One of my coworkers has a slow, deep voice. Whenever he does the ritual closing announcements ("Cody's is closing at ten o'clock, ten minutes from now. If you have purchases to make...") some of my …
Sour note on 'American Idol' might be music to your ears, writes the Chron At Work editor in a grabby yet useful analogy. He says that the contradictory hunger and scorn of American Idol participants …
I hereby ask my Bay Area readership: who is willing to take care of two regular cats, Junie/Paul and Little Kitty, for two weeks or even just a few days? I need a breather. I'll …
I dated a gamer, Dan, for almost three years. (Ga'mer; n.: one who uses tabletop, live-action, or computer role-playing games for recreation. Connotation: usu. to excess.) His gamerness was virtually dormant for the first few …
A million years ago, back in the nineties, I applied for a job writing ads. I would have written seductive proposals that would open the wallets of corporate clients and lure them into contracting with …
Congrats Susanna from one newly inducted bike-rider to another. As per the suggestion of my neighbor and a woman at the Berkeley Farmer's Market, I have constructed a moat around the catfood dish. Also, store …
I have to wash my hands every few hours when I work the register. I guess that's what happens when you handle filthy lucre. Primary reading, about fifty pages per day: Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. …
At some point in the future, Leonard and I are going to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Not this one in New Orleans. Best quotes: Ten aquarium visitors, including four children, fell into a shark …
The September Cody's Events calendar is out! Jeremy Rifkin, Sarah Vowell, Tom Hayden, and David Edmonds (author of Wittgenstein's Poker) are among the luminaries making author appearances.
I had dinner with Anirvan and dessert with mutual friends Michelle and Christina. Anirvan told me, among other things, that BookFinder now has a company weblog ("Information Week had a cover story on weblogs [for …
