Radio waves

Has anyone noticed that the radio has been coming in really poorly today? Anyone?

Well, it has. And I've spoken with other people who confirm my observation.

I spoke with a hippie once who said it must be because Mercury was in retrograde. That, in the world of astrology anyways, will make electronics malfunction.

I need to go home and make myself a tin foil helmet now. Sorry, gotta go.

San Francisco Homicide Map

From our friends at www.sfgate.com comes a homicide map fo 2007/2008 in San Francisco.

Enjoy.

Winter Beer Tasting at the Jug Shop

I like beer. Beer is good.

I subscribe to the email newsletter for www.thejugshop.com in San Francisco. They do wine and beer tastings regularly which is great because I think the beverage needs to be paired well with a meal. After all, the beverage is half of getting it right.

They do a great job. Their people are knowledgeable, friendly, and they don't skimp on the pours. They have open my up to some great things.

I met a guy here who wrote a book "Red, White, and Brew" named Brian who I was able to geek out with about the beer. His website is www.beerodyssey.com and you should check it out.

Yelp's Holiday Party

The Yelp holiday party at San Francisco's Exploratorium was off the hook! This was the lighted signage that illuminated the entrance.

They had live bands in the front, a DJ in the back, and two open bars... What more do you want?

Cheer SF? Well, Cheer SF was there too!

Ass Monkey

What an ass-monkey here, in Oakland, shining in all his element. Doesn't he know that you can't take two parking places unless you drive the CL "63"?

Fat Americans - again

Just in time to make us even more fat and lazy, in a promotion between TiVo and Domino's Pizza, broadband subscribers will no longer need to put down the remote control to order their pie.  To add annoying to fattening, the Wall Street Journal reports here that, "When a customer forwards through a commercial for Domino's, TiVo will flash a pop-up advertisement that asks the customer if she would like to order a pizza, then direct her to a Domino's ordering screen."

Yeesh.

Plastic, it's the future

I was listening to NPR this morning and heard some scary facts about our current economic system as a nation. With a savings rate of only 1-2 percent, Americans owe an average of $8000-9000 on their credit cards.   This is all on a country where Nabisco's Easy Cheese needs instructions that read: "For best results, remove cap." - good luck.

Unusually enough though, credit cards seem to be the only product where the terms and conditions can be modified for any reason and at any time by lender.  Raising variable interest rates for sometimes arbitrary reasons.  One of the strangest reasons I've heard yet is raising your rates for becomming past due on some other bank's loan.

Ugly Stairwells

I see Americans waiting for the elevator to go up only one or two floors all the time. Maybe that's why we're so fat. But maybe we take the elevator because the stairways look like THIS. And don't even ask me what this one smelled like.

Let's beautify our stairways. Put some carpet in there. Hang some art on the walls. Wash them once in a while. Get some exercise, save time, save some energy on the electricity bill. Maybe we'll all start taking the stairs instead.

Expense Reports Suck