Archive for March, 2006

Relay the Deucey.

Posted by Paul Brown | Filed under Uncategorized | Mar 29, 2006 | Tags: | Comments Off

Last night, we completed all of the calls on the Plus-level calling list. We still have four weeks of class left, which means that it’s all going to be review, learning the calls from unusual positions, and more challenging, faster calling. I am amazed at how fantastically well this class has progressed in learning the ...Read more.

Green Sunday

Posted by Paul Brown | Filed under Friends, Life in San Francisco | Mar 27, 2006 | Tags: , , | Comments Off

Had a lovely massage with a client Sunday morning, then while chatting with Albadger, he mentioned that he needed some help delivering a recliner to -h (henare). I, in my largesse, volunteered Big John in SF (bigjohnsf), knowing that I was already going to using his van to go grocery shopping, asked John if I ...Read more.

Almost Silver

Posted by Paul Brown | Filed under Life in San Francisco | Mar 26, 2006 | Tags: , | Comments Off

Western Star Dancers held their 24th Anniversary Dance last night at Ebenezer Lutheran Church, with Eric Henerlau calling. During the most crowded portion of the evening, there were six squares on the floor (48 dancers), with people milling about into the kitchen, sitting on the sidelines. Between tips, he played music suitable for two-stepping, western ...Read more.

Episode 01

Posted by Paul Brown | Filed under Uncategorized | Mar 25, 2006 | Tags: , , , , | Comments Off

Calder Exhibit, LJ Friendspage, Chilli Cha Cha, Bit Rationale

Country Singer/TV star Buck Owens dies

Posted by Paul Brown | Filed under Uncategorized | Mar 25, 2006 | Tags: | Comments Off

The AP, courtesy of MSNBC has a lovely article about Buck Owens, an influential country music singer and songwriter, who died Saturday of unreleased causes. Growing up in Sacramento, country music had an important role in shaping some of my musical sensibility, and Buck Owens, inventor of the Bakersfield Sound, with its more raw edge ...Read more.

Answers, Answers

Posted by Paul Brown | Filed under Uncategorized | Mar 24, 2006 | Tags: | Comments Off

Bill (bitterlawngnome) asks (paraphrase): What was the nastiest thing anyone has ever said to you? I could suppose that it could be being told by my mother that I was an unwanted pregnancy, or all the taunts that I endured as a child by my peers for being a girly-boy know-it-all. But truly, I can’t ...Read more.

Remote Control

Posted by Paul Brown | Filed under Uncategorized | Mar 23, 2006 | Tags: , | Comments Off

So, I published my appoinment calendar for remote access, and I’m sitting down here at BearBears on some stray wireless network, enjoying the fresh laptop battery and new internal WiFi card I bought off ebay recently. I bought an internal card because the laptop already had internal antennae installed in it, and I found a ...Read more.

Do You Trust My Taste in Music?

Posted by Paul Brown | Filed under Uncategorized | Mar 22, 2006 | Tags: , | Comments Off

Now this is a fun meme! Thanks Missy Sedai for infecting it my way… I have 2006 items in my iTunes library. Pick a random number between 1 and 2006 and I’ll post a link to that file in my library. Then, you do the same with your music library. Fun!

Spin Change and Exchange the Gears

Posted by Paul Brown | Filed under Life in San Francisco | Mar 21, 2006 | Tags: , | Comments Off

The miniPCI WiFi card for my laptop showed up today. Yipee! I got it installed and tested out on the network here at UGH. Now all I need is for the new battery to arrive, which UPS says will be here on Thursday, and I’ll be all set to hang out at BearBears in the ...Read more.

Caption Contest

Posted by Paul Brown | Filed under Uncategorized | Mar 20, 2006 | Tags: , | Comments Off

Starring Big John in SF (bigjohnsf) and Albadger!

Masonic Mosaic

Posted by Paul Brown | Filed under Uncategorized | Mar 20, 2006 | Tags: , | Comments Off

Days and Nights

Posted by Paul Brown | Filed under Life in San Francisco | Mar 19, 2006 | Tags: , , | Comments Off

Today, John and I took B’harnie to the beach. The tide was high, but going out, and the beach was covered in a salty foam. The water swirled and churned the foam until it looked like a cheesy, yeasty mass, undulating and writhing. Later, I met up with henare and we supped at Fuzio in ...Read more.

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