Finally! It’s been a while, and in case anyone reads this blog, that’s why it looks different. (I decided to change the theme, too.) That’s it!
I used to have this really wonderful and stylish black plastic Waterman fountain pen I bought in Paris. It had an orange clip and cost about US $5 (30 francs, I think.). It was cool because it looked good–the plastic was a kind of nylon-like softish plastic with a matte finish. And it wrote pretty [...]
San Francisco Chronicle Interviews Erin (Article has a photograph, too.) Last week I was interviewed by the San Francisco Chronicle (by Ellen Lee) about the CD-swapping site lala.com (see my review of lala). I talked for a while, a bit more than 30 minutes, if I recally. A freelance photographer (Megan Rathfon) came over to [...]
Yeah, I know it was an obscure DC ‘zine before zines were cool, but I loved this publication. And I talked to the publisher, Linda, a bunch of times at various clubs, including the short-lived Pub Club and Cagney’s. To this day, I remember Love Monkey: Love monkey, love monkey, set me free. It’s gonna [...]
My father always had the best handwriting of anybody I knew. He had a knack for giving even the shortest note look a touch that gave it a special impact. And at the time his writing instrument of choice was a brown flair ben, the one with the small white plastic disc on the top [...]
Not much seems to exist on the Internent on this short-lived punk and pseudo-punk hangout in an alley in northwest Washington, D.C. It was just a stone’s throw from where I worked at the time, the Ha’ Penny Lion, a popular hangout for DC lobbyists and other K Streeet wannabees. On a side note, I [...]
Don’t know what else to call him, but if you saw him, you’ll know exactly who I’m talking about the moment you read the title. It’s funny what you remember as you get older and the fiery nights of hope and promise of your 20′s grow ever-distant, and you increasingly search for some sort of [...]
Well, last year some of us Google customers/publishers received the radio that would change colors while you played it. But this year, it’s the geek traveler’s toolkit. I like this year’s gift more, as I’ll be more likely to use it througout the year. I received some good goodies from Google, including: a 128 MB [...]
A friend dies.
The next time you’re asked at a taqueria whether you want guacamole, ask how much. I dare you.