint Oreos really taste a lot like […]
Prudence and public input
I’m loving the Dear Prudence column in Slate, which I discovered by accident. She’s got at least as much sense as Sars and a good dose of snark too, but with a bit more “Miss Manners” style and a touch of the “old-fashioned politeness” Ann Landers/Dear Abby tone. I find it funny and realistic that […]
Electric squid, metal gorilla
I enjoyed MetroRiderLA’s series of posts on transit in the Bay Area. My most-used system: Caltrain Best line: The January 17 journey on Train 362 was very fast. Then again, this trip didn’t cover anything south of Millbrae. Had there been more time, this 10-part miniseries would have been a Greek epic, with the transit […]
More 101: progress & completions update
Doing my 101 post about MoAD, I realized that I’m quite behind on updating some of my goals, so I moved the original post over and updated it with my progress — which still isn’t as much as I was hoping. I also think I need some way of telling which goals are in progress […]
PCS
Further followup on my post-accident doings: I never did find Patrick, not that I know what I would do if I did. Tell him to get a light? Ask him to pay me back for my copays? Because I did end up going to the doctor again. I’ve had a chronic headache since about a […]
But it didn’t knock out my sense of humor
[Written Thursday.] With a little more distance from what happened on Tuesday night, I feel like I can do a better job of writing about it. I’m feeling my usual self today, except for being sore and tired. It was scary. My previous crash was solo; the only impact was me and the ground. Actually […]
And I would love bikes…
…well, I do, most of the time. But not when this happens. I’m doing fine, but I am thinking that seeing a doctor would be a good idea, and I feel a little stupid that I didn’t at least demand his contact info. And unfortunately I would have to go into the city to file […]