Just Folks

My coffee supply was running low this morning, so I pulled on some jeans and pod-personed the two blocks uphill to my local grocery of predatory prices, Cala Foods»A 50-count bottle of Advil is priced at nearly $9.«. I’d...

Posted by mistersquid on April 27, 2011 6:43 AM

Lunchtime Shell Game on 38 Geary

On Thursday, 13 May, a few of the tech team»and HR« at my work took cabs to Dong Baek, located in the Tenderloin’s northeastern section.1 John Jonathon Leslie Jeffrey Sung Jack Lunch was great, better than I expected.2 I...

Posted by mistersquid on May 21, 2010 8:15 AM

Looking for a Job in California in Early 2010: An Anecdote

In July 2009, I notified my chair that I would not be returning to my job as a professor of literature. My departure was abrupt and left the department in the lurch. For that I am sorry. I am...

Posted by mistersquid on January 27, 2010 7:51 AM

6.5 Earthquake Rocks Humboldt County

Trudy’s Sweets & Treats in Ferndale, CA (source) The linked SFGate article notes that no injuries were reported, but 18,000 customers were without electricity as darkness fell. It calls to my mind the 12:29 PM 17 August 1991 Honeydew...

Posted by mistersquid on January 10, 2010 9:23 AM

“The San Francisco Roach is Generally German or Oriental in Derivation”

Pacific Heights»Pacific Heights. Dir. John Schlesinger. 1990.« is a vastly underrated psychological thriller. Part of the problem likely is the wooden acting by Matthew Modine and the unconvincing ditzy by Melanie Griffith, though Michael Keaton plays creep quite well.1...

Posted by mistersquid on January 8, 2010 9:30 AM

Some Thoughts Regarding the Creation of Text-to-Speech Audiobooks Using Consumer-Grade Software, or One Possible Outcome for Academic Professionalism as a Result of Fully Digitzed Text

Codex Books, Audiobooks, and Assistive Devices: A Tale of Near Misses The last book I checked out of Alden Library while still a faculty at Ohio University was Clay Shirky’s 2008 Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without...

Posted by mistersquid on September 17, 2009 9:47 PM

Q: Coincidence?

Devolution Explained A: I think not! Looking for non-fat organic milk produced by free-range cows and freshly-bunched and twist-tied cilantro, I discovered imprinted on the side of a carton of “Virgin Lemonade” a likeness of one of Jocko Homo’s...

Posted by mistersquid on July 23, 2008 2:43 PM