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- To remember: singing along to Esquivel songs, watching Lifeforce on mute, and drinking more champagne than is advisable in my condition. 10:59 PM Dec 31st, 2009 from Echofon
- A blue moon and a partial eclipse occurring on the last day of a decade. That’s my argument, essentially. 10:20 PM Dec 31st, 2009 from Echofon
- @ Cool! I never saw that on “the story of vehicles with insufficient wheels” 8:38 PM Dec 31st, 2009 from Echofon in reply to sonomabuzz
- My, such an interesting article for a decade which doesn’t even exist. P’shah. 8:19 PM Dec 31st, 2009 from Echofon
- Ok, I know when to admit I was wrong: 7:23 PM Dec 31st, 2009 from Echofon
- @ Small world! I just gave him 1 on behalf of my roommate @. If I’d known it was for you I’d have added MORE stickers. 3:31 PM Dec 31st, 2009 from Echofon in reply to Ozreiuosn
- @ The concept of zero hadn’t yet been invented, which is why it doesn’t exist in traditional Western calenders 3:16 PM Dec 31st, 2009 from web in reply to jayroh
- @ That’s apples and ordinals, wouldn’t you say? I mean, have you ever called it “the 201st decade?” I blame the metric system. 2:53 PM Dec 31st, 2009 from Echofon in reply to Mike_FTW
- Oh, and Wikipedia agrees with me, BTW. Suck on them apples, @. 2:48 PM Dec 31st, 2009 from Echofon
- The modern convention of naming decades after the tens-place digit (60s, 70s) is just that, a convention. 2:46 PM Dec 31st, 2009 from Echofon
- A decade DOES NOT end on a specific calender year. It’s any arbitrary 10-year period. Ever heard of 1991-2000 called “the 200th decade?” No? 2:38 PM Dec 31st, 2009 from Echofon
- @ It tastes like butter! No warning could possibly prepare me! 2:21 PM Dec 31st, 2009 from Echofon in reply to humphryslocombe
- I’m noticing a real absence of number-shaped glasses this year (how do you New Decade Denialists explain THAT?). 1:57 PM Dec 31st, 2009 from Twittelator
- Swearing can fucking boost your tolerance of pain (which explains its universal damned appeal). No shit! 2:10 AM Dec 31st, 2009 from Echofon
- A dirty, nasty trick to play on your immune system: disturbing & graphic imagery will quickly stimulate it. Thanks, Encyclopedia Dramatica! 12:10 AM Dec 31st, 2009 from Birdhouse
- @ I really enjoyed the story, and the mixed-discipline concept, but the music was a little underwhelming, no? 11:54 PM Dec 30th, 2009 from Twittelator in reply to johnhell
- Intelligent Design: an unverifyable creator did it. Biocosm: unknowable aliens did it. Anthropocentrism: just lucky, I guess. 11:19 PM Dec 30th, 2009 from Birdhouse
- Is it even *possible* to put together an explanation for this universe’s life-friendly physics without creating a “just so story?” 11:07 PM Dec 30th, 2009 from Twittelator
- @ FWIW, loogie-retch guy was some flavor of India Indian. That’s new and different! 8:27 AM Dec 30th, 2009 from Echofon in reply to panavatar
- Outside the window, a man loogie-hocks, retches, then swears. Finally, someone more disgusting than us! 2:05 AM Dec 30th, 2009 from Twittelator
- @ I accidentally that meme. What does it mean? 1:38 AM Dec 30th, 2009 from Twittelator in reply to sleepbotzz
- Reading thoughtful, intelligent, profoundly negative reviews of the blue kitten movie restores faith in my own sanity: 11:35 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from Echofon
- @ It tells me there’s been 15000+ tweets within the last 24 hours and it’s still not a trending topic. Sheesh. In other news: ? 11:30 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from Echofon in reply to sleepbotzz
- This sick-laden sleep schedule makes me almost as unproductive as when I worked 7am-3pm. 9:37 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from Twittelator
- Guess I’m still sick. Sicker than I was before, even. But damn my voice is smooooth… 12:28 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from web
- Awake, my fever broken, I estimate the time to be around 5:30 am. Checked: the time is 10:00. Extreme puzzlement—where is the sun? 10:00 PM Dec 28th, 2009 from Twittelator
- Little-known fact: Santa only reviews naughty/nice ratios for the previous *calender* year. Big loophole there. 8:51 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from Twittelator
- “I’m looking for a bin. I hope it’s beer, because it’s probably pee otherwise.” THAT’S how you avoid open container tickets. 8:40 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from Twittelator
- We eat them to absorb their power—prepare to die, Fussy & Grouchy! 1:26 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from Twittelator
- After missing two consecutive crab dinners, we’re prepared to take matters into our own hands. 1:25 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from Twittelator
- @ I know a cozy little place on Mission St. that plays awful movies every Sunday. On this occasion: “Toys.” 12:34 PM Dec 26th, 2009 from Twittelator in reply to SisterMable
- @ Fresno sure seems beautiful this time of year. Relatively, I guess. 11:46 AM Dec 26th, 2009 from Twittelator in reply to sherilyn
- Some kids had trouble sleeping on Christmas Eve. I have trouble sleeping on Christmas, because I don’t want it to be over. Bittersweet. 11:00 PM Dec 25th, 2009 from Twittelator
- Lumberjack hat and chinbeard: do not mix. 4:04 PM Dec 25th, 2009 from Twittelator
- Greeted with spun sugar being handmade, followed by a traditional Christmas fire alarm test, then a fuzzy lumberjack hat. Most pleased. 1:39 AM Dec 25th, 2009 from Twittelator
- It’s 11:11. Do you know where your room at the inn is? We sort of might. 11:11 PM Dec 24th, 2009 from Birdhouse
- @ The sentiment is pleasing, but oddly untrue. You catch loads more flies with vinegar (science projects don’t lie). 6:44 PM Dec 24th, 2009 from Twittelator in reply to metaphorge
- Ok, ok, not “what a mess, it sure exploded presents in here” but “holy shit, explosive decompression!” 9:51 AM Dec 24th, 2009 from Echofon
- Gift wrapping that explodes. I can say no more. 9:44 AM Dec 24th, 2009 from Twittelator
- If James Cameron’s next movie was done completely in 3-D Comic Sans, would that be a revolution in film? 8:32 AM Dec 24th, 2009 from Twittelator
- Want to bitch about that dumb movie SOOO BAD. Must this damned respect of others’ possible enjoyment yet plague me? 5:44 AM Dec 24th, 2009 from Echofon
- Well, at least isn’t a remake. I mean, it feels like it at times, but it’s not. 4:47 AM Dec 24th, 2009 from Echofon
- Having an improperly formatted doctype is the “you’re wearing it backwards, that’s why” of web design. 4:02 PM Dec 23rd, 2009 from web
- My friends, though few, are full of win. You know who you are. 1:38 AM Dec 23rd, 2009 from Twittelator
- @ To be fair, you DID used to live pretty much next to the freeway, did you not? 9:18 PM Dec 21st, 2009 from Echofon in reply to Ozreiuosn
- @ Good thing he cleaned nearly everything BUT the oven, you mean? 8:57 PM Dec 21st, 2009 from Twittelator in reply to panavatar
- Alas, it now appears that USPS’s attitude toward delivery confirmation has devolved into “it’ll get there when it gets there.” 5:27 PM Dec 21st, 2009 from Twittelator
- So ingrained is Christmas anxiety that I’m constantly having mini-panics followed by mini-relief that, yes, already got that person a gift. 1:44 PM Dec 21st, 2009 from Twittelator
- Born in December means twice the presents. In other news, new lens! 1:27 PM Dec 21st, 2009 from Twittelator
- @ Except for color, one should expect no less from a beer called “Jelly Doughnut White.” 12:33 PM Dec 21st, 2009 from Twittelator in reply to sfslim
- @ Regarding a racial subtext: that certainly would explain why blue kittens on this planet are extinct. 7:31 PM Dec 20th, 2009 from Twittelator in reply to charliejane
- Very few methods can still prevent piracy. Among the best is being named after something far more popular. 10:21 PM Dec 19th, 2009 from Echofon
- Some things in life I’ll never decide: amusement or horror. Also, the cop car’s number is 1111. 12:39 AM Dec 19th, 2009 from Echofon
- Outside my house, police are arresting somebody. The yuppie dorm across the street is blaring the rave song “Everybody’s Free.” 12:32 AM Dec 19th, 2009 from Echofon
- @ I saw LMdVB perform in Grace Cathedral 2 years ago! For awhile afterward, I kept hearing “normal” songs in different chromatic keys. 11:05 PM Dec 17th, 2009 from Echofon
- Bison from Buffalo, who are intimidated by other bison in their community, also happen to intimidate other bison in their community. 1:22 AM Dec 17th, 2009 from Echofon
- @ The double-blinds are so absent they might as well report my 7th grade science project re: the coolest catapulted action figure. 6:41 PM Dec 15th, 2009 from Echofon in reply to metaphorge
- @ Can we settle on it being “the chromatic keyboard,” since piano can be rather too specific? 5:35 PM Dec 15th, 2009 from Echofon in reply to outofsequences
- This article, “You Fail Economics Forever” has taught me a thing or ten – (warning: TV Tropes, known time vortex) 4:54 PM Dec 15th, 2009 from Echofon
- @ I’ve always been a fan of the not-plainly-obvious, of uncommon knowledge & in-jokes. Therefore: a connect-the-dots tattoo. 2:29 PM Dec 15th, 2009 from Echofon in reply to DixieDLT
- For someone born in December, I sure do like Christmas songs (cue: Surfin’ Sleigh Ride) ♫ 1:10 PM Dec 15th, 2009 from Blip.fm
- Man oh man, big thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birth-ay today. You remind me why I keep doing this. 7:51 PM Dec 13th, 2009 from Twittelator
- Railroad trains, abandoned buildings, and then a toy store. This friggin’ unicorn is going down: 6:04 PM Dec 13th, 2009 from Twittelator
- “Woot” is not a new word. 2:56 PM Dec 13th, 2009 from Twittelator
- It’s really hard to tell because of the color of the sky, but I’m told that this is a “steam engine” 12:21 PM Dec 13th, 2009 from Twittelator
- Speaking of music, I’m having an impossible time finding Corporal Blossom’s “A Mutated Christmas” since Illegal Art’s site mutated. Leads? 4:42 AM Dec 13th, 2009 from Twittelator
- @ Seems I’m excused from suicide watch(ing) this year on account of the holiday—but will update if my angel doesn’t get its wings. 4:30 AM Dec 13th, 2009 from Twittelator in reply to sleepbotzz
- For my birthday (compare: birthay) I found myself 10 Easy Tempo compilations and François de Roubaix’s ENTIRE ouvre. Now that’s what I call… 4:05 AM Dec 13th, 2009 from Echofon
- @ I suppose it helps that I’m reminded of that happy birthay feeling every time I leave the house. It’s right outside our door. 2:27 AM Dec 13th, 2009 from Echofon in reply to Orinz
- Woo! Today is my birthay! I’m 26, and I keep getting older, but this stays the same funny: 12:00 AM Dec 13th, 2009 from Echofon
- Word of warning: since budget cuts, a post office’s stated hours and actual hours can be many hours apart. You’ve been warned. 9:51 PM Dec 12th, 2009 from Echofon
- It’s 11:11. Do you know where your regular hourly employment is? Me neither, and it’s almost my birthday deadline. 11:11 PM Dec 11th, 2009 from Birdhouse
- My birthday is 12 days from Christmas, just like the song. You now have enough information to compute my birthday. 7:09 PM Dec 10th, 2009 from Twittelator
- My folks say they’re delivering my b-day present on Friday, and that I should invite people over for Saturday. Anyone for mystery party? 4:13 PM Dec 8th, 2009 from Twittelator
- Today will go down in history as a banner day for soup restaurants. 2:31 PM Dec 8th, 2009 from Twittelator
- I just had a squirrel yell at me. Pretty weird, until I realized that I’d just dropped $10. Thanks, fella. 3:34 PM Dec 7th, 2009 from Twittelator
- Under no circumstances are my future children to be informed that The Polar Express was made into… into… that movie. 1:16 AM Dec 7th, 2009 from Twittelator
- Times like these, resist the urge to say “global warming, my ass!” Instead say, “I refuse to politicize science and my butt is freezing.” 5:26 PM Dec 6th, 2009 from web
- Curiousity keeps you young, sure, but there’s nothing like an 8-hour wiki walk to make one feel like a creaky old drug fiend. 2:57 PM Dec 6th, 2009 from Twittelator
- These Flickrs aren’t going to flick themselves. 9:27 PM Dec 5th, 2009 from Birdhouse
- I really gotta start pimpin’ out my cleaning skills. I’m good at this. 4:59 PM Dec 3rd, 2009 from web
- @ Things 14 y.o. Meredith Hates: * embaressments to the human race (a.k.a preps, snobs, and priss’s) * a bad ollie * sk8r wannabes 12:25 AM Dec 2nd, 2009 from Echofon in reply to satiredun
- @ Couldn’t someone do both? 5:58 PM Dec 1st, 2009 from Twittelator in reply to smellmyhead
- @ But wouldn’t that mean cut-n-running on a horse in midsteam for trickle-downing hearts and minds and that we won terrorism? 5:55 PM Dec 1st, 2009 from Twittelator in reply to johnhell
- If the punchline is “he was arrested for making an obscene clone fall,” then the joke is too long. Rules for life. 5:02 PM Dec 1st, 2009 from Twittelator
- Interview concluded. I’m #1! First choice! Of 70 applicants. Geez. 2:43 PM Dec 1st, 2009 from Twittelator
- I’m in ur Hyatt Regencies, waiting for ma interviewz. (HR folks love when you talk lolspeak to them, right?) 1:50 PM Dec 1st, 2009 from Twittelator
- @ Mayyybe. We’ll see if I can get/need to get the time off. Nice face. 12:27 PM Dec 1st, 2009 from Twittelator in reply to annielalo
- 31 days left in the decade. Use them wisely… I don’t wanna hear any whining about “not getting to do ____ back in the 2000s.” 1:32 AM Dec 1st, 2009 from Twittelator
- Not that anyone minds, I’m sure, but I have an interview tomorrow. 8:28 PM Nov 30th, 2009 from Echofon
- @ There’s an enjoyable album, “Back Tuva Future” — Feynman posthumously reaching Tuva 8:02 PM Nov 30th, 2009 from Echofon in reply to ioerror
- Pet , zero hour. This is where it all begins, folks. 5:28 PM Nov 30th, 2009 from Twittelator
- At Bad Movie Night, Wizard of Oz. Which came first: the gay community’s adoption of the rainbow flag, or fag-love for Judy Garland? 8:18 PM Nov 29th, 2009 from Twittelator
- Triops eggs have arrived. Imitation rain water procured. I’ve never had pets that were smaller than grain of sand before. 7:49 PM Nov 29th, 2009 from Twittelator
- @ I do not like it, Sam I am. 7:08 PM Nov 29th, 2009 from Twittelator in reply to rhiannononon
- @ That would make you a pretty good lightning rod, I would suppose. 12:29 AM Nov 28th, 2009 from Echofon in reply to outofsequences
- @ That depends, are you in Utah? Cause if you’re in Utah, you’re being judged. By cops. That’s who sells the booze there. 8:23 PM Nov 27th, 2009 from Echofon in reply to lukechastain
- And so, let the 30 days of playing “Sleighride” commence! Best Christmas song ever. 5:37 PM Nov 27th, 2009 from Twittelator
- @ Dinner at “Home.” That’s the restaurant, right? Ha! 6:05 PM Nov 26th, 2009 from Twittelator in reply to tyrsalvia
- Ah yes, the traditional holiday 4 AM drive. I remember now. 3:45 AM Nov 26th, 2009 from Twittelator
- It’s nice to have a reason to have a living room. And to think Iwasthisclose to using it for storage… 2:12 PM Nov 25th, 2009 from Echofon
- @ Oh yeah! Been meaning to tell you: sign up for this forum & then check out the “Rolling Steel” collection – 12:52 PM Nov 25th, 2009 from Echofon in reply to lukechastain
- @ Great Train Robbery, Darjeeling Limited, Strangers on a Train, Midnight Express (1924)… Throw Momma From the Train? 12:49 PM Nov 25th, 2009 from Echofon in reply to lukechastain
- @ I secretly know that you’re just stocking up for the zombie apocalypse. The walking dead are stinky. 12:32 AM Nov 25th, 2009 from Echofon in reply to bubsy012
- Why it’s a good idea to go to random interesting stuff (like a Historical Assn. meeting): I might get to help restore a stream engine. 11:05 PM Nov 24th, 2009 from web
- @ Everybody likes fantasizing about what they’ll be when they aren’t living halfway. No problem fantasizing what Twitter will be. 10:11 PM Nov 23rd, 2009 from Echofon in reply to metaphorge
- @ Wait, it’s not Tuesday yet? Geez, thanks for breaking it to me easy. 1:35 PM Nov 23rd, 2009 from Twittelator in reply to outofsequences
- ☞ @ @ Too bad we can’t stick it to those snoopy killjoys… SNEAKing around, giving us shIT, being INtrusive. 3:59 AM Nov 23rd, 2009 from Echofon in reply to aestetix
- Gembone is bone fossilized with gem, thus: JEWELRY MADE OF DINOSAURS: So rare it doesn’t have a Wikipedia page, though. 3:46 AM Nov 23rd, 2009 from Echofon
- Repeat: the Dark Room isn’t ALLOWED to be a byo; IF booze is brought they have to turn you away; there are terrible HIDDEN costs otherwise. 7:43 PM Nov 22nd, 2009 from Twittelator
- Attention @ patrons! Our favorite dimly-lit room had a visit from the ABC. Per the War on Fun, you can’t be seen w/ booze. 7:27 PM Nov 22nd, 2009 from Twittelator
- @ Can you flag someone on Yelp as a douchebag? I wish you could. 8:52 PM Nov 21st, 2009 from web
- Neato! My photo of a caveman — — will be in the book adaptation of the blog 10:10 PM Nov 20th, 2009 from Echofon
- In the future, post-human cyborgs will replace belly-buttons with headphone jacks. They will have similar concerns as us. 10:52 AM Nov 17th, 2009 from Twittelator
- Flickr seems a little more upsell-y today. Huh. 3:29 PM Nov 16th, 2009 from web
- Looks like we finally have a good idea who we want to officiate our wedding. Now, to ask them, get the venue, send invites, become crazy… 2:28 AM Nov 16th, 2009 from Echofon
- Friday the 13th and 11/11 in the same week, and still no occult hypergnosis. I guess numerology still gave me 58008 (an upside-down #). 5:07 AM Nov 13th, 2009 from Twittelator
- @ And certainly Nevada’s “Kiss Your Assets Goodbye” campaign directed at CA businesses can’t help. 3:52 AM Nov 13th, 2009 from Twittelator in reply to sonomabuzz
- @ Whoa! It’s gonna be awesome! Welcome to the club, finally, Mac-girl. 10:06 PM Nov 11th, 2009 from Echofon in reply to bubsy012
- Anybody know a place in SF where one can buy triops, a.k.a. tadpole shrimp, shield shrimp, or dinosaur shrimp? 4:46 PM Nov 11th, 2009 from Twittelator
- Would you believe me if I told you that not ONE biologist has tried to make a full tree of life as XML? Or that I don’t wanna try either? 3:31 AM Nov 10th, 2009 from Echofon
- @ Wow, that is a total win for FTM folks — perhaps even moreso than the possibility of female-produced sperm. 3:28 PM Nov 9th, 2009 from Echofon in reply to tyrsalvia
- I keep receiving calls from the number 224. Totally silent ones. If the number changes to 456, *then* I’ll be scared. 7:34 PM Nov 7th, 2009 from Twittelator
- @ Rhiannon needs Windows 7 *not on a disc*. I’m trying to get it to her, and the problem is that there’s no bootable USB drive. 4:28 PM Nov 7th, 2009 from Echofon in reply to SisterMable
- – A convenient and timely visual metaphor for how I, and many like me, feel about Obama’s ACPA policy. 10:41 PM Nov 5th, 2009 from Echofon
- @ OpenCola is very nice; the recipe: – the longer recipe: – the LJ community: 7:23 PM Nov 5th, 2009 from Echofon in reply to cameo
- “Nak-wee-squatsy, that’s the sequel to Kwee-on-squatsy, right?” “It’s cute when you mispronounce words that are very hard to pronounce.” 2:45 PM Nov 5th, 2009 from Birdhouse
- I seriously want to know: does anyone else produce a honey smell when they sneeze, or is that just me? 11:29 AM Nov 5th, 2009 from Echofon
- @ You shameless lollipop thief. 8:21 PM Nov 4th, 2009 from Echofon in reply to sleepbotzz
- Isn’t it strange how often people accidentally the verb of a sentence?10:14 AM Nov 4th from Echofon
- Explaining would just piss you off even more. 8:33 PM Nov 3rd from Echofon
- Sometimes you just want to yell I HATE THAT GUY SO FUCKING MUCH but then you realize no one has any idea what you’re talking about.8:32 PM Nov 3rd from Echofon
- ACPA: turn on network encryption, register your domains as an LLC in Panama, and call @‘s office tomorrow.7:54 PM Nov 3rd from Echofon
- It’s strange, though… I wish I had a way to say “thanks for the congrats on our het-engagement, and fuck .”6:03 PM Nov 3rd from Twittelator
- Evening bike training. @ appears from nowhere. Concerning dangerous endeavors that go horribly well, I respect none more than him.5:59 PM Nov 3rd from Twittelator
- The smell of burned sage hasn’t even wafted out of The Mission yet, and my Dia de los Muertos pics are up. *So proud* – 5:43 AM Nov 3rd from Echofon
- If you loved Day of the Dead as much as I did this year (or wanna see it next year), don’t forget to chip in at 11:31 PM Nov 2nd from Echofon
- @ (I admit it’s not a very good answer, but it sure explains why there’s never been a progressive pro-male response to feminism.)9:41 PM Nov 2nd from Echofon in reply to metaphorge
- @ I’ve been considering that question in regards to anti-misandry, and so far the only answer I have is “to sleep with someone.”9:40 PM Nov 2nd from Echofon in reply to metaphorge
- Dia de los Hey I Remembered this year.7:38 PM Nov 2nd from Twittelator
- Abstaining from means November 2nd doesn’t have to be Kick-Yourself-if-Pitifully-Under-1667-Words Day.5:23 PM Nov 2nd from Twittelator
- @ That would be 90% of Earth’s life, living in the “euphotic zone.” The depth varies – 11:09 AM Nov 2nd from Echofon in reply to sfslim
- Tonight I’ll be taking money at @ for , now blaspheming “The Dark Knight” for those who never blasphemed it themselves.6:59 PM Nov 1st from Twittelator
- @ Mission Street. 16th is where the rowdy bunch on our car got out, and it sure seems like a Castro spillover is in full effect.11:59 PM Oct 31st from Twittelator in reply to sherilyn
- Sittin’ in Lucky Penny, sippin’ smoothies, appreciatin’ my day, waitin’ for phone calls from more inebriated friends who need a ride.10:31 PM Oct 31st from Twittelator
- Everyone remembers their first Halloween in the city. If you can remember your fourth, you must be doing something right.10:06 PM Oct 31st from Twittelator
- Riding BART on Halloween is a bit like… it’s kind of like… well it is, in fact, quite a lot like riding BART on Halloween.9:41 PM Oct 31st from Twittelator
- @ hcccch!!! *fsk fsk* HISSSSS2:26 PM Oct 31st from Twittelator in reply to sherilyn
- I don’t know what’s better, @‘s Applause bus being cleaned by high school students, or paying them with cases of energy drink.1:49 PM Oct 31st from Twittelator
- Many San Francisco residents have gone as Frank Chu, many more have considered it, but only KrOB has the balls to go as KrOB.11:12 AM Oct 31st from Twittelator
- @ That made no sense; I LOL’d anyway; I kind of prefer it that way. A joyful voyager probe w/ a stick in it to you, sir! – Ð).1:17 AM Oct 31st from Twittelator in reply to sleepbotzz
- FWIW, I went with A) tourist because E) pornographer was a hard-to-pull-off, risqué, all-around bad idea (and… I don’t own sweat pants).1:11 AM Oct 31st from Twittelator
- The problem with carrying a camera on Halloween is that your costume choices are: A) tourist B) fashion photog C) paparazzi D) fuckit1:02 AM Oct 31st from Twittelator
- @ Yeah, that’s ok… ‘Stralians kinda talk with lots of dipthiaooooungs.11:31 PM Oct 30th from Echofon in reply to SashaGrey
- It is an enduring disappointment that the ‘”platypus”‘ is named for its flat feet… and not, say, ANYTHING AT ALL ELSE ABOUT A PLATYPUS.4:26 PM Oct 30th from Birdhouse
- There’s a quite stunning documentary I watched titled “Platypus: World’s Strangest Animal” courtesy @. Recommended.4:25 PM Oct 30th from Twittelator
- I sort of noticed there were a lot, then I made a list… and I have about 2000 un-uploaded photos to process. Yeesh.12:41 PM Oct 30th from Echofon
- In my Fartpartment, we sometimes call this game “I Know They Are But What Am I?” or, more concisely, “Lying”.9:02 PM Oct 28th from Echofon
- Game: repeat the last thing someone said, but change it to first person. Thus: “They blog about Kwanzaa.” = “I blog about Kwanzaa!”8:52 PM Oct 28th from Echofon
- @ It’s not bad — it’s just misunderstood!4:18 PM Oct 28th from Echofon in reply to rhiannononon
- Yippee! For those who’ve been waiting for it, the unjustly rare film ‘Rockula’ has arrived (as a crispy early ’90s VHS transfer, no less)!6:57 PM Oct 27th from Echofon
- Every day P2P becomes more and more normal, yet remains stigmatized due to ignorance and well-funded opposition. War on Drugs much?2:57 AM Oct 27th from Birdhouse
- RIP OiNK’s Pink Palace, 10/23/07 — never forget! …whoops.1:06 AM Oct 27th from Echofon
- @ What is “the McRib sandwich,” Alex? Either that or “boners.” Heh. Boners.12:35 AM Oct 27th from Echofon in reply to sherilyn
- Orin Zebest and the terrible, awful, not altogether that bad but certainly hard in a way that’s not easy to concisely quantify day.11:36 PM Oct 26th from Echofon
- As someone who has buried a pet here, I cannot express how sad the Presidio Pet Cemetery looks now: 10:15 AM Oct 26th from Echofon
- @ I prefer the soothing voice of famous plumber Ron Jeremy: 10:44 PM Oct 25th from Echofon in reply to sherilyn
- OH (at SF Opera sale, man wearing foam-rubber breasts): “You could totally rig these with a squirt-gun!”5:33 PM Oct 25th from Echofon
- @ Finally! [REDACTED] is awesome, thanks for the tip!12:29 PM Oct 25th from Twittelator in reply to sfslim
- @ Hooray! Me too! Maybe not so much the chirpy part, but we’ve waited two years and a day for this sale.12:17 PM Oct 25th from Twittelator in reply to tyrsalvia
- Dammit, I’m not bald enough — I’ll never pass for Klaus Nomi like this. (Those fins, man. Those fins…)2:13 AM Oct 25th from Echofon
- @ On the Sisters’ website, it says tomorrow’s beer bust costs $7 — is that w/out (yummy slaw) lunch? 8:44 PM Oct 24th from Echofon
- @ Well, the easy answer would be, as Ted Turner said, “sports is war without the killing.” Go Sea Otters!8:00 PM Oct 24th from Echofon in reply to metaphorge
- @ Our brains are born to interpret spoken language, but not writing. Yet those skills are readily grafted later. Talent � destiny.7:59 PM Oct 24th from Echofon in reply to tyrsalvia
- @ Man, that is a good twitter name. 5-letter names were big in 2007.7:05 PM Oct 24th from Echofon in reply to cameo
- Things to mess up your kids: teach them that double-doors are called “dumbledores”, and Japanese ritual suicide is called Hari-Potter.6:32 PM Oct 24th from Birdhouse
- @ And they say AppleCare is overpriced…11:40 PM Oct 23rd from Echofon in reply to sleepbotzz
- @ I have a bigger truck than @! Also, another person (@).11:37 PM Oct 22nd from Echofon in reply to charliejane
- After watching “Africa Addio”, and now seeing “District 9”, I have to say that I’m not entirely surprised how downhill the place has gone.9:03 PM Oct 22nd from Twittelator
- @ “And, in the ensuing confusion, bonobo meat commodity prices plummetted worldwide…”5:09 PM Oct 22nd from Twittelator in reply to DocPop
- Every 2 years, my old college changes the method to request transcripts. Every 2 years I tell them how stupid it is… & the process repeats.