vicster

"Mayor Gavin Newsom sat down with CBS 5 political reporter Hank Plante Thursday afternoon to talk, at least according to the mayor's plan, about the city's $522 million budget deficit for next fiscal year. But things clearly didn't play out as Newsom wanted. Plante put off budget talk to first ask the mayor about the trip to Hawaii that his staff didn't know about, the fact that he canceled several long-planned appearances at the last minute and, generally, his unusual behavior since dropping out of the governor's race last month. Check it out - and be sure to watch 'til the end when Newsom rips off his microphone and has some choice words for Plante." - vicster from Bookmarklet

Watching Gavin Newsom--well watching SF politics, really--over the last 12-18 months has been quite like watching a train wreck. - vicster

Oh dear. That can't be good. - Anika

Thanks for the e-hugs. That, snuggly kitties and a big mug of tea have turned things for the better now. :-) - vicster

Canadians are suspicious when they aren't in their natural habitat - RAPatton

damn those Canadian's with flashlights!!! - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

"Yesterday, Becker graced me with an opportunity to speak at the [b] school Study Hall. The topic was on effective blogging techniques. I can relate. * blogging is not that fun * blogging is time consuming * why blog? do people even read it? * how do I validate it being useful? based on number of comments? Don’t worry. Blog for the sake of blogging. Do it for yourself. But I admit, there are ways to do it more effectively. And over the years, I have been honing this skill and have booked many weddings from it." - vicster from Bookmarklet

<3 *le sigh...* - vicster from Bookmarklet

@Kendra, true, but this is more in terms of fashion, than in terms of their actual nerdiness. - vicster

"We used to have the world's greatest system of higher education and we thrived. Now we have the world's biggest system of penal institutions and we're broke. That's the decision Californians have made over the past 30 years: more prisons and better paid prison guards, but lower taxes and less education. (And not just higher education, either.) It's hard to think of a stupider allocation of resources. But hey — at least our property taxes are capped! Hooray!" - vicster from Bookmarklet

that's one way of prediction. - Mahmood Padura

They change the normal landing and take-off routes for the airports when storms come in (not sure about SJO) - vicster

"Schadenfreude never seems as sweet as it does when it's directed at the music industry. We fans understand, of course, that the vast majority of those employed by said industry are passionate about what they do. Which makes it all the more fun to see the boneheads among us flounder in the public embarrassment of their worst decisions. The chief failure of the recording industry this decade, some have written, was its initial decision to treat digital music as an enemy. Rather than find a way to embrace Napster and its 26 million users, the Recording Industry Association of America took legal action against the company, thus only diffusing and intensifying the methods and rate of piracy. With the genie freed from the bottle, the music business is still reeling." - vicster from Bookmarklet

...and the lenses I'd need to do sports photography like this (which I'd love to do) only cost btw $5k-10k. Each. - vicster from Bookmarklet

I may have to add this to my specs for the "dream house I'll build when I win the Lotto" house! - vicster from Bookmarklet

Odd, when I posted via the bookmarklet the image showed up, yet it's not in the actual post. #wev - vicster

Wheeeeeee!!! - vicster from Bookmarklet