My father was born June 28, 1937. He would have been seventy years old today.

He passed away (what a damnable English language euphemism!) died in 1995 ( Read more... )

Were not scared to lose it all ( Read more... )

So there's an innovative new iPod holster, I was tipped off to it by grynz. I'm placing the picture behind a cut because there's a serious danger that the sacrilege of it all will trigger a stroke in radiantbaby.

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Some time this afternoon I'm taking celticmoni and the_sprout to Goat Hall, 400 Missouri Street, San Francisco. It's my coworker D's birthday, and he has a zydeco band. He will be marking 27 years in Louisiana, 27 years in California. I have never been there, but since it's a noon event and D's allergic to just about everything but oxygen, I'm gonna guess it's ( Read more... )

Courtesy of Deutsche Welle and others

At one point I thought iTunes thought I am gay because of the suggestions it kept posting up on the "we recommend" section of the iTMS. Things have subtly changed. It has figured out I'm Latino, for sure.

The number one pick as a song for me this week is Let's Get it On by Marvin Gaye.

*snicker*

This icon of a FOAF says it all. =)


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"Indie" in USA is used to describe a homogeneous style drawn primarily from USA, Canada, and UK. It's the ultimate expression of "Ooh, I'm a non-conformist... just like all the other non-conformists ( Read more... )