man, oh man, tom monaghan is crazy. argh.
if you're a michigan fan, alum, or ann arborite, you may want to consider signing the petition here to save the 'big house' from cheesy and repulsive corporate luxury boxes. blech.
on a more upbeat note, check out this website by a guy living with down syndrome that has defied the odds by getting married to another woman with DS. i read their story in time magazine and if the story isn't appealing enough to you to check out his site, please do so for the circa-1998 personal website graphics.
Saturday, July 29, 2006
okay, so i'm a dork, but i thought this was incredibly funny: everyone keeps throwing the term "web 2.0" around in my industry. and nobody really agrees on exactly what it means, although there's a pretty good (and quite long) article on it here.
anyhow, i thought it was pretty funny when one of the ad industry trade publications wrote up a quiz, asking readers to identify the name as either a web 2.0 company or a star wars character. since i'm a fan of both, i loved it. i did pretty well, too, getting only 4 wrong (and i had to guess at more than that). if you're so inclined, you can take the quiz here.
anyhow, i thought it was pretty funny when one of the ad industry trade publications wrote up a quiz, asking readers to identify the name as either a web 2.0 company or a star wars character. since i'm a fan of both, i loved it. i did pretty well, too, getting only 4 wrong (and i had to guess at more than that). if you're so inclined, you can take the quiz here.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
we are gearing up for a massive party here at chez hall (which isn't the official name of our place here in sf -- steve calls it "sara's ark" due to the big flood, and i'm still undecided on a name). we have about 40 people that have RSVPed for cocktails on friday night (!).
speaking of cocktails, tonight i went to the fairmont hotel's tonga room. crazy cheesy, but i loved it. the food wasn't anything to write home about, but the kitchy-ness was amazing. the best review and description that i could find online is here.
speaking of cocktails, tonight i went to the fairmont hotel's tonga room. crazy cheesy, but i loved it. the food wasn't anything to write home about, but the kitchy-ness was amazing. the best review and description that i could find online is here.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
my buddy alex has pointed out this awesome list of 10 unintentionally horrible company URLs. highly enjoyable!
also highly enjoyable: the movie the incredibles -- i can't believe i only saw that this weekend. sheesh, we're horrible about seeing movies!
this weekend was pretty mellow. yesterday we ran a boatload of errrands, picking up a bunch of things we needed to get our place fixed up enough to throw a shindig next weekend.
today we decided to have a bit more fun. i went out with my friend jessica for brunch at my favorite local joint and then for pedis. by the time i got home, steve wanted to have some fun too. he convinced me to go to the beach to go for a run, and on the way home we stopped by fort funston, which is apparently a hang gliding mecca. it was awesome to watch a group of people hang gliding over the cliffs -- and crazy that it's within city limits! we agreed that we need to get out and explore crazy little corners of the city more often. this place rules!
also highly enjoyable: the movie the incredibles -- i can't believe i only saw that this weekend. sheesh, we're horrible about seeing movies!
this weekend was pretty mellow. yesterday we ran a boatload of errrands, picking up a bunch of things we needed to get our place fixed up enough to throw a shindig next weekend.
today we decided to have a bit more fun. i went out with my friend jessica for brunch at my favorite local joint and then for pedis. by the time i got home, steve wanted to have some fun too. he convinced me to go to the beach to go for a run, and on the way home we stopped by fort funston, which is apparently a hang gliding mecca. it was awesome to watch a group of people hang gliding over the cliffs -- and crazy that it's within city limits! we agreed that we need to get out and explore crazy little corners of the city more often. this place rules!
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
ahhh... just as i suspected, michiganders know that the state is fudged, but they still love it. i got into an impassioned discussion about meijer (of all things) today.
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on a very non-related note, steve and i participated in the San Francisco AIDS Walk on sunday. it was incredible! over 25,000 people walked the 6 mile course, and the event raised over $3.7MM for charities helping people in the bay area. i met my initial goal, but since i've found out that i can fundraise until august 11th, i've set a new goal of raising $1000. please visit my site and donate here. if you'd like to see my photos from the event, you can check them out on my flickr page.
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on a very non-related note, steve and i participated in the San Francisco AIDS Walk on sunday. it was incredible! over 25,000 people walked the 6 mile course, and the event raised over $3.7MM for charities helping people in the bay area. i met my initial goal, but since i've found out that i can fundraise until august 11th, i've set a new goal of raising $1000. please visit my site and donate here. if you'd like to see my photos from the event, you can check them out on my flickr page.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
an email from my hubby alerted me that "Dude! You can now break down congressional votes by astrological sign! Thanks Washington Post! I'm totally voting for the Aquarius party next time."
go scorpios!!!
go scorpios!!!
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
wow, this radio ad for vernon robinson is ridiculous. steve and i want to go the gay mariachi party, and have no idea why we haven't been invited.
i noticed that vernon is excerpting one of bill cosby's speeches for one of his ads. i cannot possibly believe that's okay with bill. BILL! SUE THE PANTS OFF OF THIS GUY!
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on a very different note, i received these chocolates as a gift today, and they are rocking my world right now. i'm eating them 1/2 of a chocolate at a time and it's good that steve is home and watching, or i'd probably eat the whole wonderfully expensive box.
i noticed that vernon is excerpting one of bill cosby's speeches for one of his ads. i cannot possibly believe that's okay with bill. BILL! SUE THE PANTS OFF OF THIS GUY!
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on a very different note, i received these chocolates as a gift today, and they are rocking my world right now. i'm eating them 1/2 of a chocolate at a time and it's good that steve is home and watching, or i'd probably eat the whole wonderfully expensive box.
if i had a ton of money, i would buy fort awesome, which is back on the market.
actually, if i had a ton of money, i would buy this house in ann arbor, which steve and i have always loved.
you never know... we could end up back in ann arbor someday. after all, google announced today that they're building a huge office there. we did love seeing our A2 friends last week and miss them terribly, however, we're pretty happy here in cali at the moment.
on my more-reachable "wish list": this camera, which is apparently super easy to use, has flash memory (no tapes/CDs/memory sticks to fiddle with!), has a built in USB port (no cords to tangle up!) and runs on regular batteries (no stupid custom batteries to order!). it's also way tiny, and could fit in my purse. i may just become a vlogger instead of a blogger!
actually, if i had a ton of money, i would buy this house in ann arbor, which steve and i have always loved.
you never know... we could end up back in ann arbor someday. after all, google announced today that they're building a huge office there. we did love seeing our A2 friends last week and miss them terribly, however, we're pretty happy here in cali at the moment.
on my more-reachable "wish list": this camera, which is apparently super easy to use, has flash memory (no tapes/CDs/memory sticks to fiddle with!), has a built in USB port (no cords to tangle up!) and runs on regular batteries (no stupid custom batteries to order!). it's also way tiny, and could fit in my purse. i may just become a vlogger instead of a blogger!
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
i'm so glad that the hoff is recovered from his accident. he's been doing some great work lately, by the way. definitely take the time to check out this video. the song is catchy -- i'm afraid it might be stuck in my head all day tomorrow.
sheesh, that guy is so great.
it kinda made me want a hasslehoff t-shirt.
initially, i went online expecting to find this classic:
then i found shirts with this:
and this:
there are quite a few knight rider shirts, and a few with fun photos of the hoff. there are also a couple "what would hasslehoff do?" shirts available (although i didn't think the graphics were nice enough to link to -- really, i must have *some* standards!).
i think this one might be perfect for steve:
lastly, i unfortunately found this specimen:
for shame, hoff haters!
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and since hasslehoff isn't exactly the most american of topics for me to be writing about latelate on independence day, i would like to take this opportunity to highlight a more american news story this evening: kobayashi has done it once again, winning the annual independence day hot dog eating competition on coney island by devouring 53¾ of nathan's famous hot dogs in 12 minutes. takeru, we didn't doubt you!
sheesh, that guy is so great.
it kinda made me want a hasslehoff t-shirt.
initially, i went online expecting to find this classic:
then i found shirts with this:
and this:
there are quite a few knight rider shirts, and a few with fun photos of the hoff. there are also a couple "what would hasslehoff do?" shirts available (although i didn't think the graphics were nice enough to link to -- really, i must have *some* standards!).
i think this one might be perfect for steve:
lastly, i unfortunately found this specimen:
for shame, hoff haters!
...
and since hasslehoff isn't exactly the most american of topics for me to be writing about latelate on independence day, i would like to take this opportunity to highlight a more american news story this evening: kobayashi has done it once again, winning the annual independence day hot dog eating competition on coney island by devouring 53¾ of nathan's famous hot dogs in 12 minutes. takeru, we didn't doubt you!
Saturday, July 01, 2006
we're in michigan for a superfunpacked week: a wedding, two milestone birthdays (60 & 40), a baby shower and a multi-day family reunion. whew!
steve got in a couple of days ago (he came ahead of me for the bachelor party), and i arrived in yesterday. we've already accomplished quite a bit: steve went to the bachelor party (they went to a lugnuts game), a wedding rehearsal and helped throw a massive rehersal dinner at his folks' house (which was tonight, a day after the rehersal -- which i've never heard of before), and i helped throw the baby shower today. busy, busy, busy!
next friday night we'll be hanging out in ann arbor, so if any of you reading this want to meet up with us, drop me a line. by that point most of the festivities will have concluded and we'll be able to relax...
tonight i went to meijer on my way home (steve's mom only has skim milk, which i can't handle, so i had to pick up 2%). i get lost at meijer nowadays. i decided to look for a couple of little things and it took me *forever*! i guess meijer-ing is a skill that i've forgotten. i've lived too long in the land of smaller inner-city supermarkets, where you have only a few brands of each item (except for pasta sauce, of which there are a zillion varieties at any store but a bodega).
my one other michigan thought for tonight: i love driving around michigan on the weekend of the fourth of july. you're bound to see fireworks from the highway, and it's pretty dang comforting to me, since it reminds me of childhood. i remember that we'd sometimes pull over to watch, and i thought it was sooooo cool to just stumble across a fireworks display on our way to or from a family get-together. happy fourth, everyone!
i thought i'd take this opportunity to update you loyal readers on the saga of the wine-stained pants. i tried to get them dry cleaned, but was told that they were not cleanable. i then took them into the restaurant, where the manager told me he'd talk to the waiter and get back to me. i left him my business card and the pants (hell, i didn't need them anymore), but didn't hear from him for a week. i probably should have stalked him, but i've been mega-busy. anyhow, i finally called, ready to rip him a new ***hole. (i am convinced now that i was too lax on them at the time -- all they gave me were a couple of desserts and the glass of wine that we drank before the waiter spilled it. they didn't even pay for my cab home, which i thought he agreed to at the time). anyhow, i was able to prompt him to remember me, and eventually he told me that if i bought new pants and brought in the receipt he'd reiumburse me. argh. i mean, i do need new pants now, but doesn't he realize how traumatic it is for women to shop for pants, especially under pressure? i went to ann taylor (since that's where the originals were from, and where good lined work pants cost $128 when they're not on sale) and they didn't have anything that i liked -- mostly cropped pants in summertime, it turns out. it wasn't until afterward that i realized i should have just bought ANY pair of pants and taken them in to show him the price. argh! now it will have to wait until after our michigan vacation. hopefully he'll remember me and won't try to haggle with me. yet again, argh.
one last note: thank you to those of you who generously donated to support me in the san francisco aids walk that i'm doing in a couple of weeks. i'm thrilled to have reached my goal, which steve says was too wussy in the first place. hopefully i can raise a couple of hundred dollars more.
steve got in a couple of days ago (he came ahead of me for the bachelor party), and i arrived in yesterday. we've already accomplished quite a bit: steve went to the bachelor party (they went to a lugnuts game), a wedding rehearsal and helped throw a massive rehersal dinner at his folks' house (which was tonight, a day after the rehersal -- which i've never heard of before), and i helped throw the baby shower today. busy, busy, busy!
next friday night we'll be hanging out in ann arbor, so if any of you reading this want to meet up with us, drop me a line. by that point most of the festivities will have concluded and we'll be able to relax...
tonight i went to meijer on my way home (steve's mom only has skim milk, which i can't handle, so i had to pick up 2%). i get lost at meijer nowadays. i decided to look for a couple of little things and it took me *forever*! i guess meijer-ing is a skill that i've forgotten. i've lived too long in the land of smaller inner-city supermarkets, where you have only a few brands of each item (except for pasta sauce, of which there are a zillion varieties at any store but a bodega).
my one other michigan thought for tonight: i love driving around michigan on the weekend of the fourth of july. you're bound to see fireworks from the highway, and it's pretty dang comforting to me, since it reminds me of childhood. i remember that we'd sometimes pull over to watch, and i thought it was sooooo cool to just stumble across a fireworks display on our way to or from a family get-together. happy fourth, everyone!
i thought i'd take this opportunity to update you loyal readers on the saga of the wine-stained pants. i tried to get them dry cleaned, but was told that they were not cleanable. i then took them into the restaurant, where the manager told me he'd talk to the waiter and get back to me. i left him my business card and the pants (hell, i didn't need them anymore), but didn't hear from him for a week. i probably should have stalked him, but i've been mega-busy. anyhow, i finally called, ready to rip him a new ***hole. (i am convinced now that i was too lax on them at the time -- all they gave me were a couple of desserts and the glass of wine that we drank before the waiter spilled it. they didn't even pay for my cab home, which i thought he agreed to at the time). anyhow, i was able to prompt him to remember me, and eventually he told me that if i bought new pants and brought in the receipt he'd reiumburse me. argh. i mean, i do need new pants now, but doesn't he realize how traumatic it is for women to shop for pants, especially under pressure? i went to ann taylor (since that's where the originals were from, and where good lined work pants cost $128 when they're not on sale) and they didn't have anything that i liked -- mostly cropped pants in summertime, it turns out. it wasn't until afterward that i realized i should have just bought ANY pair of pants and taken them in to show him the price. argh! now it will have to wait until after our michigan vacation. hopefully he'll remember me and won't try to haggle with me. yet again, argh.
one last note: thank you to those of you who generously donated to support me in the san francisco aids walk that i'm doing in a couple of weeks. i'm thrilled to have reached my goal, which steve says was too wussy in the first place. hopefully i can raise a couple of hundred dollars more.
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