Friday, 30 November 2007
- ITEM: I ordered an XO laptop and cannot wait for it to arrive. Are you a geek? Perhaps one with a child in your life? Here's why you should follow suit (the Give 1 Get 1 program has been extended till 12/31).
- ITEM: John Carroll wrote two amazing columns this week. First up, his take on the rich fucktards in Seadrift who think they own the beach. (Are you a transplant to California? Then listen the fuck up: In this state, the people own the beach.)
- ITEM: John Carroll #2: At his funniest, on what can happen come a Tuesday.
- ITEM: Just another lie: Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad never said "Israel must be wiped off the map."
- ITEM: Stanfurd 13-point favorites for tomorrow's Big Game. "I have a bad feeling about this." GO BEARS!
Wednesday, 14 November 2007
It doesn't get much better than when one of your favorite musicians gives you a sudden and unexpected dose of the spiritual truths you hold dear:
And she spoke unto me, saying:
'Fear not the movement of the heavens above
Or the earth below
For change is what we are, my child!
Righteous are those who look up and sway with the wind,
Who look down and dance with the shifting of the soil,
Who swim with the movement of the tides,
Who seek the truth around them and discover,
We are and have always been in paradise —
The reflections of heaven on earth! Amen!'
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Sunday, 11 November 2007
Spotted brunching together at the table next to me this morning at La Note in Berkeley: Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon. They shared a Sunday New York Times as they waited for Berkeley's best breakfast to arrive. Reese is a tiny little thing, and even mousier in person than on the screen. (I've never understood why some guys find her dreamy.) Jake is a hunk who apparently has to do battle with acne, just like a real person.
And she spoke unto me, saying:
