Crossposted from everywhere else I am:

A lot of people are writing a lot of erudite and historically educated posts, starting with an assumption that the people reading know the history of the Weimar Republic, etc.

I'm not going to do that.

I want to talk about stories.

All stories have a lesson for us, and many of the lessons are in the ( Read more... )

We're throwing a casual party at the baycon hotel Saturday night to celebrate our anniversary. Room number not yet known, some drinks and snacks provided, bring yourself and anything you particularly feel like having!
Hotel is the Hyatt Regency, Santa Clara, CA
Contact me for details

Is summed up by watching and listening to your friends and family play super mario wii for the first time ( Read more... )

Keeping your polymerase solution cold is good.
Putting so much dry ice in your ice bucket (to keep the water-ice frozen all day) that your polymerase solution FREEZES SOLID is bad.

This lesson brought to you by my coworker who really should know better.

On the bright side, now I don't have to stay late...:)

At wicked grounds (289 8th street at folsom, wickedgrounds.com) drinking delicious jasmine iced tea brewed in the cutest little glass teapot-infuser...come check it out! :)

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Parties are great. We like hosting parties ( Read more... )

she says forget what you have to do ( Read more... )

Tomorrow night Amanda Palmer is playing at Bimbo's 365 club in the city (7pm start time).
I have an extra ticket...anyone want it?

But I really believe in fighting Prop 8.

Those sentences everyone's posting are all very well, but I'm pretty sure there's no one on the list that reads me that doesn't already know how I feel on the subject, so posting it again doesn't sway anyone.

What the supporters of Prop 8 are doing that's much more effective than blog posts is collecting ( Read more... )