The Greatest Blog in the Entire World: February 2008

Like the giant head in the 1984 Mac Commercial

For the most part I am pro technology. But after this morning I may have to rethink the idea that all progress is good progress.

At toiling we had an all opposite of fred (hands) which was in North Carolina and in San Jose. We saw the meeting and presentation via a teleconference and they saw us which was fine.
All fine until the question segment of the show when someone asked a question at the microphone in the aisle next to me. The camera centers on her but my giant head is on the screen.

The person answers the question in North Carolina and behind him is an image of my head projected so it looks like around 6 feet tall. I was trying to be perfectly still and not laugh.
At that time I would far prefer a Flinstone over a Jetsons existence

Then I could not locate my car in the parking lot. If my head was 6 feet tall and full of helium then I would be able to survey the parking lot above.

On another note I got a box of magical produce from Farm Fresh to You. Best Orange Ever.
Eating less processed/industrialized food is good.

At the gas station I got my car wash. The woman in front of me did not know how to work her power window or maybe she wanted to hit on me.
It took me a couple of seconds to sort out the issue.

Will be auditioning for a spoken word thing called Mortified so I photocopied some nonsense I wrote in the Reagan years. It is AWFUL.

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Going to Different Retail Establishments...

I will start off by telling you the last place I went, which was Ross, one of those places where the queues are really long.
As I am in the market for new trousers I was looking at their dungarees when I was surprised to hear Robbie Williams. It was not Me and My Monkey which is one of the greatest ballads ever but still I did not expect to hear his music in such a setting but then again, I discovered The Streets while at the Target in Daly City so I am open to good music where it shows up.
I wondered if the other patrons would be able to name all the characters in Me And My Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnSuSw-XKco&feature=related
Hell, there was probably a red headed school teacher/poodle breeder/procol harum in the queue who was rocking out to the Robbie Williams..

Earlier I returned a power cord to Office Max and did not see fred containers at Sports Authority. I am waiting for the $25 off a $100 purchase to use my $25 gift card.

Went on a 7 mile run. Cleared my head. I have run 75 miles this month and I have a long run scheduled for Friday to keep myself on pace for 1000 miles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO0b5qG8_Q8&feature=related
If Robbie Williams ever makes his way to the states I should go because I am sure the ratio would be in more my favor.

Went to Costco and I hate the customer experience. The people who work at Costco are AMAZINGLY unhelpful. Its a HORRIBLE customer experience unless its well planned and timed.

I need to get a white jump suit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q04_ClDxRsk&NR=1

After toiling we went to Pedro's. They did not have Ginger Ale but they put bitters in 7UP which was quite good. I think if I watched Sports Center for more than four hours I would lose my mind.

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Grand Hotel + the Richmond and the Haight are way further than I expected when I am running late.

One of the biggest influences on my musical tastes were records/8 tracks from my Brothers and Sister plus stuff I got from garage sales.

Around 1985 I got around 100 LP's for $15 and the guy drove them to my house.

Some random people came by to pick out some and Procol Harum was pointed out to me.

This led me to join Douglas Adams and John Lennon who listed them as their favorite band.

Now if you go on Facebook you can list your favorite bands. I put down among the usuals suspects Procol Harum which I guess goes into the obscure category.

For those of you not in the know here they are

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb3iPP-tHdA

Honestly I think I could beat them all up but they are a good band.

I was listening to Salmon of Doubt and Douglas Adams mentioned a number of times how the song, "Grand Hotel" inspired him to write the second Hitchhikers book.

Could not get it on iTunes.

Went to Green Apple Books to see if they had Grand Hotel and they did not so I got a finger puppet.

Parked outside of the place I went for Dinner and walked to the Haight but it was way further but luckily Amoeba had it.

The song is quite good.

For more on Procol Harum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procol_Harum

Medical Advice on BART

In the 1980's during the Classic Rock Revival my sister Andrea and I went to the old post office pavilion to see Iron Butterfly.
We took the Metro. On the way back a homeless guy started telling us a long winded story about someone cutting throats and he was nice enough to demonstrate a cutting action on me.

I then convinced him that the station we were at was his stop and he got out.

A few days later I had Pink Eye.

After running, (it was a way better run around Lake Merced) I took BART to the city.

This Korean guy was asking me for my medical advice on a training injury. It must be a bad medical system if you start asking strangers for medical advice some things need to change.
I told him to put on icy hot, use bayer and not lift as much.

Then this other random guy with a cane sits down and then tells us how he is $.90 short to get off. I am quite sure he was scamming me but he took off his hat and told us a story about getting hit in the head on Sunday. I then said, "yesterday?", no, it was the previous Sunday. I gave him a $2 bill as that was all I had. The Korean guy was shocked by the existence of the $2 Bill and happily the guy left and I doubt I will get Pink Eye or hit on the head with a pipe.

Had dinner at Sellers Market. Good food but I get annoyed with a tip line on a counter order but the salad was good.

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Weather

Once again, the weather was yucky but to appreciate good weather you need cold blustery.

I am glad I went running yesterday, as I am not a fan of running on the tread mill. I find that to be very made of wood.

Tomorrow I will go for a long run in the Marina/Presidio and I will see many cute dogs.

So it was a not a day full of picnics in the park I had to find something to do.

Went to Stonestown to try on jeans as I need a pair that is not baggy. The Gap and Banana Republic were not having a sale. Lucky was having a sale but it was still twice as much as Costco. I looked at my drivers license and it said, I was not born yesterday and that I was not a rube or chump. I did bid on some 36x32 on eBay at the apple store.

Saw, "Be Kind, Rewind." I need to put "Graphite Returns" on You Tube. It will be pretty funny.

Went to a games thing via Meetup. I need to bring Scrabble.

Went to the Legion of Honor and I was a bit dopey. If you want more details send me an e-mail.

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Rain Run Ice Cream Volleyball

My sister Andrea called to tell me about a show on the Food Network where a Southern Cook was making some sort of Hamburger with Krispy Kreme Doughnut as the bun. It is the anti of the hamburger I made last week.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2113470&page=1

If people around the world think of Americans as bloated and slothful I must admit that the evidence is pretty clear.

Speaking of Slothful, I went to Costco to get in before the queues. As we were waiting outside in the wind I talked to the patrons about being attacked by Zombies.

They should put heat lamps in the awning outside of the store but I do not think Costco is that concerned about making it a pleasant shopping experience.

(BTW It is pouring. I doubt today will have me going to the park for a picnic...)

The weather forecast was one that you would share with random strangers. I do not like Umbrellas but I do like that song except when that other guy shouts random things.

I went for a six mile run mostly around Gellert Park. It put me over the 800 mile mark.

Killed some time from the rainy streets in Cafe Prague and I imagined I was in some dreary city.

Lauren Dunn was having her second annual Chinese New Years party. According to the Things White People Like Lauren is

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/73-gentrification/

AND

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/71-being-the-only-white-person-around/

We will be getting the volleyball team together for another season and then we will go to Plutos. I like it because you can get separate checks and you are not expected to tip.

One of the pictures below is a guy on BART eating a dish of ice cream. I remember the woman eating soup. I do not mind if someone is eating a power bar but if you are being Sticky Stanley then that is made of wood.

The pictures at the very end were McDonalds ads aimed at the Chinese community. When these communities adopt a more Western Diet of industralized, corn fed, hydroganated oil food they have an increase in heart disease.