AHHA KAREHEHA

Posted by banane on October 28th, 2008 — in about writing, language, travel, walk to work

Ever since I was little I’d look at this one book on the shelf: Ahha Kareheha, or, that’s how I read it. We also had “CHEKHOV” which is really confusing, since that’s not even Cyrillic (there is no V like that), but some 1950s book editor who thought it’d be funny to print an English [...]

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Technology

Posted by banane on October 21st, 2008 — in technology

Credit to Christopher Welle who won the caption contest. There were many good submissions, such as: “iTypewriter” – Baard Overgaard Hansen and “back when i was a kid we didn’t have typewriters, we had to make do with carved tablets of stone” – Cee Bee Also, credit to Bren for the photo, as he owns [...]

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I am a PC.

Posted by banane on October 17th, 2008 — in local color

I’m feeling punchy. Anyways, from an SFist article by Dan, I asked my FriendFeed buddies to caption this photo, and the brililant winner is Live4Soccer. Check out his feed, funny guy. Runner ups: “Mom?” – Mona and “it’s not a truck! it’s a series of tubes!” – David McDonaldRichard (Hussein) Walker :)

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On Using The Guide

Posted by banane on October 13th, 2008 — in MichelinExplorer, local color

Niece & buddy at Cheeseboard. Scoping potential guide destinations on Shattuck this weekend :) I madly ripped through my 2009 Michelin on the 30 Stockton like a total tourist. Here were my first thoughts: – no Tu Lan, phew – the Castro section was re-printed by accident in the beginning – L’Osteria del Forno wasn’t [...]

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Palin & Lack of Empathy and Sympathy

Posted by banane on October 8th, 2008 — in about writing

There are two usages in the English language that I think are pretty important: both are our responses to feelings. One, sympathy, the other, empathy. Either you have experienced it before, sympathy, or you can figure out how one would feel, empathy. Experience, and understanding- Palin lacks both. In watching Sarah Palin’s interview with Katie [...]

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Hummingbird

Posted by banane on October 7th, 2008 — in local color

I work a lot next to this open door with a balcony off to two flowering pear trees. For about three years now I’ve idly heard this bird, and finally I’m going to identify it. Well, it’s (I think, to the best of my knowledge) called “Anna’s Hummingbird.” Isn’t that ironic? Anna’s Hummingbird I think [...]

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