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Entries from January 2003

Chicago in Emeryville

Thursday, January 16th, 2003 · 1 Comment

Tuesday night after dining at Pasta Pomodoro with Jen and Dad at the new and impressive Bay Street Emeryville mall, we hit the AMC Theatre for a showing of the eccentric, erotic, entertaining musical Chicago, starring Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gere. The film was excellent. It brilliantly wove together the 1920s cabaret song […]

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Tags: movies

America’s Gone Mad

Thursday, January 16th, 2003 · 1 Comment

The UK’s Times Online has an excellent commentary about how America’s gone mad. It covers a lot of the standard stuff — American people who supposedly support a war against Iraq, the biased media portrayal, Bush’s and his Cabinet’s intimate connection with the oil industry — as well as the good point that Bush has […]

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Tags: the world

Site Updates

Wednesday, January 15th, 2003 · Comments Off on Site Updates

I implemented a number of new site features today. The newest section on the site is the guestbook, where you can peruse entries or add your own. Please feel free to leave a mesage. The next cool thing I’ve done is implemented a dynamic site navigation, which will make the addition of future content sections […]

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Tags: site features

The J Spot

Wednesday, January 15th, 2003 · 2 Comments

One of the new and exciting things about moving to the city will be applying for the elusive residential parking sticker. Our new apartment sits in the J Spot. After going through all kinds of hoops like updating our DMV records and providing proof of residence (if we actually get a copy of our new […]

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Tags: anecdotes

In Memoriam

Tuesday, January 14th, 2003 · 2 Comments

On Saturday my uncle, Michael A_nderson, was involved in a car accident in Jerusalem while filming his latest documentary, “Holy Land: Common Ground,” an effort toward peace in the Middle East. He was thrown about 100 feet from the vehicle and pretty badly injured. Luckily, he’s still alive and hospitalized in Jerusalem. My thoughts are […]

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Tags: the world

Kind Words From a Stranger

Monday, January 13th, 2003 · Comments Off on Kind Words From a Stranger

Even though today’s been pretty stressful, there was one part of it that was pretty cool: An email from the woman who’s going to buy most of the furniture that Jen and I are selling as part of the move. Responding to an email I sent her that recapped our conversation and provided her with […]

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Tags: anecdotes

Sociopathic Personality

Monday, January 13th, 2003 · 2 Comments

Ha! This is great: One of my blog entries is currently the number 5 Google search result for sociopathic personality. I just discovered this while reviewing my referrers in my Web log. I think it’s funny that someone searching for that phrase might stumble across me.

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Tags: web stuff

Housing Anxiety

Monday, January 13th, 2003 · Comments Off on Housing Anxiety

Today has been quite the stressful day for me and Jen — one we won’t soon forget. We found out that if we are forced to break our current lease in Larkspur we will be responsible for up to a month-and-a-half rent. That would suck. We are trying to incentivize would-be renters by offering to […]

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Tags: anecdotes

Jonty’s Case Study

Monday, January 13th, 2003 · Comments Off on Jonty’s Case Study

My friend Jonty is featured in a case study by the ASP vendor he uses to run his medical billing business, Medical Partners Group. The story is pretty cool, despite the fact that it’s about the fire that burnt down Jonty’s house and first office on September 18, 2002.

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Tags: the world

California Quarter Election

Monday, January 13th, 2003 · Comments Off on California Quarter Election

The 31st in the series of state quarters will be those of the Golden State, my homeland: California. Voting for your favorite design has begun. (This page shows bigger images of all the quarters.) My favorites, in order, are 20, 9, 3, and 1. I also like 17 and 11. I just cast my vote […]

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Tags: the world