the long pauses in-between and another lost friend

So, these long-ass pauses… I am moved into the new place, the unpacking will be slow, since each room needs work and my budgets are tight as ever. I do not yet have wifi in the house, so internet activity is only when I can bare the packing up and trip to a coffeehouse or […]

a kernel of truth in an pound of pain

I fell ill Thursday evening, missing work first Friday and now Monday as well, spiking a fever of 103.3 some point on Saturday. I will be making an appointment with my doctor when his office opens this morning. To spite my efforts, I am still running dehydrated, so I ache. Everywhere. And I have done […]

Protected: to entertain as I journey onward

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Protected: I did come

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Protected: half a review, half a review, half a review onward…

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world AIDS day

My status update from facebook: yes, of course, everybody dies a little more each day, but sometimes I can watch it dance across my face, see it stare back from my eyes. today, I realized something about myself as I watch a retail clerk try oh-so hard to be polite as she stared at my […]

more on the magical hub

If you recall, I once discussed my experience with the Magical Hub of the Universe (commonly called Castro and 18th) on my first trip to SF. Well, on it goes… Friday, I spent a chunk of the day with the ever *swoon*able couple, fogbear and putzmeisterbear. We met at Whatever! the Castro comic-book store. As […]

um, did I not mention this…?

Um, oh, yeah… I’m travelling to SF for Thanksgiving Day. It will be a shorter visit than last year, and I am mostly obliged to my hosts, but I imagine there will be some free time about the Castro and such. I fly out tomorrow and stay through Monday late afternoon. I will not know […]

on proper valeting

I acquired a 1940 edition, fourth printing copy of Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage by Emily Post. Fun yet silly stuff, but a few thoughts hold some weight for me. For instance, proper valeting. I have made bad habits and allow heaps of clothes to pile up in my moments of decisions and […]

call me mellow yellow

So here it goes, every time I set my mind to altering how I shop and spend, I find the perfect jacket. Although I have a couple tight houndstooth jackets, even in an earthy color range, none of them are this golden, none of them so warm to the eyes… For me, it was pricey, […]