Of note

TFG made [url=http://www.thefatguy.com/archives/003657.html#003657]mention – that’s just, just something. Then, the other point I missed because I was feeling a bit poorly? Feast Day of St. Eloy. Eloy worked for Dagobert I, minting money for the Frankish King. Eloy went on to become the patron saint of folks who pound stuff with hammers. I like that, Of note

Sick day

I hear that they have designated days when an employee can call in sick. Too bad that doesn’t work around here, seeing as how I‘m the only one who really works. So not much got accomplished. Didn’t get out, didn’t do all those things I was planning too get down. I didn’t even play with Sick day

Friendly Shady Acres

Inside, it felt really chilly outside, but the news kept saying it was nice out. So I dared to venture forth in shorts, and I didn’t really regret my decision. I strolled up and over the bridge to post office, stopped off and picked up a shot of afternoon espresso, and ambled on home. I Friendly Shady Acres

Long E-mail to Sister

Long E-mail to Sister: It started as an idea, a long email to my Sister while I was shuttling through – and riding around – in airports. Somehow – who booked these flights – that’s right – I did. Anyway, I was shuttling around and I noticed that a lot of folks had followed my Long E-mail to Sister

All that birthday stuff

Sister and I, her in her Xmas sweater, me in a fishing shirt, took off on Friday afternoon and “went shopping.” “See, [b]bro[/b], [i]it would make me feel better about myself[/i] if I bought you a new computer, I know you could use a new one. Maybe get an iPod, too, huh? I’ve got a All that birthday stuff

House of Sake, Walnut Creek, CA

House of Sake, Walnut Creek, CA. Don’t you just love a suburban retreat that makes no bones about what it is? With signage like that, how can one go wrong? The only way it could be any better is to change a Southland company to a “Bubba’s Beer – Bait – Ammo.” Somehow, I just House of Sake, Walnut Creek, CA

Map

It’s a project I worked on for fun. No commercial value. There are those who would argue that most of my work has no commercial value, but I suppose that’s another story. It’s been a long week so far. What’s missing? What should be added? Tequila [url=http://channels.netscape.com/ns/atplay/story.jsp?floc=FF-RTO-reodd&idq=/ff/story/0002/20030926/082594947.htm&sc=reodd]For real? No way, Jose.

Happy Halloween?

Yeah, whatever. Dress up, act out a fantasy, be something that you’re not. Sounds just like Valentine’s Day to me. Oh wait, I got confused. My bad. S’pose to meet in front of the Black Cat Lounge, on 6th, at 9 PM. Onto the mail bag: > Round a-bout, 10/30/03 6:08 PM, ya’ll wrote: > Happy Halloween?

Between coffee shops and BBQ

Between coffee shops and BBQ While I was ambling up and back over the Lamar pedestrian bridge, I got to thinking about that one conversation I’d overheard. Something snapped. Now, I wasn’t getting paid for this analysis, so it might be incomplete, but here’s the deal: What caught my interest initially was a comment about Between coffee shops and BBQ