Archive for December, 2007
Chicken in the Crock Pot, New Year’s Style
I went to the market with Plumpy today and bought a roaster chicken and other groceries. I just stuck it, some white sweet potatoes, an onion, 6 whole cloves of garlic, a pint of button mushrooms, a thinly sliced fennel bulb, a can of garbanzo beans, a big can of diced tomatoes, two cans of ...Read more.
Did You Feel It?
The Recent Earthquake map isn’t showing anything, but I could swear that we just had an earthquake. [EDIT: Must have been indigestion.]
Team Bear Beer Bust
Holy Crap, what a fun afternoon! Jon Levy and I earned nearly $200 for Team Bear giving chair massage. We sold a bunch of raffle tickets, hot dogs, and a huge number of beer bust cups! After expenses, this will have been Team Bear’s most successful fun raiser yet! I’ll be announcing the numbers just ...Read more.
Team Bear Beer Bust Today!
Come to the Eagle Tavern today from 3pm to 6pm for the first of many AIDS/Lifecycle Team Bear fund raisers! Massage-A-Thon – Jon Levy and I will have our massage chairs giving massage for donations! Bootblack – Andrew “Bootpup” Johnson will be shining boots! Raffle – I’m raffling off two two-hour massage sessions! Hot Dogs ...Read more.
Just so we’re clear:
Yes, even if I think you’re hot, no, I don’t have any time to do spur of the moment sex dates. If you’re coming in for a weekend and want to get together, I need to know at least a few days in advance. As if I were just sitting around with nothing to do ...Read more.
RIP – Benazir Bhutto, 1953 – 2007
I remember when Benazir Bhutto was first elected to the Prime Ministership in Pakistan, and remember thinking what a cool name she had – how alliterative and exotic it sounded. And so charismatic and beautiful a woman she was. Even then I knew just how extraordinary the election of a woman to that post in ...Read more.
No Fiesta for Me
I decided this afternoon that I am not going to be attending 2008′s Fiesta de Los Osos in Tucson this coming January. My biggest priority for the coming next several months is saving up money to help Jason move out here from Wyoming, and to help get more out of some of my old debts.
kd lang’s New Album, “Watershed”
This is the first single, “I Dream of Spring,” from the album, which will be released in February 2008. She’s coming here to San Francisco in March, performing at the Palace of Fine Arts… Anyone want to go?
First Line, First Entry Meme, 2007 Edition
Take the first sentence of the first non-meme entry in each month’s first post, and post them in your journal. Jan: Well, this morning I was in bed on the laptop, and I heard some crackling sounds coming from the ceiling. Feb: Yesterday in school, the mentor of our group asked the seniors, and me ...Read more.
Exchange the Boxes
From 2007 12 26 – … The Inter-club Holiday Social, “Exchange the Boxes,” tonight at the Eureka Valley Recreation Center was a smashing success. Thanks to all the clubs, and especially to Big John in San Francisco for all his hard work in organizing it!
Back To Work
Yesterday’s Christmas Dinner was very nice. Big John in San Francisco made carnitas, candied yams, steamed broccoli and carrots and I made spaghetti squash au gratin. Peter (hardybear) prepared the salad from the fixings we had, and Mark(osf) made an apple pie. Frank (ednixon) brought ice cream for the pie. Paul G. was also in ...Read more.
Desert Panorama
On the drive through the desert leading to the Mojave Preserve, I took this series of photos creating a 360 degree panorama. The photo is 4MB and quite wide, but it’s a good look at this austere and beautiful landscape. Panorama Amboy Valley
