Posts by hamblog
om shanti om yeah
Recent moments at yoga class: A lady of indeterminate age and nationality, a modern-day Zsa Zsa, begged off from doing a headstand because her “head, it’s noomb.” The teacher, alarmed, asked why could that be? “Oh, it’s just from my faceleeft!” Later in the class, she farted vigorously. She just smiled and said “OOPsie!” After…
Read Morescathing indictments of summer festivals
Summer festival season approaches, and I greet it with equal parts twittering anticipation and cringing dread. I adore county and state fairs with a passion equal to my loathing for Burning Man and Renaissance Faires. Civil War Reenactments? Love. A circle of humans, drumming? Haaaate. I will let other, more deft people articulate my bad…
Read Morea poem by my 5 year old great nephew
HOT DOGS Hot dogs are hot or warm Hot dogs are dead pigs or turkeys Hot dogs are healthy for you Hot dogs are red Some hot dogs are red with white spots Hot dogs are great for dinner or lunch You could eat the red part by itself with no bun or you could…
Read Morenesting dolls of dreams
Last night I dreamt that a friend of mine exhibited behavior very much unlike his real self (real friend: healthy-living grownup; dream friend: crazed coke fiend.) I then dreamt that I woke up, went to work, and described the dream to a workmate. Then I really woke up and went to work. The above-mentioned workmake…
Read Morea sunny spring day
That’s me in the middle and that’s my mom right behind. It was my seventh birthday party. Thanks for throwing one hell of a party, mumsy. I miss you. More pictures of the Unsinkable Maggie: Related momlinks: why do you flip and give me a skip each time grave-y undead again thank you mudda thank…
Read Morestimuli, economic and otherwise
Thanks for your birthday wishes, your gifts, your treats, and your overall awesomeness. Yesterday was a fine fine day and there are more fun times to come, though in the future I might consider the radical concept of my special day lasting just 24 hours. My birthday is a loaded time, mostly due to the…
Read Moreshocking realizations to you and to me
I am over Hello Kitty. Explicitly, I am over the “Look at the newest, nuttiest Hello Kitty product from Japan!” articles and posts. I feel my horizontally-positioned hand rising up to my neck, my forehead, then a good foot above my head as I illustrate to the world to where I’ve had it up. Hypocrite…
Read Moresunny side (relentlessly) up
Molly and I went to brunch in San Francisco on Sunday. Citizen Cake has very spicy Bloody Marys, delectable donut balls, and an annoying website with Flash and auto-loading audio. The new floor plan of the restaurant, while airier than before, does kind of pack in the Citizens — not a tragedy if one likes…
Read Moreironic occurrence and unlikely endorsement
So I’m still at Web 2.0 Expo — tired of hearing that yet? My panel went very well yesterday. As for the Expo, I have a lot of short, Twitter-like bursts of impressions. The impressions are about as exciting as Twitter, as well. Fleeting, sometimes interesting, mostly just … impressions. As weeks are wont to…
Read Morewrite this on your hand.
This past week, I had a minor Crisis of Confidence — Career Version! Something about my job stress and having to get a website designed and this impending panel discussion at Web 2.0 Expo (at which I’m to discuss my internet habits) made me feel in over my head, a little. I was feeling outrun,…
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