I'm doing stand-up again. SAGE, a nice-sounding UC Berkeley mentorship program, asked me to do a $50/head fundraiser on the 26th, so between now and then I'm hitting area open mics (info may be out-of-date). …
This morning I volunteered to take pledge calls for KQED-FM. Let me say that when you ask for public radio listeners who are willing to come into the Mission District at 6:30am to take pledge …
Preparing for a trip to Japan? "After your bath put on your "yukata" robe which you can wear throughout the ryokan. Put it on left-over-right (unless you are dead)." "DO NOT PLACE YOUR CHOPSICKS STRAIGHT …
Drinking "hoji-cha," a toasted green tea that a coworker gave me. The tea smells like some interesting intermediate of black and green tea, and he wasn't lying about the fuller flavor. I can really taste …
Berkeley Repertory will host Mike Daisey this summer for performances of 21 Dog Years: Doing Time @ Amazon.com! I wonder whether the performance will live up to the book derived from the performance.
Once upon a time, during my senior year in high school, my classmates and I all applied to the University of California at the same time. UC asked me to look at their list of …
Last night I stayed up too late watching Part I of the original Prime Suspect. Yes, the critics love Helen Mirren for a reason. Women I have wanted to be (an incomplete list):Jane Tennison. Tina …
Betty now swims happily alongside her new tankmate, Bill. I did not realize until after naming Bill that I'd created an homage to Pleasantville.
Currently reading Confessions of a Tax Collector: One Man's Tour of Duty Inside the IRS by Richard Yancey. I find it quite enjoyable, as I did Scott Turow's One-L (memoir of his first year at …
Dave, my grey goldfish, died yesterday. Leonard and I buried him in my backyard. I hope he did not suffer too much in his death, and that I helped him live a happy life while …
