Tuesday, January 5, 2010

  1. Apartments are cheaper. Blu-ray is cheaper. Food is cheaper. Strange we're not all in cinema paradiso enjoying popcorn. http://bit.ly/5KDH7V
  2. "Study Says Women With Mate Get Heavier." Oh? Ah, phew. "US team may have found key to fight obesity." http://bit.ly/6Omrfq
  3. Contemplating α (alpha) after finishing the excellent book "Fly By Wire" by William Langewiesche. We're gonna brace. http://bit.ly/4sgLXW
  4. Lazy snack #7: stale pain epi (Acme bread.) Became impossibly hard so I left it in the rice cooker this morning. Now it's soft and.. edible.
  5. Doctors and ... ? .. TEACHERS! Bet you didn't answer that correctly. Yep, it's hard to vote for American teachers now. http://bit.ly/6wFLrC
  6. Wine glut, ad inventory glut, office property glut. http://bit.ly/5n9ZRe I actually think wine glut is a GOOD thing. (Sorry, Napa Valley..)
  7. دبي تدشين أطول ناطحة سحاب في العالم وسط إجراءات أمنية مشددة http://bit.ly/8owYxS "tallest edifice ever built on earth" Dubai's Burj Khalifa
  8. "F-- Yeah San Francisco, Because the city of San Francisco is the best there is," my photo here http://bit.ly/Si7np via Sharon Hahn Darlin
  9. Can you find America on a world map? Is it a "Know Nothing Nation"? Sergeant Schultz knows nothing, NOTHING, of course. http://bit.ly/8gWOZe
  10. Asian stocks rise again, capping MSCI Asia Pacific Index’s biggest annual gain since 2003. How to spell "global index"? http://bit.ly/7d5wog
  11. Honestly, the most popular mainstream music of the moment is rap. If you are a rap purist, don't click on this link: http://bit.ly/656Ujj
  12. Wendy's ("Old Fashioned Hamburgers") quits Japan, not quitting Asia altogether. & Cellphone text-message coupon program http://bit.ly/5Ag5tp
  13. USA no longer the world’s top car market. 2009, China is the biggest car market, sales surging 40+%, 7.3 million units http://bit.ly/4SFmDJ
  14. Coffee woke me up. And how do you answer comments like "..unrequited though destined to be, forever will I love thee"? http://bit.ly/6vACZJ
  15. Don't people have any work to do on a Monday afternoon? At SF Metreon IMAX, Avatar 1:15 pm showing, completely packed!
  16. Dad is excited (mom, too!) to be touring the USS Pampanito, WWII submarine & museum. A lovely day to be tourists in San Francisco.
  17. China almost certain to overtake Japan, become world's 2nd largest economy. The country's growth upgraded http://bit.ly/7CvnLd 世界第二經濟大国
  18. Crisp sunny day. "Heart of Darkness" dark roast coffee and a large piece of sweet sweet pecan pie at Hot Java, Morgan Hill, CA
  19. Unexpected treats are the best. At 18:00 yesterday I had no idea I'd be laughing with mom at Monterey Fish House at 19:45. Nice drive, too.
  20. Mom. Headache. Local Ontario doctor shifts liability, sends her to St Antonio Hospital, Upland CA. Unnecessary MRI, $$$$ bill in a few mths.
  21. $483,000 to $615,000 in 6 months?? Sizzling Shanghai Homes Defy Tax, Bubble Concerns? India Property Market No Dubai? http://bit.ly/7fs5j3
  22. When he wanted to fetch, Mole the cat brought a Christmas ball, carrying it in his mouth. He'd drop it right at my feet, blinking proudly.
  23. Making handygirl chore list for tomorrow's party. Install new switch plates, sand door frame, paint. Tidy up rooms, decorate if time allows.
  24. At Paragon (Claremont Resort and Spa) with the best parents in the world. Dad orders CEO martini- Chopin vodka, blue cheese studded olives.
  25. Mom insists on serving fresh rice each meal, (me, I don't mind old rice) then SECRETLY serves herself old batch as there isn't enough. Moms!
  26. Mom orders macchiato before she sees the menu. Milk foam in Crixa Cakes' little cup looks like a Christmas tree. Yum, amaretti cream cake..!
  27. @ki6h Cool indeed, Michael! Making the top 3 Hollywood's 2009 Black List "Blood List" http://bit.ly/4uMpu1 *and* a band http://bit.ly/5rCp3q
  28. Skate deterrents: I Flickred it, @sfhappenings posted it retagged "suck," "via Sharon Hahn Darlin" from bookmarklet :) http://bit.ly/6szlpv
  29. CBC book auction, bought Netherland (Joseph O'Neill) Scrapbooks An American History (Jessica Helfand) The Irregulars (Jennet Conant) and..
  30. I had never seen this San Francisco skyline before. From the Embarcadero / Barbary Coast Trail near the Bay Bridge http://bit.ly/8LJEbh
  31. Why does dad HAVE to have live crab AND live bass from the tank? They are the hardest things to eat, especially with fat Chinese chopsticks.
  32. Forgotten South Beach (San Francisco) Shoreline, charted by the U.S. Coast Survey topographical engineers in 1852: http://bit.ly/60uV3v
  33. "UP IN THE AIR" quotes: How much does our life weigh? The slower we move the faster we die..moving is living. We're not swans, we're sharks.
  34. ALL airports should have a nearby "park and call" lot with decent phone reception. OAK does. No time wasted circling waiting for arrivals.
  35. Yay! Such good, BIG, news, dad. Hope everything works out according to plans. I love you. Love to mom. See you next week.
  36. Yes, for the San Francisco downtown pied-à-terre. A bit extravagant, perhaps.
  37. Still holding on landline for service representatives. Meanwhile, iPhone AT&T connection dropped to 1 bar, got disconnected while talking.
  38. Should've written down the dozen phone numbers AT&T gave me, just to cancel an order. 1-800-3102355, 1-866-5009794, 1-866-5930724...
  39. Waited all weekend to cancel a package that includes Direct TV. They don't tell you until order is submitted that apt. can't have Direct TV.
  40. Continuing to hold -AT&T muzak- close to 1hr to cancel/change an order placed days ago. Assisting other customers giving out diff # to call?
  41. ball gown, evening/cocktail dress http://bit.ly/4qeBuU cheap toys, hamstermania! http://bit.ly/8pIJan artificial island http://bit.ly/69scTa
  42. boutique discount http://bit.ly/7Mc4xU black jail 黑監獄 http://bit.ly/4SHaTw cash crisis http://bit.ly/4MmV9H art auction http://bit.ly/7oXJ6K
  43. U.S. economy losing steam http://bit.ly/7walRD smartphones 手机 http://bit.ly/4NvcSH What is a credit-default swap? http://bit.ly/82hWZX
  44. Compare Mad Men opening title and this James Bond 007 Casino Royale (2006) with Daniel Craig. http://bit.ly/NC43e Song: "You Know My Name"
  45. Best author name ever: Kafka. Look: 卡夫卡, 카프카 كافكا, קאַפקא, カフカ. His 2 handwritten documents were auctioned off today in Basel, Switzerland.
  46. .. must .. get .. up.. (too cozy).. to go view Ben Wood/David Mark large-scale high-powered movie projection on Coit Tower. www.coitlive.com
  47. Brand design http://bit.ly/6HA1kq Debt repayments http://bit.ly/6om92r Clean Air http://bit.ly/8CaSgA Thanksgiving http://bit.ly/4XmLDc 感恩節
  48. Reading Nikon D5000 for dummies. Wow. I SEE!
  49. Scored the corner window seat at Borders Union Square. Milk & chocolate peppermint loaf cake. Watching the Christmas tree being decorated.