<<	september 2020 august 2020 july 2020 january 2010 february 2009 november 2008 october 2008 september 2008 august 2008 july 2008 june 2008 may 2008 april 2008 march 2008 february 2008 january 2008 december 2007 november 2007 october 2007 september 2007 august 2007 july 2007 june 2007 may 2007 april 2007 march 2007 february 2007 january 2007 december 2006 november 2006 october 2006 september 2006 august 2006 july 2006 june 2006 may 2006 april 2006 march 2006 february 2006 january 2006 december 2005 november 2005 october 2005 september 2005 august 2005 july 2005 june 2005 may 2005 april 2005 march 2005 february 2005 january 2005 december 2004 november 2004 october 2004 september 2004 august 2004 july 2004 june 2004 may 2004 april 2004 march 2004 february 2004 january 2004 december 2003 november 2003 october 2003 september 2003 august 2003 july 2003 june 2003 may 2003 april 2003 march 2003 february 2003 january 2003 december 2002 november 2002 october 2002 september 2002 august 2002 july 2002 june 2002 may 2002 april 2002 march 2002 july 2001					>>
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30

view by post / day / month

posts
something to brighten your day	6/30/2004
another movie note	6/30/2004
einar and björk	6/30/2004
week-end	6/28/2004
fun with a new digital camera	6/24/2004
back from sodom	6/21/2004
tall order	6/17/2004
all is right in the world again	6/17/2004
btw	6/16/2004
dear god	6/16/2004
let the birthday festivities commence	6/14/2004
success!	6/10/2004
upgrade = bug	6/9/2004
thrice	6/9/2004
random addendums	6/8/2004
album of the ~almost never	6/7/2004
yin and yang	6/7/2004
new name, little changes	6/1/2004

previous	next
random addendums	11:43am 6/8/2004
One more pic i forgot to post yesterday in my tribute to our dear departed doggie. I also forgot to mention several interesting cameos in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The first was a turn by The Vicar of Dibley Dawn French as the fat lady in the painting guarding the entrance to the Gryffindor common rooms. The second, and far more unexpected, was former Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown as a patron of the Leaky Cauldron, sitting in the foreground reading a newspaper and nonchalantly stirring his drink by magically twirling a spoon. I had to do a web search when i got home to make sure i wasn't losing my mind. No doubt, it's him. Apparently he may have a speaking role in the next Harry Potter flick. Bizarre. I also didn't mention that i recently saw what may be the worst film i've ever had the displeasure to witness: Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. It's no secret that i didn't care for the first episode, but this one plumbed new depths of the cinematic cesspool. I took Caltrain to work this morning, since V came down to Palo Alto yesterday to do some afterwork shopping and we ended up leaving my car at Stanford. As desperate as i was to get my own car and start driving to work after leaving Boston, there is something to be said for the half hour or so of me time you get in the morning and the evening while taking public transit. Caltrain is particularly nice: the trains are clean, there's plenty of seats, and you can sit on the upper level of the train and catch a nice view. However, I found out today that you don't walk down the stairs while the train is decelerating. I did manage to finish the posthumous Douglas Adams collection The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time while travelling this morning. It's a compilation of interviews, essays, scraps of writing, and about half of the unfinished next Dirk Gently novel. As expected, it has its ups and downs, but on the whole it was nice to learn a bit more about a great humorist, scientist, and sociologist who tragically died before his time. Next on the reading list: another Tom Robbins, this time Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas. And finally, as part of our shopping stint yesterday V took me to Best Buy so i could pick up my next video diversion, Ninja Gaiden. Haven't had a chance to pop it in the Xbox yet, but all the reviews i've seen say it's spectacular, both in terms of graphics and gameplay. Although i've heard inklings that the difficulty level can be daunting. I'm still debating the exact pronunciation of the title, as i've heard people refer to it both as "Ninja Gay'-den" and "Ninja Guy-dan'". I used the latter around Veronica, now she thinks the game is about some ninja guy named Dan.
last edited 11:43am 6/8/2004	back to top

Danny (www)	1:13pm 6/8/2004
CalTrain rocks!! they now have a "baby bullet train" that will cut the travel time from san jose to san francisco from 1 hour 36 minutes to just 57 minutes. sweet!!

Matthew	4:19pm 6/8/2004
At least on the train you can read or sleep. It's "Gay-den"! My ninja friend Dan says so!

naomi (www)

5:35pm 6/8/2004

he's reading stephen hawking's "a brief history of time" while stirring his drink. geoff & i saw it twice this past weekend: friday night (we got advance tix) and again on sunday when my mom wanted to see it. i think the 2nd time was less by choice than the 1st. by far, the best. but, the 4th book is my favorite and i can't wait to see the movie. too bad it's not cuaron. mike newell is directing the 4th. hope he does it justice.

naomi (www)	5:38pm 6/8/2004
great pix of cobi, by the way! we'll miss her!

ted (www)	4:07pm 6/9/2004
Cobi will indeed be missed. I told Veronica she's up at the pearly gates, keeping St. Peter company while barking furiously at anyone who approaches. As for gaming, i didn't realize there is yet another amusing pronunciation possiblity: Ninja Gay Dan. Don't know if you could sneak around in a hot pink suit though.

previous	next