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about me
I'm half Indian and half White -- I tan, but I can get bad sunburns pretty easily too. So to deal with that, the sunburn issue, I tend to wear one of those silly-looking Tilley hats when I'm outside and don't feel like using the sunscreen.
What else... I was almost born on an airplane while my Mom was flying back from studying Urdu in Pakistan.
Oh, another thing: people I've never met before are always telling me that I look familiar to them. What do you think?
I play a few boardgames. If you want to beat me at Scrabble, make sure to limit my turns to, like, a minute each. To beat me at Scrabulous (or whatever online incarnation of Scrabble happens to be currently popular), cut me off at like, I dunno, 3 days.
Public hearing on the future of the Internet -- come tell FCC Commissioners what you think
( events » politics & activism ) [message below was cut-and-pasted from a public service mailing list I'm on]
Dear Friends
Comcast, AT&T and Verizon have given us a glimpse of a world without Internet freedom, and it's a chilling sight.
In recent months, these companies ha...
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"The Ethics of Food & the Environment" -- a speaker series at Stanford -- free and open to the public
( events » politics & activism ) EVENT SUMMARY:
The Stanford Program in Ethics in Society is pleased to announce its upcoming series entitled, The Ethics of Food & the Environment. It features Michael Pollan, Marion Nestle and Peter Singer, as well as 5 related, thought-provok...
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super glue
( miscellaneous » products )
"superglue facts..."
Superglue...
*was invented at Kodak during WW II
*was used to a limited extent to patch wounds in 'nam
*in a specific formulation, was approved for surgical use in 1998
*costs at least $100 a tube at the Kaiser Emergency Department -- at lea...
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recommendation posted on Thu, February 8, 2007 - 11:51 PM
cafe cocomo's
( local favorites » bars / clubs / cafes )
"Fun if you already know salsa"
Its location close to the 22nd Street Caltrain station makes it convenient for commuters.
When I went there recently it seemed that most of the dancers there were fairly advanced, making my friends and I think that it might not be the best plac...
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recommendation posted on Sun, October 1, 2006 - 12:51 AM
Talk Like a Pirate Day
( miscellaneous » jokes )
"Oh, lighten up"
It was fun to login and be caught off-guard enough to have to say "WTF?" to meself. Arrr, now I'm startin' to talk like a pirate. Anyway, yeah, pirate jokes need a rest, but when's the last time you saw something interesting happen to tribe.net'...
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recommendation posted on Tue, September 19, 2006 - 10:34 AM
Takin' Care of Business
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FYI:
For the next few weeks I won't be here much and will be pretty bad about responding to messages. I'm buckling down to get a project done. Thanks for your understanding!
Do you agree with George?
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Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
-- George Bernard Shaw
Whole Foods Market Berkeley
( local favorites » other )
"go to The Berkeley Bowl instead"
"Whole Foods" didn't earn the nickname "Whole Paycheck" for nothing. If you're willing to part with the fairly upscale atmosphere of Whole Foods, then head down the street to The Berkeley Bowl for stuff that's basically the same, but cheaper. Yo...
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recommendation posted on Sat, April 23, 2005 - 8:47 PM
Rancho San Antonio Park
( local favorites » parks & recreation )
"a great place for easy to moderate hikes or trail-runs"
Get there before 4 pm on weekdays if you want to find parking. After 4 pm, the park is filled with recreational runners and high school cross-country teams. Parking there on weekends is impossible, so consider yourself warned. To avoid the park...
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recommendation posted on Sat, April 23, 2005 - 6:26 PM
Safeway
( local favorites » shops )
"It's open 24 hours!"
Their produce is often flavorless, they encourage you to buy more than you need with labels like "20 for $20" in large print hovering above "$1 for 1" in small print, their "fresh bread" is inedible, they do everything they can to collect your per...
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recommendation posted on Sat, April 23, 2005 - 4:19 PM
The Albatross
( local favorites » bars / clubs / cafes )
"great place for non-drinkers"
I don't drink, so bars can be boring for me. This one isn't though, because the board games give me something to do that I don't have to be drunk to enjoy! So if you've got a mixed group of drinkers and non-drinkers/designated drivers, take them...
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recommendation posted on Sat, April 23, 2005 - 4:02 PM
Milk Pail
( local favorites » shops )
"It reminds me of The Berkeley Bowl"
I've gone there twice. I've found that it's like The Berkeley Bowl (it carries a wide variety of produce at moderate prices) except that it's not a full-service supermarket (I don't think you could buy things like toothbrushes and motor oil there...
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recommendation posted on Wed, November 24, 2004 - 4:25 PM
bicycle touring,
! * POLITICS * !,
! ** Left Coast EDM Culture ** !,
! . A Guide to Love in the 21st Century,
! Fun With Fundies !,
! MySpace Expatriates !,
! Oaksterdam,
! Simple Living !,
!! Mission Folks~ this is the barrio!!~,
!!!SAFETY THIRD!!!,
!Awesome WebStuff ('Aw Dag!),
!Majestic Mexico!,
!Obsessive-Compulsive-Artistic-Geniuses?,
‰ doxie dachshunds ®,
"London and the United Kingdom",
( experience design ),
((neuropeans)),
(painfully shy),
* unrepentant melancholics *,
** Art Of Loving **,
** DAGOBA Organic Chocolate **,
***Estonia***,
**Genetically modified food watch**,
**I GOT TESTED!**,
**THINGS YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID**,
+MISSION Action,
.•º•. Tribe.net Hotties.•º•.,
408,
408-SAN-JOSE,
4AD,
650,
6th MASS EXTINCTION,
70s and 80s New Wave Music,
80s Whores,
90.3 KEXP,
99.5th percentile,
:: San Francisco Restaurants ::,
A COUCH TO SURF!,
A Guide to The Great Outdoors,
A List Celebrity Hate Parade,
A Travel Friend,
Africa,
Alan Moore,
Alice in Chains,
ALL ABOUT DESIGN,
ALL ABOUT TRAVEL,
All things Entomology,
All Warfare and Tactics,
Alternative Money and Economics,
AMBIENT CHILL,
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FYI:
For the next few weeks I won't be here much and will be pretty bad about responding to messages. I'm buckling down to get a project done. Thanks for your understanding!
Tue, March 7, 2006 - 8:24 PM
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Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
-- George Bernard Shaw
Fri, December 16, 2005 - 6:47 PM
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November 22, 2006
This is the kind of guy that you might be able to pitch an idea to. And if it's not too off the wall, and not painful, he might actually say 'ok'. He won't laugh you out of the room, and he's a good listener. I think he's going to be a great doctor or something as he has a great bedside manor. (not that I'd know, literally. ;)
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