Here's the Rube Goldberg machine I worked on!  It was some of the hardest work I've ever done, and some of the most fun I've ever had.

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Terminator II is showing at midnight tonight at the Regency Theater at Fairfax and Beverly, right down the street from my house.
People who want to partake in dinner and boardgames should show up at my place around 7 or 8.

The Great Urban Race will be in Los Angeles this Saturday the 21st.

It's a scavenger huntish public shenaniganism event.  It will be urban.  It will be a race.  It might include some degree of greatness.
Just sayin'.

http://www.greaturbanrace.com

jhogan  and neurogirl  hosted a waffle extravaganza in San Francisco yesterday.  I was inspired to write some waffle haiku!

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Fine ingredients
Oils, lipids, powders, and heat
The whole is greater

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Surface area
Cradles butter and syrup
Corrugated joy

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Yes! Carbohydrates
We have savory and sweet
You! Come and get it

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Waffles have feelings
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I'm looking forward to Hike the Geek tomorrow at 10:30 at Topanga Canyon!
http://www.hikethegeek.com/LA/Hikes/details.php?locid=&hikeid=319

Last week Megan and Laurel had a fun idea: get an inflatable bounce house, a generator, and a permit to set up a bounce house in Dolores Park ( Read more... )

My neighbors and I are cooking!  We're making turkey, stuffing, gravy, yams, mashed potatoes, superspiced cider, cranberry sauce, curried lima beans, and pies.  If you're hungry for food or for company, come on over!  We'll be cooking for the next few hours, then eating for a few hours after that, and then of course we'll be lounging around feeling ( Read more... )

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For the past month, lightling  has been on tour around the country traveling with a bunch of her friends who also happen to be her favorite band.  She'll be doing shows in Los Angeles this Thursday the 13th, and in San Francisco on Friday the 14th and Saturday the 15th.  legendarypinkdots.org/tour

I'll be at the Los Angeles show on Thursday!

"Nothing says 'love' like a tarantula carcass!"  -  weiskind