Even the ones who live in London.

Item the first, and the most important ( Read more... )

Gray Screen of Death, I do not know what summons Thee to me so swiftly and so suddenly. I can but carry on along my way, a note of anticipation hovering within each step, entranced by your mystery and power, enthralled by the possibility of your arrival ( Read more... )

Fuckin' A! CPR can be very effective--but not the way it's taught. For those of you who don't think this is serious, it's basically saying that against all science, we've been teaching people (professional and laypersons alike!) how NOT to save lives with CPR for going on 3 decades, now. You can probably just read my bolded highlights to get the ( Read more... )

Last Saturday Colin and Mike and I went to Berkeley Ironworks, an indoor climbing gym. The plan was to get in some good climbing and then go to Fo... some really good ice cream store in Oakland. Fenton's, that's it. The ice cream was because last Thursday I had my wisdom teeth out, so we figured we deserved some cold, creamy decadence. ( Read more... )

Last night the boy next door came home around 1 in the morning. He'd been in an accident around 10, 10:30. The car was totaled, another car was damaged. His mother had worked a 12-hour shift ( Read more... )