Just read that Obama wouldn't be photographed with Newsome 4 years ago because of Newsome's support for gay marriage, this from an interview with Willie Brown.

Following the instructions of my previous post I installed the Airport Extreme Card into my Mac Pro tonight. I visited Mac World today and got a Bluetooth card for only $19.95, so I was able to install that at the same time.

Always remember to (1) unplug the system and (2) use a static strap or at least discharge yourself (from static charge!) after ( Read more... )

Putting this out there (not behind a cut, hoping it will get Googled and be available to more people) for anyone else who needs an Airport Extreme card for their Mac Pro. Mine was gift, so it wasn't loaded and I want to cherry it out.

Apple's website doesn't clearly disclose that there is a separate Airport Extreme card for mac Pros. Read the last ( Read more... )

Me: "Grande coffee please."
Barista: "Uh, we don't have any coffee right now."

At least the number 10 bus was on time.

Hmmmm, looks like the telecoms aren't really that altruistic after all. They claim national security and patriotism when they provide the government access to their systems for warrant-less wiretaps, yet, they pull the plug when they don't get their money. Makes you wonder what it's really all about...

I am italicizing certain items, forewarned, you know...

You are incredibly wise and perceptive. You have a lot of life experience.
You are a natural peacemaker, and you are especially good at helping others get along.
But keeping the peace in your own life is not easy. You see things very differently, and it's hard to get you to budge.

You are ( Read more... )

The Second Amendment is alive and well, despite San Francisco's voters. I just wish these freakin' socialists were educated enough to know their own Constitution.

It is a sense of relief for me that 2007 is over. For most people I know, it wasn't a pretty year, it was pretty fugly; for a lucky few, it sparkled. Having a sociopathic sister who's pathology decimated family cohesiveness was quite the eye-opener. I moved out here for a reason 16 years ago realizing I could never live in proximity of my father or ( Read more... )

The holiday season was low-key, this time of year is always busy, work-wise, for me. Some of the highlights were:

• Having cocktails at Top of the Mark with
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Where are these officers when the gang bangers are dealing drugs over the hill in the projects?

UCSF Medical School Intern roughed up by San Francisco police