Leonard called from Amsterdam early this morning. Evidently he's having a blast, and I'm worried and happy for him.

I packed most of my belongings today. Michael made brownies, remounted my old corrupted disk image from months back so I can copy the important stuff off it, and helped load the van. Zack loaded, …

It's okay. I didn't enjoy it as much as I did Goblet of Fire. Hey Leonard, no need to hurry. Finish Paradise Lost and that Grisham, Painted Christmas or whatever, first. Update: I feel foolish …

This weekend: my sister and I are moving and I'm reading the new Rowling. And I miss Leonard.

When I finally sleep enough after sleep deprivation I have awesome dreams. Last night: Leonard surprised me by writing and starring in a musical with many elementary-school children. Evidently the software for the musical included …

Leonard redesigns replicators. "Captain Picard never orders anything else from the replicator, yet either there's no way for him to get the replicator to know that when he wants tea he wants hot Earl Grey; …

Sarah and I today ate lunch at "Clouds," near the Metreon, and enjoyed our false consciousness. As Sarah attests, today I also DDR'd on the 4th floor of the Metreon and about 20 people were …

I do hope Brendan wasn't too influenced by my disparaging comment on Microserfs (context). Microserfs felt epic and seldom annoying. I liked it a lot, and should reread it.

I got to borrow my new landlord's van to move furniture between Berkeley and my new place this weekend. If you can help, especially on Saturday (lifting of unwieldy things, mostly), please e-mail me or …

Today "dignitaries" got to ride from Colma to the new BART stations before the proles, which is yet another reason to become a high-level ABAG functionary like Adam. But more importantly, I'm entertaining fantasies of …