From the department of the easily amused: The handicapped parking symbols painted on the parking spots outside my office building have little blue dots for eyes. They make me smile in the morning. (Hard to do, believe me.)
10/31/2000 2:21:28 AM - name='1226389'
Decca has been releasing remastered "Original Cast Recordings" from their catalog of Broadway classics. Dusted off gems such as Pippin and Guys and Dolls come with interesting bonus tracks. You can hear Michael Jackson soloing on "Morning Glow" and then warbling "Corner of the Sky" with his brothers. The Guys and Dolls album includes many of the Marlon Brando vocals from the movie version. I think I'll just stick to the concept of "Original Cast", thank you.
10/31/2000 2:18:58 AM - name='1226384'
Monday, October 30, 2000
Have you ever noticed that "springtime", "summertime" and "wintertime" all sound fine, but "autumntime" and "falltime" seem strange?
10/30/2000 2:22:22 AM - name='1216300'
Autumn has the time change that should work to my advantage. But I've fallen back, and I still can't get up.
10/30/2000 2:20:34 AM - name='1216294'
Christmas catalogs are arriving in large piles in my mail box. Apparently someone has decided that I like expensive furnishings and soft clothing. That's probably true, but I don't have space for more furnishings and I don't often buy clothes without trying them on first. If they are indeed trying to get me to do Christmas shopping, they need to figure out what my relatives and friends like and send me those catalogs instead.
10/30/2000 2:17:10 AM - name='1216281'
St. Clair Ice Cream, practically in my home town in Connecticut, makes amazing hand-molded ice creams in the shape of fruits, nuts, flowers, and other suitable items. They'll ship 'em to you with dry ice. They look like they'd be great for stylish parties and as an easy plate and serve dessert for caterers.
10/30/2000 2:09:41 AM - name='1216258'
Friday, October 27, 2000
There was a Simpsons clip show featuring all their song and dance numbers ("All Singing, All Dancing", season 9). It began with Homer returning from the video store with "Paint Your Wagon", which he assumed was a shoot 'em up, action packed western, since it featured Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin. A funny parody scene of the movie was shown, while Homer grimaced at his movie heroes cavorting and caterwauling. I had assumed that this was an entirely concocted scenario. But truth is stranger than fiction. Makes it easier for comedy writers, I guess. Clint and Lee did indeed star in "Paint Your Wagon". They sang in it too. I guess instead of verifying news media "facts", I should be substantiating the inspirations for television comedy.
10/27/2000 12:56:51 AM - name='1192389'
I've been using the Wall of Sound Soundbooth since reading about it on BrainLog and a MetaFilter discussion. I haven't bothered picking out CDs to bring to my new job, so when I absolutely need to listen to music I end up turning to the 'net. Soundbooth lets me program just about exactly what I want to listen to, as Imagine Radio used to. But they get around Imagine's original legal problems by requiring that you include at least one genre per program, so you can't, for example, just select one album and listen to it. It doesn't support all platforms, but I've had good luck with IE 5.5 on NT. The quality is tolerable for pop/rock, but is noticeably lacking during the wider frequencies of classical.
I've enjoyed waiting to hear what will pop up next from my eclectic selection of music and artists. If I don't like a track, there is an extremely handy "skip" feature. I keep evolving my program list, adding a song I love but never hear (such as "And Then He Kissed Me" by the Crystals), or including an entire album for just a day to see if I'll like it, and adding remembered artists I want to hear more of. I've discovered songs by Peter Gabriel and Elvis Costello that I've never heard before (but not, I'm proud to say, any undiscovered Bowie -- apparently I've heard it all). Today I made another station just for musicals and tacked on all the Gilbert & Sullivan they had. Maybe next week I will see if I can create an oldies girls groups station so I can expand on my Crystals song with the Shirelles, the Ronettes, and other classics. And I can toss in some new women to keep my ears open. The unexpected beauty of this device is that every once in a while it sets up some nifty segues that no DJ would ever think to program.
10/27/2000 12:31:04 AM - name='1192291'
Thursday, October 26, 2000
I had noticed that magazine subscriptions were getting cheaper. The annoying cards that always fall out and those inserts that come in the plastic mailers were listing $12 subscriptions to some pretty hoity-toity mags, like Gourmet. I figured it was a sign of the booming economy (it is booming, isn't it? Even though the stock market keeps bouncing around?) According to a USA Today article (via MediaNews), publishers are trying to boost circulation and ad revenue. Next year's postal rate increase is one reason for their need to maintain a healthy cashflow. But lower rates can result in less-affluent and less dedicated readers, so advertisers keep an eye on the demographics. Sounds like a careful balancing act. I haven't jumped at any of the cheap rates. I don't have time to read what I'm getting already.
10/26/2000 12:57:35 AM - name='1183095'
TNT has a way of wrapping up loose TV ends for me. They acquired Babylon 5 (now on SciFi) and allowed it to run its course, although the Crusade series didn't get too far. Now they've made sure that NBC's The Pretender gets to wrap up some of its dangling plot lines too. TNT has picked up the reruns and will be airing two new Pretender movies, the first of which is already in production. I wasn't able to follow the series consistently this past season, but I did try to keep up with the general goings on. So I appreciate a chance to find out what the writers thought they were up to. The TNT Pretender site is all fancy with Flash, but it is informative.
10/26/2000 12:40:19 AM - name='1182998'
Wednesday, October 25, 2000
I am definitely never giving my name and address to Radio Shack. As I was cleaning out my purse, I noticed that my last receipt from them had someone else's complete name and address on it. Perhaps since I didn't give them my name and address, they just used someone else's for my sale. Augh.
10/25/2000 12:17:14 PM - name='1177179'
I had lost all hope for the Mets last night. My a cappella group was making a demo tape (in the same recording studio that Green Day used for their new album, honest to goodness), so after hearing that the Yankees were leading in the fourth, I tuned out and tried to sing in tune. And I stumbled, dead tired, off to bed afterwards,
assuming that the Series was really all over. But, I should know better than to lose faith in the team that likes to set its fans up for disappointment, only to heighten the joys that they sometimes provide. Even if they don't win the series, at least they won a game. Which is more than the last two Yankees World Series opponents can say.
As noted by a Catholic church-goer in the ongoing New York Times coverage of fan rivalry, "God's no Yankees fan. God roots for the Mets. He loves us because we suffer." Amen.
10/25/2000 12:05:58 PM - name='1177084'
Tuesday, October 24, 2000
Election Day draws closer and I have never been so undecided. Most people I speak with talk about voting for the lesser of two evils. Some have hatched schemes to wait for election results from the rest of the U.S. before heading to their west coast polls and throwing their votes away. I'm doing my basic job of making sure everyone I know does vote, but I can't say I'm doing a good job myself of being decisive. The propositions start sounding bad on all sides with certain supporters hiding in "Yes on XX" or "No on XX" groups instead of titles I can relate to (like "Female Engineers of Silicon Valley who hope to raise children and hold mortgages that don't require double incomes" or just simply "People who show common sense"). I will try to make educated choices rather than be paralyzed by uncertainty. Part of the problem is that I seem to be incapable of making decisions based on what is best for only me. I get caught up in deciding what would be best for most people. I still haven't figured out if democracy works better that way for me or not.
10/24/2000 1:47:12 AM - name='1163431'
Here's the strangest thing I've learned in a while. Silk doupioni is a type of silk fabric that is riddled with irregularly spaced slubs, which give it a certain charm. It is a popular choice for bridal gowns. I had thought it was the result of a special kind of weave or less processed method of creating the thread. But it is actually the product of a double cocoon. Sometimes two silkworms will nest in the same space and spin interwoven cocoons. The thread that unravels from this cocoon is tangled and nubby, thus producing the texture of the doupioni. I can only suppose that since this is a fabric in demand, there are silk manufacturers who are crowding their silkworms together into close quarters when they are done feasting and ready to spin. You can read more on silkworm cultivation and silk manufacturing.
10/24/2000 1:35:52 AM - name='1163391'
Monday, October 23, 2000
Susan Sarandon called me yesterday to ask if I agreed with Ralph Nader. But she hung up on me when I wouldn't press "1". Hmph. Recorded telephone solicitation is illegal in California -- but there are some exemptions. I guess Ralph falls into one of those categories.
10/23/2000 2:14:30 AM - name='1153762'
Usually my favored Neiman-Marcus fantasy gift choices are things like tiaras and custom made shoes (hey, it's not like I'm going to actually get what I pick), but this holiday season I think I'll just ask for the submarine. It sleeps eleven and is only 20 million dollars. I wonder if you need a license to drive one of those things.
10/23/2000 1:57:10 AM - name='1153691'
Sunday, October 22, 2000
Very useful, up to the minute, CHP Traffic Incident Information. You can really tell when the traffic peak hours are. And if you click for the details of each incident, you can follow the sequence of the emergency response events. It self-refreshes every 60 seconds.
10/22/2000 1:03:44 PM - name='1149057'
Saturday, October 21, 2000
When I'm this busy it seems like the only time I get to randomly think is when I walk to my car. Usually the walking-to-car thoughts are a jumbled mass of "I'm so busy I can't wait until I'm not so busy I never have time to do what I want anymore". Walking to my car after work yesterday, I realized that I'm busy because I am doing what I want to do, and my life is enrichingly full, not a big draining time sink. I can reset my priorities if I need to, and I'd rather have plenty of friends with whom I wish I could spend more time rather than having no one to talk to. But when I'm in that morass of back to back commitments it's difficult to relax and remember that this is life, the good life, and I'm busy getting the most out of it.
10/21/2000 10:27:46 AM - name='1140861'
My friend, Jen (hi Jen!), brought me an original GRiDPAD that her company was getting rid of. It boots DOS and the pen and digitizer are in fine shape. There's even a modem, RAM card and nifty carrying case. And a 20mb hard drive -- oh my. It'll be fun to play with. Perhaps one day someone will bequeath to me a GRiD Convertible, which had the nicely designed screen that lifted up to reveal the keyboard. Then I can have two sorta matching bookends!
10/21/2000 10:15:21 AM - name='1140789'
Thursday, October 19, 2000
Spotted on MetaFilter: AdFlip.com, the world's largest archive of classic print ads. I did a search on "Bowie" just to see how vast the archive is, and I found five ads, including this classic Ziggy Stardust release ad. Also, here's advice on solving the early '40s hosiery shortage with RIT dye.
10/19/2000 12:39:26 PM - name='1125310'
The New York Times baseball coverage is pulling out all the stops for human interest stories connected to the Mets and Yankees. Their longtime sports writer, George Vecsey, reminisces about the Brooklyn Dodgers. Umpire Ed Montague will be behind home plate (the fact that I remember his name from 1986 may be a bad sign). Dwight Gooden, who grew up with the Mets, is back in another World Series with them, but on the opposing side. Yankee David Cone was also a Met and he may pitch the first game. And there are more than a couple profiles of long-time supporters of both teams, categorizing and generalizing fans on both sides. As usual, I'm more interested in observing the media coverage and surrounding hoopla than the actual sporting event. But that may change a little after the symbolic first pitch goes out (and I find out who gets to throw them).
10/19/2000 12:22:50 PM - name='1125192'
Wednesday, October 18, 2000
I have to confess, I have a morbid fascination with TheSpark.com's Fat Project. I suppose there's a kind of vicarious fantasy in watching someone else eat huge amounts of fattening foods in order to gain 30 pounds and win a contest. Where did I put those baby carrots?
10/18/2000 1:57:47 AM - name='1111784'
Differences between Yankees and Mets World Series ticket sales, according to their official web sites: Method of sale: Yankees - Ticketmaster.com, Mets - ticket office phone sales only. Price: Yankees - $50-$300, Mets - $110 or $160. Per person maximum: Yankees - 4 tickets for 1 game or 2 tickets for 2 games, Mets - 4 tickets for 1 game. Nonrefundable processing fee: Yankees $3, Mets $6. (I'm very tired, so this mundane trivia seems amusing.)
10/18/2000 1:47:49 AM - name='1111756'
Tuesday, October 17, 2000
The Mets have finally made it to the World Series again. Somewhere there is a biology book with my teethmarks in it. My parent were asleep when they won it all in 1986 and I couldn't scream out loud. Or maybe it's been recycled. Anyway, I figure if there is a Subway Series, some smart-aleck will plot out how to actually get from Shea Stadium to Yankee Stadium via subway (not that you'd actually need to do that). So I decided to do it first. I used an interactive Java applet to determine the route:
Start at Willets Point - Shea Stadium on the Seven diamond.
After 11 stops, get off at Grand Central - Lexington Ave.
Transfer to the Four.
After 5 stops, get off at E 161 St - Yankee Stadium.
This other interactive map gives completely different directions. But it doesn't need Java.
10/17/2000 1:15:36 AM - name='1101809'
A while ago, a nice pharmacy clerk informed me that the prescription drug I was taking was actually cheaper if I paid for it myself instead of paying my insurance plan's copayment. I was thrilled at this news because that also meant I could get more than one month's supply at a time (another insurance plan restriction, and one I'm sure the drugstores don't mind since they can get customers in more often). In the past few years I've been through many insurance changes with companies changing plans or me changing companies. I have to remind the pharmacy people each time they put in my new insurance info to please check the cost of my prescriptions to make sure I can't get them cheaper without insurance. I don't know how many drugs are this cheap, but if you have suspicions, you may want to check it out. There are some other iterations of this where I've ended up paying less than my $10 or $15 copayment, but I'm confused as to how that works. It may vary with each insurance company or perhaps even the pharmacy?
10/17/2000 1:08:39 AM - name='1101779'
Monday, October 16, 2000
RIP Vincent Canby. I grew up reading his movie reviews in The NY Times. Fittingly, one of his successors, Janet Maslin, wrote an obituary: "His writing was often an entertainment itself: conversational prose that conveyed a bracing disdain for sentiment, a clear eye for meretricious art, rapier cuts for pretentious fools and fine-tuned praise for artistry, all in a monologue — and sometimes in an invented dialogue with a character he dubbed Stanley."
10/16/2000 1:06:32 PM - name='1096250'
Wired tells us what happened to Pravda, the USSR's propaganda tool. Greek investors kept it afloat for a while, now there are several incarnations, one of which has launched an English version on the web. Apparently even Russian scholars can't tell if its a political vehicle or not. But, as always, it's best to be your own judge.
10/16/2000 1:00:17 PM - name='1096213'
I spotted Blue Man Group in an ad for Intel's Pentium III. They were blue and they were splatting paint around, so I figured it must be them. When I visited Intel's web site to round out this entry, I discovered that the group is being prominently featured there as well. When are they coming to San Francisco?
10/16/2000 12:49:56 PM - name='1096152'
Saturday, October 14, 2000
One disadvantage of the Palm V series' metal case: it gets COLD! Sometimes I take it out of my purse and its like a slab of ice. I can only imagine what would happen if I left it in the sun. But the screen clarity is awesome.
10/14/2000 2:10:18 PM - name='1080888'
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is celebrating the 100th birthday of Symphony Hall this weekend. The Centennial Season includes free concerts for the community, and there is an Open House on Sunday from 8am - 10pm with a wide range of musical performances. Once a friend and I waited in line outside Symphony Hall for "day of concert" cheap tickets. Most everyone in line was a college student, some studying hefty orchestra scores. We got front row seats, which was a little too close, but still a memorable experience.
10/14/2000 10:57:04 AM - name='1079804'
Friday, October 13, 2000
Sorry, no happy postings today. My best friend's nephew was killed by a commuter train (Merc story here) Wednesday night. Word is traveling around and I just got the emails from the east coast about it, and here I am sitting a couple miles away from the accident scene. He lived in the same neighborhood as I did; I would run into him and his mom at the grocery store. There's no elegant way of putting it. This just sucks.
10/13/2000 10:24:51 AM - name='1072151'
Thursday, October 12, 2000
With the help of some hefty map software and an English dictionary, I've managed to already fill about two-thirds of my Palm Vx's 8MB. But that means I still have more memory free than I had total in my previous PalmPilot. What do I mostly do with my Palm? Use HandyShop to keep track of things I want to read, buy and see.
10/12/2000 1:16:58 AM - name='1059977'
Someone has invented a wristband Finger Phone. You stick your finger in your ear to hear the caller and the microphone is on the wristband. It's just a prototype right now, but there are working models. It definitely beats Get Smart's shoe phone. But I think most people would rather have an earpiece. It's kind of awkward walking around with your finger in your ear.
10/12/2000 1:08:57 AM - name='1059942'
LucasArts has consistently released funny, fun, entertaining, high quality games. There's newer stuff like Grim Fandango and classics like Sam and Max. I bought one of their classics packages, LucasArts archives a while ago. I also own a lot of their Star Wars games. In fact, I think they are probably the games publisher I have spent the most money on. Now they have a new Monkey Island game: Escape From Monkey Island. There's a demo you can download (and apparently pirates are bad, mean, AND pond scum).
10/12/2000 1:02:04 AM - name='1059919'
Wednesday, October 11, 2000
Remember, it's not enough to just decide you want to be an organ or tissue donor if the worst occurs. You must tell your family too so they can make the proper decisions. Their consent is required. Consider sharing your life. And while I'm on this soapbox, don't forget to give blood if you are eligible. You may find yourself or a loved one on the receiving end one day.
10/11/2000 2:20:03 AM - name='1050971'
I'm addicted to ginger chews from the Ginger People. They bite back. (The ginger chews, not the ginger people.) It's like how Altoids hit you with that punch of peppermint, but with ginger instead. And, uh, chewy.
10/11/2000 2:11:19 AM - name='1050952'
A directory of top level domain country codes is easy to find, but I just hadn't bothered looking before. Now I can dream up domain names like um.er, ie.eg or eg.ie, and ego.id. And take little meanders into wondering when someone can actually register foo.bar and cdr.car.
10/11/2000 2:03:10 AM - name='1050928'
I think the only solution to making sure I get to bed at a reasonable hour may be to cut off all electricity at 12am. Of course then I would probably just read with a flashlight for another two hours. Under the covers for nostalgic authenticity.
10/11/2000 1:57:25 AM - name='1050906'
Tuesday, October 10, 2000
I have no spare time this week. So of course my Palm Vx arrived. But it's waiting patiently for me (it has to; it can't do much on its own without its initial 4 hour battery charge).
10/10/2000 11:26:28 AM - name='1044982'
Autumn is a difficult season for me to spend in California. I miss New England in a painful way when my body senses that the seasonal changes are not happening the way it is still accustomed to, even after nine years. I wish I had appreciated the beautiful colors of the trees more when I had been there. I do remember a wonderful train ride from Boston, MA to Stamford, CT around this time of year (probably this exact past weekend, going home for a Columbus Day weekend) where my eyes were often glued to the windows, watching the brilliant oranges, yellows, and reds trundle by. Now I have to content myself with leaves sent over by my mom and web sites with photos. There is color in certain places around California. Sometimes I see a glimmer.
10/10/2000 10:13:26 AM - name='1044443'
Monday, October 9, 2000
It's a good thing the 49ers were playing the Raiders because that was a win-win solution for a sad day in Bay Area sports. Both the Giants and A's were eliminated. But now I get to seriously consider the reality of a Subway Series. And root for the underdog Mets, as always (forgetting that everyone I know is on the Yankees now).
10/9/2000 1:51:42 AM - name='1032381'
Fleet Week activities were fun. As usual, the Blue Angels were a thrill to watch. We toured the USS Boxer which was filled with knowledgeable Marines and topped off with helicopters.
10/9/2000 1:45:28 AM - name='1032360'
The deep discounts we are accustomed to seeing from Amazon, and, subsequently, their competitors, are quietly going away, according to a NY Times article. Many books are still selling at some discount, but Amazon's prices are 10% higher than before. 50% bestseller discounts are now 40%. Paperbacks formerly at 20% off are now 10%. Other stores, brick and mortar included, are following suit. It's a relief for investors hoping to see profits. But if customers were looking to save money by ordering online, they now have to order more to justify the shipping and handling costs, unless the convenience is calculated in.
10/9/2000 1:39:34 AM - name='1032339'
Sunday, October 8, 2000
Someone in the press did notice that Netcom went away. Thank goodness; now I have actual newsprint for my scrapbook. "Having a Netcom e-mail address had a certain amount of geek cachet--in the early days, some say, a list of Netcom subscribers could've made up a veritable Who's Who of the technology industry." sigh.
10/8/2000 8:33:44 AM - name='1026021'
Today I'm headed up to San Francisco for Fleet Week. It's a terrible day to get up to the city. Not only are the 49ers playing, they're playing the Oakland Raiders. And the A's are back in town after routing the Yankees (OK, that is on the other side of the bay, at least). There's a parade and regular Fleet Week activities (Blue Angels, ship tours). If the Giants were back in town, I think I'd skip the crowds and stay at home. But they're trying to keep it alive at Shea. Ahhh Shea Stadium...the memories.
10/8/2000 8:31:40 AM - name='1026014'
American citizens, over 18, please remember to register to vote. If you've moved and forget to re-register on time, go to your old polling place (if that's possible). Don't you dare take this right for granted.
10/8/2000 8:26:18 AM - name='1025971'
Saturday, October 7, 2000
After many years singing "Bonne Anniversaire a Toi" (translation "Happy Birthday to You") in junior and senior high school French classes, I was perplexed and astounded to hear actual native French speakers singing "Joyeux Anniversaire" at a birthday party last night. Same tune. Different "happy" and lose the "you". Are all the American French teachers wrong or is there a split contingent in the translation?
10/7/2000 1:43:44 PM - name='1021375'
Microsoft's Digital Diva has settled with the Digital Divas. Stacy Elliott now has the spiffy title of "Microsoft Digital Lifestyle Advisor". Microsoft apparently does understand which battles are worth fighting. Their, or at least Bill Gates', PR decisions have become much savvier in the past year. Unless you take the cynical point of view that they are just doing it to make themselves look better. Which is what PR usually is anyway.
10/7/2000 1:38:18 PM - name='1021348'
Friday, October 6, 2000
Actual text from my condo association newsletter: "Please do not allow your dogs to urinate on the lawns, but instead lead them toward the barked areas." Arf arf!
10/6/2000 1:38:53 AM - name='1010538'
The funniest thing I've read about the Presidential debate was an article lamenting their dress uniform (dark blue suit, red tie, white shirt): "As the television cameras cut with each moderator's question from Bush to Gore and Gore to Bush, the only thing that changed were their heads. It was a jarring scene." (via MediaNews, of course)
10/6/2000 1:37:42 AM - name='1010530'
Posters American Style from the National Museum of American Art (via xblog) offers a range of posters, some recent, many historically significant. David Singer's lettering is incredible. Take a peek at some of his non-concert posters at Poster Planet. There's also the David Singer site. I sometimes think about dabbling in vintage poster collecting, but I think I'd be just as happy with reproductions.
10/6/2000 1:34:09 AM - name='1010512'
Wednesday, October 4, 2000
Speaking of old electronics magazines (as I was yesterday), Byte was another forerunner in the computer magazine scene. From the start of Byte in 1975, Robert Tinney created many of their covers. Some of my favorites featured chips masquerading as things like piano keys and insects. Many were impressively Escher inspired.
10/4/2000 1:34:35 AM - name='992708'
I can't believe the Berlin Wall has been down for ten years. It seems like just a couple of years ago that the world seemed to be altering itself at a rapid pace while I kept hearing Jesus Jones sing "Right Here Right Now, watching the world wake up from history". There's still much unrest, still much to be solved, which I hope means there is more history to be made. I only caught a few minutes of the documentary After the Fall, but I hope they were the oddest minutes. A man was describing how his pharmaceutical firm makes homeopathic pills out of finely crushed remnants of the Berlin Wall. That's recycling for you.
10/4/2000 1:21:41 AM - name='992677'
Tuesday, October 3, 2000
I got my copy of David Bowie's BBC Sessions, but Peter Gabriel's OVO album appears to only be available as an import.
10/3/2000 1:48:50 AM - name='983830'
I read whatever was in the house (in English) when I was growing up. I was a voracious reader. I read magazines about things that I didn't really have an active interest in because it was words. Interesting words about strange things. My brothers had a subscription to Popular Electronics. I actually based my eighth grade science project on a fiber optic project printed in two issues. I got lots of help, of course, and promptly forgot how to read a circuit diagram afterwards. A few years after that, the magazine changed its name to Computers & Electronics. The beginning of the end. Someone is planning to scan in all of his 330 issues, but it's going to take him a while. Other folks have reproduced specific items, such as how to make your own Pong game. The name Popular Electronics was resurrected, but recently got mushed into the less appealing (in my opinion) title: Poptronics. Sounds like another breakfast cereal, cartoon show cross-marketing deal.
10/3/2000 1:24:11 AM - name='983754'
Monday, October 2, 2000
Glass artist Dale Chihuly has been at it again. You may have seen the PBS special on his chandeliers in Venice, Ireland and other international locations. Now he has Jerusalem under glass. The Crystal Mountain is just wonderful.
10/2/2000 2:21:43 AM - name='975064'
The Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City are only 16 months away. They started accepting applications for 26,000 volunteer positions this past March. There are three mascots symbolizing higher, faster, stronger. I'm just glad that the giant kangaroos on bicycles that appeared in the Atlanta closing ceremonies didn't make it to Sydney.
10/2/2000 1:56:01 AM - name='974978'
My cat has a Harmony Buckle collar. It is very cool because the patented fastener is a yin yang symbol that comes apart but holds securely. I didn't realize until I looked at their website that they have products for humans too. So I could get a bracelet or keychain for myself that matches the meowing one's collar.
10/2/2000 1:25:36 AM - name='974895'
Sunday, October 1, 2000
Today I'm going to the Vintage Computer Festival. I wouldn't say I'm being dragged there, necessarily. In fact, I will probably find it to be interesting. And according to the website, "The Vintage Technology Cooperative has plans to build a massively parallel Commodore 64 supercomputer." Whew. The Atari Historical Society has its very own little corner of the exhibition hall.
10/1/2000 11:19:15 AM - name='969627'
