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Julia Ellis forwarded me this photo of one of my late, great products. It's is in Mark Morford's book of Burning Man photos, Hips. Squeal!

DMV hilarity

Who's ready for a great tale of idiocy at the DMV? You know you love it.

So, last week I get pulled over on my Vespa and humiliated for having an out of date registration. I get a ticket and a notice to appear in traffic court. Nightmare.

I call up the DMV today to find out what the deal is. I always return these renewal forms immediately, so I don't understand how I could have not renewed. Perhaps the letter got lost? Perhaps my sticker got stolen?

No no, wait til you hear what happened. Turns out that I OVERPAID in 2006 by $200 bucks on my renewal form. Who knows how that happened. Double paying parking tickets?

The comedy is that they won't send me a registration renewal until I claim the $200 back. And they never told me there was $200 to claim. So now, I have to go to the DMV, and wait in line to get my own damned money back. And then, I can not only pay my ticket for having an out of date registration, but I also have the honor of paying a late fee for not renewing on time. You getting this? I have to pay fees for not claiming my own overpaid money back.

Like he said: Help.

If you haven't seen the U of F taser incident video yet, you really must spend the 3 minutes and get up to date. Sure, the guy was a grandstanding painintheass, but once the arrest began, I am horrified that the students in the room didn't leap to their feet and act.

Sorry, I can't help it

It's Super Mario in 5 minutes.

Morning Becomes Israeli

I am excited to introduce the Diaspora to my friend Assaf Krauss (at far right in the photo), who besides being a total sweetheart and stylish dude, is the hardworking drummer behind the Israeli indie rock band missFlag. They sing in English, tour occasionally in the States, and bring the house down in Israel. When I saw these guys in Jerusalem during ROI120, there were all the requisite touches - cute indie rock tee shirts, misshapen hairdos, screaming girls…

Somehow, missFlag has caught the ears of KCRW’s Nic "all your playlist are belong to me" Harcourt and will be performing a live studio set this (Monday) morning at 11:15 AM Pacific, or on the web whenever you damn well please. Tune in…this is an enormous vote of confidence in the band. Kol hakavod for making it happen, guys. Welcome to the indie big time.

Go Toy Boat, Go Toy Boat, Go Toy Boat, Go Toy Boat, Go Toy Boat

This caught my eye because Jesse Fink, who owns the merry little coffee/ice cream shop that initiated procedings agains Starbucks, is the father of Annie Rose Fink - a former camper I got to know in my days at Camp T. Go Toy Boat! (Seriously, if you haven't visited this place, it's a great little stop in the Richmond.)



Supervisors deny Starbucks permit for new S.F. store

do the math

I was once known for obsessing mightily about minutiae like this. And lo, I am now engaged to a guy 3 months younger than me, so maybe the math is true. Bill, you are sooooo just a kid at 33.








xkcd by Randall Munroe

Birthday jewels

Yay! I'm today's "Jewel of Elul." Right after Kirk Douglas and right before the Dalai Lama. !@$@!#!@!#

Read my contribution here.