Diamond Dogs

Holly and I stumbled (yay stumbled) out of a Mission bar into the rain on Saturday night. And into my first legit encounter with the Hot Dog Guy. Some people love him, some people hate him, but I have to side with poignant affection for the guy. I think he saved our lives that night. We ate three. And also got muddy, but the source of that is a bit up in the air...

It Was a Graveyard Smash

Spent a debauched Wednesday night at the Twelve Galaxies listening/watching/dancing to a corpsified Triple Cobra.

Let Me Count The Ways

Eighth wonder of the world, my grandmother turned 95 on November 3, 2007. In celebration of both her birthday and her continuous recovery, my family gathered in the "Sunshine Room" of the rehab facility she is temporarily staying in. This event was the first time ALL FIVE of the great grandkids were in the same room, along with five of the seven grandkids (including spouses) and both her sons and their wives. Mayhem. Squealing, laughing, wrestling, running, shh we are in a rest home, mayhem. And grandma loved every minute of it.The fam. No one ever realized I am the giant of the family. Or it could be camera angle. Either, really.

Shaely has inherited the impish quality; look at those eyes.

Oh Grandma,

I hope I inherited your genes.

bay + oil = boil

oh man. freighter dances with bridge and here's the associated exudate. SF Gate story here. Newsom says he's going to clean house...he may have to turn his attention to the Bay first.

Rollin with my homies

To augment Sarah's trip to SF, Bill had the rad idea of renting those yellow GoCars....you know..the ones that you always see on Haight street driven by confused looking tourists and bellowing out really loud tidbits about what's where yadda yadda. The cars are zippy things...unless you try to go up a steep hill and then the passenger has to lend a wee bit o' muscle. Bill on Lombard.

Me and My Lady Hotness in the Presidio

GoCar Kiss by Presidio Gate.

My Lady Hotness

My friend Sarah from London came to visit and it was lovely. I jam packed her visit with activities and festivities and all sorts of ivities to the point where she's convinced she left some braincells in the Mission and I'm ridiculously sick in bed. Ah well. All for the cause.

We went to the mountains, specifically to Lori and Brandon's and to see the Giant Sequoias in Big Trees National Park. AWESOME. Cabin pics here.

wind

Halloworkyweenie

There is a man on a bay-side-bench outside my office playing guitar and singing. A unicorn pranced by my office earlier. Donald duck filled my front seat during carpool. White rockabilly GIS guy and Flava Flave merged.

I love Halloween.

The Garbage Patch

SF Gate's lead story at 9:29 this morning talks about The Garbage Patch. What is it? Read:

"The so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a stewy body of plastic and marine debris that floats an estimated 1,000 miles west of San Francisco, is a shape-shifting mass far too large, delicate and remote to ever be cleaned up, according to a researcher who recently returned from the area."

Um. wow. Plastic sucked into a mid-ocean gyre caused by tradewinds, broken down into tiny little pieces of plastic so it's like a soup, not a piece of bread, mingled with fishing nets and tires and all adding up to a floating Texas times two. Go Gavin; get rid of those plastic bottles in government buildings. Reuse your plastic bags. Use cloth saks at the grocery store. Everything does NOT need to be bigger in Texas.

Read the whole article here.

Pesky Dero

(can you find amy?)

I spent a super sunny day mapping dead grasses. Yes, the work was frustrating and fruitless, but even on my most bitter day, I cannot deny that I walk some beautiful places while working.

George's house

Last week, I went out to Skywalker Ranch to check out a building site for them. Somehow, it feels like summer camp out there; the place is full of tech-savvy people they import and house in their on-site hotel. The Library in the Main House is amazing...apparently books are still the main reference source for their movies, having a somewhat distrust of the internet. Wikiwhat?George has Texas Longhorns grazing throughout the ranch. The animals themselves are enormous, and they have huge horns. Like Hellboy pre-snip.

The lovely Miss Sarah is currently cohabitating my wee apartment with me, away from the chilly London air. Pics from our recent adventures shall come soon.