I can hear band at 'official' SF Halloween & they are butchering 'Tricky'.

We are in a serious cottage cheese phase for toddler dinnertimes right now.

Apparently there is a taxi company called 'Sweet Irene' in NYC.

Candy poll: milk duds or sugar babies?

Happy Friday Halloween, everyone! Best wishes for lots of treats and minimal hangovers.

Check out the little girl in blackface... (http://ping.fm/D09ba)

Took Max to a Halloween party in our apt. complex, he was dressed as a dragon. He wouldn't keep the hat on but was 110% adorable.

Today is the first rainy weekday since we moved to San Francisco in the beginning of July.

There is an electronica DJ named 'El Juan Hubbard'. That is awesome.

Listening to jazz at work today to see if that makes writing perl code go more smoothly. Thelonius of course.

I just found out that the Weird Stuff Warehouse is a quarter mile from my office. Sweet. (http://ping.fm/ZGVEw)

Taste test: Bacon-infused vodka (http://ping.fm/N9PRQ)

I am left-mousing today and it is actually not too hard to do. Ergo evaluator recommended I give it a try.

Working in the cafeteria and fighting urge to go to cube. Unfortunately battery is running low...

Its always a ood idea to carry a travel pack of tissues on the train, for yourself or for fellow travelers in need.

Don't tell my wife but I just went longboarding (skating) around the neighborhood, and it was freaking awesome (and chilly).

Don't 'Sugar Baby' brand candies sound vaguely racist? Oh also, they are delicious.

Just ate one of those oranges where you try to peel it at your desk but the skin won't come off and juice sprays all over your keyboard.

I just realized that you can do this in bash 3.x: echo {1..100}. Thus you don't need seq or jot in most cases.

Going to see DiCaprio movie 'Body of Lies' tonight.

I've never packed anything in excelsior, but I've always wanted to, just because it sounds so awesome.

Listening to 'Catholic Girls' by Frank Zappa. (http://ping.fm/n4AJG)

Feeling very endothermic today.

Oh no someone just said 'web 2.0' in my meeting.

Can someone explain to me why Anne Hathaway is a popular and successful actress?

Technically shouldn't the 4th & King San Francisco Caltrain station be the San Francisco Terminal? @sf caltrain

Is .fm the new go-to domain for web2.0 startups? (http://sleep.fm/)

Legally San Francisco billboards must be left dark on Sunday nights. This is a little-known artifact of the city's blue laws.

When I mentioned enjoying the last few days of cheap food at the cafeteria I meant that prices were going up, not that I was being laid off.

http://ping.fm/p/Y96tb

http://ping.fm/p/PMCiO

Total doggie chaos at the Java House - pet costume gathering in progress.

I have a weird affection for my battered old windows Treo 700. (http://ping.fm/ybG7x)

Tubby time for Max.

If my life today were a movie,it would be titled, 'Playground Time, Part Deux!'.

Watching 'Build It Bigger' with Max.

Evening park excursion before I put the monkey to bed.

I need a tarpaulin and a hose to feed this toddler and keep my kitchen sort of clean.

An old acquaintance I seriously thought dead has reestablished contact. Life is too short to hold grudges.

Listening to 'Fire In The Hole' by Ann Beretta. (http://ping.fm/2YAZo)

Garage Sale article actually uses the term 'like modern Joads'. Literary pretensions as usual at the Times.

Just saw a guy on the street wearing glacier glasses.

I just discovered that moving two fingers up and down on the Macbook Pro touchpad works like the scrollwheel. Super handy!

What? Chinese Democracy comes out next month?!? (http://ping.fm/Mk9NL)

Rumor is that bums pee in the sandbox at the playground. Seems unlikely.

According to Max a dog says, 'oof oof oof oof oof'. Close enough.

Has this whole thing just come a cropper?

Why don't the baby bullet caltrains have built-in wheelchair lifts? The decrepit old trains do.

Snack stand at the Mountain View train station is powered by a polluting portable generator. Can someone install an outlet?

I'd like to see a band consisting of a shoehorn, an ear horn, and a horn o' plenty.

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE! (http://ping.fm/ObfyX)

After long last I've converted my capslock key to control (the old unix terminal standard). I really like it.

I keep getting offers to convert my frequent flyer miles to magazine subs. Works pretty well because I never fly enough to get free tix.

This treo is really spoiling the line of my suit. Time for a new phone!

Have reached the toddler singularity; my son now produces messes faster than I can pick them up. Not what Vinge predicted.

Aetna's customer service is amazingly bad. Its almost like they are making it as inconvenient as possible to file claims.

FAIL is the new WIN (http://ping.fm/tuB8X)

Watching 'Oswald' with Max. There's a wiener dog that wears a bun, the penguin, and a blue octopus? Very odd.

Gamera is really neat / Gamera is full of meat / We all love you Gam - er - a!

Know what I don't miss about NYC? Cockroaches.

After today's YHOO earnings announcement I need a stiff drink. Possibly two. (http://ping.fm/27kJF)

Guy next to me on the train is eating a subway sandwich and carrying an Aladdin Bail Bonds folder. There's a good story in that I'm sure.

I think if I was to buy a car I would probably get a slightly used Honda Fit. Excellent mileage and interior space.

Who came up with this headline?!?: Middle-aged women drive rise in U.S. suicides - Yahoo! News (http://ping.fm/r3rTq)

New company incentive plan announced. First prize: Cadillac. You know the rest.

Getting a haircut at work.

Getting a haircut at work.

http://ping.fm/p/MrWId - at the playground near AT&T park in San Francisco.

Apparently there's a bird called the oxpecker that sometimes drinks blood. (http://ping.fm/q7DMP)

whew, ping.fm is back. I was worried.

All of a sudden my toddler son who previously loved bananas won't touch them.

This whole story stinks. They're blaming a 'Mexican Drug Cartel'?!? (http://ping.fm/7DBdS)

New toddler bathtub game: fill plastic cup with water from faucet. Repeat 289 times while giggling.

Latest baby food concoction is a hit! Mostly tastes like sweet potato with slight tang of chard. Where did all the grapes go?

http://ping.fm/p/eBOQ2 - max at the south park playground in san francisco

Today's baby food recipe: carrot, sweet potato, swiss chard, grape. All from farmer's market!

Just took best nap ever. Key accessory: snuggled up toddler.

http://ping.fm/p/5748W

I see from kids tv commercials that Madballs are being advertised again.

Watching Shatner roast on Comedy Central as I don't want to think about Palin right now.

I'd like to watch a movie starring Peter Graves and Robert Stack. Maybe a cop buddy picture?

Feeding a toddler is a lot like creating a Jackson Pollack painting.

I have a phobia about accidentally throwing my keys down the garbage chute.

Omg there are too many hills in san francisco when you don't own a car!

Waiting for an F line trolley.

All the peaches and nectarines are gone from the farmers market. Winter is coming.

http://ping.fm/p/67O3c

Parades are fun, except when they are the last bag of Mother's Cookie Parade you might ever get to eat.

Indiana Jones is chasing space aliens? Srsly? Wtf?!?

Leaving a hectic day at work; looking forward to relaxing train ride home, followed by beer.

What? How Could twitter not be making any money?!? (http://ping.fm/EKfcA)

The Yahoo! cafeteria breakfast bar is out of raisins this morning. No
raisins for my oatmeal! Going to go home early I guess.

Dahon appears to be the dominant brand of folding bikes these days. Thinking about getting one.

Another day of absolutely perfect weather in Sunnyvale. When will the monotony end?!?

Drinking the sweetest champagne I've ever had in my life. I think the technical term is cuvee? It's like a desert wine with bubbles.

People are filling the fountains at Yahoo! with small plastic balls today for some reason.

The cast iron frying pan is possibly the most perfect cooking utensil ever invented.

Turns out that I am a babywearer, & there are groups dedicated to my interest. Thanks internet!

I hear that Witchita lineman is still on the line.

Theres a pet store in my neighborhood called 'South Paws' and one in Portrero Hills called 'Pawtrero'. Whew.

My son is still absolutely transfixed by Klaus Nomi singing 'Simple Man' (http://ping.fm/FYNs0)

Just vacuumed the apartment wearing Max in the ergo on my back.
Worked surprisingly well, and a good workout.

I feel like the fail whale is a meme on the edge of cool, possibly headed toward annoying.

Is Neutral Milk Hotel the best band ever? Evidence: 'Holland 1945', 'Two Headed Boy'.

History Between Drinks (I want to be a Clamper) (http://ping.fm/XqTIu)

Take On Me, Literally (http://ping.fm/iEc26)

Continuing in the sartorial theme: the cleaners starched the bejesus out of my shirt collar, and I like it.

I was in a meeting this morning where almost everyone was wearing cufflinks. That was weird.

Eating peas from a dnosaur bowl. Oh wait, that's what Max is doing. I've got a pork chop.

Those Darn Accordions will be playing at Yahoo Oktoberfest. I saw them at Bumbershoot in 93. Great show.

I love how these articles always mention, "light, sweet crude". Yummy. (http://ping.fm/dNrbU)

O you who turn the wheel and look to windward; Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.

I seem to attend a lot of meetings in too-small conference rooms and end up sitting on floor.

Passed someone reading Chomsky on my walk to train. Bothered me for some reason.

Phrase read on two completely unrelated websites today: 'the map is not the territory'. Why is this part of the zeitgeist right now?

My 18 month old son just started having intense separation anxiety. I know that happens around this age but it's weird to experience.

I just created a Xanga account. Does that make me 13?

On Caltrain with a baby & a beer. Toddler & Tecate, to be exact.

Downtown San Carlos is rockin with an art festival. Oh yeah, and facepainting.

The USS Bonhomme Richard is docked at pier 34 for Fleet Week in SF. (http://ping.fm/2YqTR)

I just heard the Morrisey Song 'Every Day is Like Sunday' in an NFL commercial. Huh? Every day is silent and gray?

Eating honeycombs for breakfast with my son.

Going to the boardwalk to eat some dippin dots!

Unfortunately toddlers don't seem to appreciate a nice quiet cup of morning coffee and the Times.

Caltrain was late so I missed the Highway 17 bus. Now have to wait 40 minutes for next one.

I hear the Blue Angels practicing out over the bay for their Fleet
Week shows this weekend.

Neapolitan is without a doubt the best ice cream sandwich flavor.

Just realized that I can send an SMS from my phone to an email address and it gets delivered (even though I don't have data service).