June 26, 2006
Wow. That was some weekend. I had been looking forward to attending the
Photoshop Soup 2 Nuts conference for a while now. Cleared out two full days to do it, even. It was 2 jam-packed days of Photoshop tutorials and seminars and discussions, put together by
Ruth Knoll, the original
Photoshop widow. (Her husband,
Thomas Knoll, is one of the original creators of Photoshop.) Proceeds from the event go to various non-profit and cultural groups, including the
Michigan Theater.
So, I should have guessed when we drove in at 8:00 am on Friday that the old Benz we parked next to belonged to Russ. Yes we - I had ...
June 14, 2006
Campaign Manager. Yup, for real and everything.
Ron Suarez, progressive Democrat for the City Council (First Ward) had taken me on as his campaign manager. I'm psyched. Got the button maker out and everything.
I am an American aquarium drinker
I assassin down the avenue
Such a great opening line. (Wilco, "I am trying to break your heart") I wish I knew of more songwriters who employ a bit of poetic surrealism in their lyrics. Beck does sometimes, so does Rufus. Anybody know any more?
June 8, 2006
Who takes care of Mama? Tonight, no one but Mama takes care of Mama. Keith is in Los Angeles. The boys are at their dad's house. It's good for them, as I am highly contagious with pinkeye. It's not so good for me. I'm feeling pretty miserable and there's no one here to pat me on the head and make me feel better.
Oh well. At least I found a nice doctor today. When did the nurses get so young? And male? Not complaining, mind you, just noticing. Anyway, the doctor seems like my kind of doctor, well mostly. She told me that the current wisdom on pinkeye is that it's mostly viral, not bacterial, so all the antibiotics in the ...
June 2, 2006
Just returned from a pleasant evening with the
Arbor Update crowd over at Leopold's.
Good to see and meet
Murph and Julie W. and everyone else. And good luck to the various Democratic candidates in attendance, including
Rebekah Warren and
Ron Suarez. Plus our friendly neighborhood County Clerk,
Larry Kestenbaum and library SuperPatron
Ed Vielmetti both made appearances. Good to see you all and here's to many more good years to follow at Arbor Update.
June 1, 2006
What is it with UPS? I can't tell if they're just grossly incompetent or they've got some kind of good thing going. I ordered some headphones through Amazon. They're being shipped UPS. Went out May 30, and not expected to be to me until June 12. Yes, two whole weeks. The US Postal Service website says it would be to me in a week if it went parcel post. Anytime the USPS is operating more efficiently than a for-profit business, you just gotta wonder about the level of incompetence in that business model's execution. Or who's skimming off the top, of course.
