I got a compromise Japan Rail pass from JTB on Kearny at Market. Working downtown: your ticket to convenience! Made copies of my passport's first page. I associate head-and-shoulders shots, especially grainy photocopied versions, with …

Much better. Mostly packed. Almost all the prep is done. Leonard will make me his awesome, addictive cheese puffs for the journey. I feel voracious just thinking of it. OK, I also need lunch.

My colleague asks, "what do you have to be nervous about? I'm the one who's getting married!"

I am not through my backlog of work, not by a long shot. I have to get done with it. I have to figure out whether to buy a Japan Rail tourist pass very soon. …

Leonard is in Bakersfield visiting his family. Today I help a friend of a friend move, and possibly see Not A Genuine Black Man at The Marsh. Next week I leave for a two-week vacation …

I just met Zephyr Teachout, Internet director for Howard Dean's campaign and ACT muckety-muck. Evidently she is wow. I just wish people had told me that she was wow while she was around instead of …

Re: store membership/discount/loyalty cards: "I remember when going to the store was not like choosing a telephone company." Re: "infatuation/falling in love" vs. "loving": "Falling in love is like the induction phase of Atkins."

Well, not quite. He's in Palo Alto tomorrow and Santa Rosa tomorrow. Still, "Simon Super Chefs Live! Is a free, all-day culinary event featuring live cooking demonstrations and book signings by Alton Brown, as well …

Via Body And Soul, "Church Denies 8-Year-Old's Non-Wheat Communion". "An 8-year-old girl who has a rare digestive disorder and cannot consume wheat has had her first Communion declared invalid because the wafer contained none." Next …

Just finished Douglas Coupland's Miss Wyoming. Yes, he writes the same book over and over, but it is a very good book.