tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55074532011-04-21T17:58:43.792-07:00All the news not fit to print. . .Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07682286475009516197noreply@blogger.comBlogger2061100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507453.post-1155837822292102502006-08-17T10:54:00.000-07:002006-08-17T11:03:42.306-07:00

ok boys and girls, i have finally gotten a very early version of my food blog off the ground - this means i will probably be focusing all my efforts on publishing to that site, updating it, etc. so you probably won't see anymore updates here, but i will be writing my ass off over there. where is there? the new address is www.codcheeks.com - learn it and love it! also, i have a bunch of people who

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there has been a movement growing around the country to get foie gras banned, claiming it amounts to cruelty to animals. there is a ban taking place in california starting in 2008, and the a ban set to take place this month in chicago. i can sum up my opinion of the situation pretty succintly - these people are idiots. first of all, aren't there a bunch of other animal rights issues that should

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i just finished reading my first installment of 'the snail,' the magazine put out by slow food, an organization set up to 'protect the pleasures of the table from the homogenization of modern fast food and life.' it's a pretty interesting organization and it is starting to pick up momentum. many people associate it with some sort of weird vegan thing, but it is actually aimed at making sure all

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came across this great ink work at A Full Belly. if i had to do it all over again, i think i would get the pig on one arm, but i am not sure about the carrot - sort of a wimp in the vegetable world - now asparagus - that's one tough hombre.

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michael bauer, the restaurant critic for the sf chronicle (and to steal a line from peter rose about playing baseball, "i'd run through hell in a gasoline suit" to have that job) started blogging a few months back, and it's been nice to get short observations from him about the restaurant world, culture, customs, etc. it's a lot less formal than a full review, and it's a nice treat to read about

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came across the story of bacon ice cream from the washington post on another food site. seems like most of the comments about the odd flavors of ice cream include the word 'interesting,' which is always code for this 'this tastes like shit but i dont want to offend the chef.' i'm up for a scoop - trip to delaware anyone?

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man, those were some good pork chops! i've heard a lot of people talk about the benefits of brining pork chops vs. not brining them for a long time, so i decided to test it myself. the pork chops came out extremely moist and tender and were some of the best chops i've ever had, and surprisingly, not very salty. you can take the juices from the roasting pan and create a sauce by putting in a

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so i was thinking that one of the reasons i had such a tough time posting to my blog is that i really don't feel like the daily minutae of my life needs to be documented - i need blog about something i actually love talking about - so i thought about it, and came us with food! i find that i have no trouble posting to the group site i am a contributer too (www.pleasureproviderclub.com) with

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i yahoo'ed myself (just doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?) and saw that this blog is actually 2nd on the results page when you put in my name. . . since there are millions of brendan jackson's out there, i was stunned. . .i really am important! i decided since i have this honor, i should start trying to update this blog more often - i'm not promising anything, but i am going to try. . .

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Ask A Ninja: Question 22amother great clip form the ninja!

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So FunnyJust came across this great video - the whole series is pretty funny!

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this whole web 2.0 movement has been driving me crazy lately. . .seems like we haven't even really figured out web 1.0 yet and we are already moving on to the next thing. does 3 years of quasi-stability in an industry mean we have weathered the storm, can pat ourselves on the back, and look toward the glorious future where the money just starts rolling in? i look at business's like google and aol

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so thanks to intense coverage by the sf chronicle, everyone in the bay area knows about fox's bill oreilly's statements about blowing up san francisco - if not, here is a taste: "You know, if I'm the president of the United States, I walk right into Union Square, I set up my little presidential podium and I say, 'Listen, citizens of San Francisco, if you vote against military recruiting, you're

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my friend justin from yahoo, and resident super smart flash guy just created a pirate version of yahoo maps beta. . . if i were from boston i would say this is wicked cool, but since i am a norcal guy, i'll stick with hella cool.

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i had my second polish lesson from my new tutor last night, and i have to say, simply, polish is hard. . .my brain still hurts. i am making progress (i think) but am still having trouble with the 'przch' combo - hmm.......

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this was a good food weekend (even the pizza on friday night from orgasmica was good), a good friends weekend, and with the exception of another pitiful showing by the 49ers, a good sports weekend too.....ewa and her friend jodi had a lackluster garage sale saturday morning/afternoon, and made a whopping $30 between the two of them. i declined to participate, as my time was better spent sitting

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am in LA today to meet with the Yahoos down here, and stayed at the beverley hills hilton last night, which was pretty nice. traveled down here with scott and we shared a really crappy dinner at trader vics. . .my need to try the one in SF as a goof has been taken care of by some pretty crappy food and a $130 check . . . breakfast at the beverley hotel was pretty awful too. now getting ready to

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IMG_0991 Originally uploaded by jackbr4. who else whould you expect to run into after 4 liters of beer at oktoberfest in san francisco? well, mike dunleavy of course, ex-dukie and current golden state warrior. . .especially dig the porn star mustache. . .

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we're married and off to paris then italy! ewa is adjusting to being mrs jackson. . .i think she is lucky :) as an added bonus, free wireless in the warsaw airport. . . check out early pics at http://photos.yahoo.com/jackbr4

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today started out with a nasty headache. . .the product of to many vodka shots at the hotel bar last night. . .my best man (and future brother in law) and sister got into warsaw last night, so of course we needed to have drinks and celbrate. . .after many drinks at dinner i was in the mood. .. (fyi, check out the pics from yesterday and the early part of today)in fact, it's 10pm now, and my

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we arrived in warsaw yesterday, battered and worn, but none the worst for wear. . .non-stop flights from the west coast to europe are rough, but better than stopping in houston along the way. ewa's mom met us, and we checked into our hotel, the bristol, one of the oldest and grandest in warsaw. . .so far is has not dissapointed. we then headed over to ewa's mom's house (affectionately reffered to

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i pretty much spent every free moment this week reading the new harry potter book. . . i was a bit embarressed at times, as i would be sitting on the train to work, surrounded by various folks on their way work, and a 12 year old kid would lean over and say, 'how is it?', and everyone would turn and stare, a suddenly, i was that guy. . .not that i care. . . finally got around to uploading a few

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the final onslaught of the wedding adventure is upon me! we leave in a monthm, and just have a ton of stuff to do. . .and plans every weekend, and a million things to do. . .what, me complain?? so not my style. . . on another completely unrelated and random pocket, our negihbors, whom we have just recently become friends with, are moving back to virginia on saturday. . . will shed a tier as he

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off to vegas tomorrow for my bacehlor party. . .first and last hopefully. we have an all star cast (names with held for their protection) and it should be fun. no cameras and computers allowed. . . the only rule ewa gave me was that i am not allowed to get arressted, but luckily everything is legal in vegas, so. . . .i hope to return none the worse for wear on sunday. . . missing ewa terribly and

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i have returned to the blogging world only to post a link to another blog. . . oh the irony....anyway, check this out. . .

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i've recovered from the post election blues. . . .(no pun intended). now it's time to go back to ignoring everything the government says, since i live in california, and our deal with Bush seems to be, you don't bother us, and we won't secede. . .works for me. . . saw this on pitchfork in a review for the libertines and decided to blantantly steal it and post it here. . .one of the funniest

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i blatantly stole this from justin's blog. . .

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just spent a great two weeks in poland. . . more to come - email me for the link. . . .

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i suck - new job, engagement, 1 1/2 commute . . . blogging has fallen by the wayside. . . it shall return . . .i say good day . . . I Say GOOD DAY!!! :)

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i suck - new job, engagement, 1 1/2 commute . . . blogging has fallen by the wayside. . . it shall return . . .i say good day . . . I Say GOOD DAY!!! :)

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we're engaged. . . .i couldnt be happier!!! more to follow.

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i haven't blogged for a bit . . . i got an email from a freind who wrote, "I once knew a blogger who didn't blog." all that has been happening can be summed up pretty quick. . . i got a new job! a bigger and better and more money making job. . .at Yahoo! (exclamation part of name, not for effect). i start on monday. . . in the mean time, i leave you with the complete text of mark morford from

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in my vicadin haze (nasty toothache - it's a long story) i just watched al gore deliver his speech at the opening of the deocrats convention. was surprised at all the references to 2000 and florida - hopefully that's all we hear about that. . . . excited to see carter and clinton - interested that carter is speaking. he's been a pariah in past conventions for a long time, as well as within

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you have to check this out - greatest story ever. . . .

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quick update on all the stuff going on: *** took ewa to see 'female trouble' at am midnight showing saturday - it is put on by a drag queeen nameed peaches christ. . .it was fierce mary's, very fierce. i think ewa enjoyed the parts she was awake for. . . she is definitely a morning person. . . . *** my lil sis took off for in colorado on sunday - horseback riding, river rafting, archery, etc.

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ewa and i went and saw farenheit 9/11 last night. . . it was. . . interesting. it didn't really tell me anything i didn't know by just reading the news, but as ewa pointed out, this is probably mind aletering for the majority of americans, who, let's face it, don't know where to find the US on a map. it didn't change any of my views, it didn't make more or less angry at the goverment or pissed

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we're back . . . after a 5 day sojurn to kentucky, we arrived back in san francisco late last night (flying first class of course . . . my baby has gots the hookups). it was a great trip and we actually returned home rested and relaxed, lungs full of the country air. . . we got there thursday morning, and really spent the day recovering from the red-eye and shooting the shit with uncle gene and

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starting day 3 of my 5 days in the bluegrass state - it's been incredible.. . we've been eating heavy southern food, watching fireflies on the back porch, and drinking moonshine out of mason jars, and listening to great music (had no idea how good artie shaw sounds out here in the country). more to follow later. . . great pics too - slowly convincing ewa we need to live here. . . we'll see how

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6:40am CDT - sitting in the continental presidents club in houston with ewa - just took the red-eye in from san francisco. ewa got upgraded to first class and let me have the seat - she is the best. . . . sat across from juwan howard who was just traded to the houston rockets and was coming in for his physical. . .the man was big, 6'9" 230. . . ok - off to our flight to cinncinatti, then an

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well, the 60th birthday extraveganza went off without a hitch, but by sunday night i was ready for a two day nap . . . there are some pictures already posted of the various events (ewa and i got a new digital camera and took it everywhere we went. . . ewa wants to document our life more in pictures. . . maybe as future evidence?). if you want to check them out, shoot me an email and i'll send you

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damn it's been a busy week. . . work and life have been running me ragged and it's about to get busier. . . no rest for the weary, and in today's case. . . no rest for the hungover (the margarita's at cafe marimba felt like they had a bottle of tequila in them. . .) this weekend is my step fathers 60 birthday spectacular, as as nobody in my family does anything small, there is an event tonight,

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every year about this time, i can feel the excitement in the air . . .i know it coming - the best part of the summer is almost here. . . it's. . . MIDNIGHT MASS!!!! for those of you not familiar with this glorious of all glorious events, you're missing out, and with summer here, you get a chance to see what it's all about. here's the low down, peaches is a 6 foot tall drag queen who had the

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bringing western culture to the masses. . . one bar at a time. . .

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just found a good friend of my close friend gary is no longer with us - it's a sad story . meet him a few times - nice guy, tall as hell with big dreads - RIP adam. . .

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i have been talking with ewa on and off about burning man, and why we need to go, and how incredible and fun and life altering it can be. in my quest to convince her (and i think i might have for september 2005) i sent her a link to an article by mark morford who is a web columnist for SFGate, which the home page for the Chronicle. I remember reading a when it came out a few years ago, and it

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for those big simpsons fans. . . the ones who sit around loaded and trade lines back and forth and laugh your asses off, you'll love this.

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started watching "the big lebowski" last night, one of the greatest movies of all time (of all time michelle!!!), but didn't get to finish it. such is life. . .i did catch a rerun of south park though, and laughed my ass off - i am always amazed at what twisted bastards parker and stone are. . . brilliant. ***** ewa and i start house sitting duties today - beautiful house in the richmond near

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would it surprise some of you to know that i can be lazy and unmotivated at times. . . i didn't think so. case and point: i just posted pictures from our new years party. . . in my defence, they didn't get developed until the end of april. i also posted some pictures from one of ewa's friends wedding (fall '03) as well as some underwated shots from snorkeling in hawaii - see them here(email me if

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if you get a chance, read this column by mark moford. I've been champoining him for a while now - read him pretty regularly, and the guy is spot on. . . he's into feeling good and great cheese among other things. . . need i say more. ****** new adventure in moving #173: we bought a box spring on wedneday night, and while i paid, ewa pulled the car around (on van ness). one of the worker guys

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this story tells me two things: 1) TV is good B) I need to go to more baseball games

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greatest hits from the loooong weekend. . . . friday night i took ewa and gary to sushi at wasabi and ginger, and even got garym the staunch godzilla's fan (i'm a big fan too) that it was pretty damn good, even though it was a bit more expensive. that cost out weighed by the fact that it is three blocks from our house. . . the occasion was gary's departure to europe today for three months - part

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It's always hard to say goodbye, whether it be to a person or a place, especially when it's been so much a part of your life, whether it be Last night I officially turned the lock for the last time at 1661 Bush St. after a six year stay. I realized that in the 28 scant years I have been roaming the earth, I have never lived in one place so long. I've had seven roommates in those six years, boy

Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07682286475009516197noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507453.post-1085600245542198672004-05-26T12:36:00.000-07:002004-05-26T12:37:25.543-07:00

i couldn't have written it better myself. . . . http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0526042clown1.html

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well, it's done. . . well, about 95% done. i've moved - no longer will i be a resident of beautiful bush st - catherdral hill is no longer my home. i am now a memeber of the cow hollow community . . . this will be a big change for me. even though the two neighborhoods are only ten blocks away, they are very different . . .but i will adapt. . . it's pretty quiet though. . . a little too quiet.

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i was very unsafe for about a quarter of mile on 101 going south, right past the 280 exit when i look up at one of the overpasses and see a big sign attached to it which read, "Now We're All Wearing The Blue Dress." it took me about 15 seconds, then it hit me, and i was laughing my ass off, and almost took out a van full of 'special' kids. for those of you who are still wondering what the hell

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so last night as i skipped out on packing up my old place, i found myself firmly planted i front of thr tv for wht my friend gary called, 'a bonanza of sports.' the giants were playing in chicago, the san jose sharks were playing an elimination playoff game in calgary, and the sacromento kings were in minnesotta facing a similiar fate. well, they all lost. . . such is life. the season is over for

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so as a blogger i was blessed with the chance to be a beta user of the new google email service, gmail. i'm sure i could have thought of some kickass name, but was feeling none to creative when i signed up and just took brendanjackson@gmail.com. what i didn't realize until today is how badly people want to be gmail beta users, and the fact that as a beta user you get to invite to friends two

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the old college roommate was in town this weekend. . . mmmmmmm. . . .booze. we all went out to some good sushi friday night, and then planted our asses on bar stools at the bucaneer on polk st. to ressurect an old college tradition, brendan and thad getting drunk. the good old days. . . we ended up reliving that tradtion with ewa, sensa chris, and nick (accompanied by the very lovely young

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*****update**** ewa put in her editorial two cents and gave me the final go ahead to release all the surfing pics - click here and enjoy!! *************** we returned from our trip to hawaii over three weeks ago, and i am finally getting around to posting them . . .yes, i am a lazy bastard. i just posted all the pictures from our surfing day, but can't share them all with until ewa goes

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wow - the good people at blogger have refreshed with a pretty massive redesign that i mist say is quite nice. maybe this will entice to be a bit more dillegent with my posts. my life has been in so mcuh flux lately that taking the time to write a blog hasn't really been a top priority. the number one thing is that i'm in the process of moving in with ewa, which is a good thing (as marth would say

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i'm on temporary self imposed blog strike after reading an article in the chronicle sunday magazine where the quesiton was posed to Danah boyd: "Are bloggers judgmental?" and her answer was: "By and large, every blogger thinks everybody should be doing what they're doing." hmmm. . . .maybe she is on to something (you can read the full interview here. by telling you this in my blog, i think i have

Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07682286475009516197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507453.post-1082658886793371212004-04-22T11:34:00.000-07:002004-04-22T11:37:45.763-07:00

just got back from a nice little trip to hawaii - no internet access, hence no blog. . .ah, it was great! more news and photos to follow. . . .

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dropped ewa off at the aiport last night - she is now asleep in the grasp of the sweet kentucky air. while i would give anyting to be with her, i am happy to she is their, enjoying the same moments of repose i too would enjoy if i breathing that sweet bluegrass air. tonight she had dinner with gene and the rest - she said she realized why i liked it so much, it is beautiful and they are like

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i'm ashamed to say it has been almost a week since i have blogged. . . what a week it has been. . . .i've been doing the 8am to 8pm work thing, and it seems to have been rip on brendan week too. but, such is life. . . i had a trip planned next week to go visit my uncle gene in kentucky with ewa - i had been talking about this trip for about 4 months now, and yesterday my boss 'unapproved' my

Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07682286475009516197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507453.post-1080277759604587672004-03-25T21:09:00.000-08:002004-03-25T21:11:51.293-08:00

well, after much debate and thought, i've finally devoted to devote a little piece of my blog to getting rid of mr. bush . . .the final straw came as i was writing my last post (see below). so, i've added a little "beat bush" session to my side menu - take a look if you wish - if not, that's ok too - i just feel better knowing it's there. in my quest to gather links, this was on of the best

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it's amazing that the 'leader' of our country can send us to war over the fact that there were weapons of mass distruction, then, a year later, when the tune has been changed, he can joke about it, and nobody seems to care. yeah, there are stories about it here and there, but it is slowly slipping off the radar and to the back page. the short term memory of people in this country amazes me, the

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i've been sick the last three days and in no mood to do anything - i have been working from ewa's couch though. i ended up cancelling my business trip to DC, and i think it is finally time to see the doctor. i was motivated to post from a picture i saw from the drudge report that i just had to share - finally janet is fighting back. . .

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well, it seems that a lot of people i know are out doing exciting things this weekend (including ewa who is in dallas for a bachelorette party!!), and thats all well and good for them - i am happy to be doing absolutely nothing this weekend. . .well, strike that, i did make it to boot camp at baker beach, but since then i have been sitting in my friend gary's basement watching college basketball,

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feeling like to much crap to really write anything interesting today - i didnt actually drink the much, but when ewa dragged me out of bed for boot camp at 5:30, it sure felt like i did. i survived boot camp and i am surviving the day - tonight is dinner with the parents at the polish restaurant in sf - maybe some pickled herring will cure me. . . saw this on www.gawker.com - there's also a

Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07682286475009516197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507453.post-1079561179721514862004-03-17T14:06:00.000-08:002004-03-17T14:08:58.966-08:00

saw this on the drudge report - the new urinals at the mens room in the virgin airways club house at JFK - i love this country:

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another step down the evolutionary ladder - check it out.

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happy st. patricks day to all. to all my irish brethren, we made it one more year - let's eat potatoes, drink guiness, and revel in the fact that we can drink our own weight in whiskey. for all my non irish brethren, use this day as an excuse to get drunk on a wednesday! Erin Go Bragh!!!!!

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i don't know about you guys, but my trillian has been crashing like it's going out of style the past few days. The good makers of Trillian released a fix, so if you are a trillian junkie like me, you can go here to get a patch.

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all you folks out there who go to shows and get pissed off to see a bunch of teeny boppers there and roll your eyes, read this(at the very least read #3 and the addendum) you prentious pricks!!! (thanks to my local blog master willo for originally posting this)

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well, i survived my business trip to san diego . . . the weather was phenomenal of course, and we were very successful on the work side of things to. we ended having an incredible 'expense account' dinner in ja jolla at georges - we drank greag wine and had even better food (the foie gras was divine), then ended up drinking back at the hotel until way too late. . . thursday morning came way to

Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07682286475009516197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507453.post-1078861800249167932004-03-09T11:50:00.000-08:002004-03-09T20:51:16.170-08:00

the weekend in tahoe went off without any major hitches - the weather was gorgeous and the skiing was pretty good, but the in the end, the weather was the real winner. close to 70 degrees on saturday and sunday at the base and still arond 55-60 up top - you can't beat it. . . ewa and i took a free advanced lesson on how to ski moguls which is really one of the only skills still missing from out

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it's a beautiful day in the city today, and it's suppossed to be even more beautiful in tahoe this weekend. luckily, this is the weekend ewa and i choose to take friday off and spend three days in tahoe. my friends devora and rafeal are joining us, as well as my mom, my sister sarah, and my aunt cindy, all who decided to come at the last minute. should be a good weekend, with good snow, and

Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07682286475009516197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507453.post-1078262955835369612004-03-02T13:29:00.000-08:002004-03-02T13:31:23.936-08:00

they found out there was water on mars, which means there was probably life at one point too. phenomanol! now can we start to look for signs of life on earth?

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even though i hate the oscars and the fact that the really, really, really good moives never win (this realization came after 'forrest gump' beat out 'pulp fiction'), i do end up catching pieces here and there every year, and this year was no different. mainly becuase i wanted to see if the 'lord of the rings' would win, and hoping to god bill murray would win for best actor, just to see his

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we had out 1st saturday work out today at baker beach for all the boor camp newbies. . . i had forgotten how many hills ans steps there are at baker beach. we ran up those steps and hills, and then down, and then back up. . .oi! we finished up with push ups and sit ups in the sand. i hurt. . . everywhere. . . but its a good time pain. . .i think. ok - time to get cleaned up and be lazy for a few

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i got turned on to an online columnist for the sfgate a few years ago by the name of mark moford (i encourage everyone to subsribe to the 'morning fix'), and i have always been amazed how he has always been able to shed light on certain issues that i would have never heard of becuase of national furor over something else. This week all the attention has been on gay marriages, and not on the fact

Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07682286475009516197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507453.post-1077837919237064022004-02-26T15:25:00.000-08:002004-02-26T15:27:22.560-08:00

i used to go to this site all the time, then for some reason stopped, and then randomly ran across it again today - i could spend all day there. . .

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i've always had an alternative email address to give when i register for a site i just know will spam me, and it's the same old email moniker i always use, just with @hotmail on the end instead of @yahoo. today, on the advice of a workmate, i decided to set up a new one - all those spammers out there will be sending all that XXX, 'increase your penis size', 'youg wet bitches' email to

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about seven years ago as i was driving across the county, heading back to san francisco, i stopped for a few months and visited in louisville, ky. i had lived and worked there for about year, and was pretty close to the gentleman i worked for, david, and also had my unlce gene in the area. david was pretty passionate about bourbon, and got me into it as well, so much so that one day he drove me

Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07682286475009516197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507453.post-1077649894420605462004-02-24T11:11:00.000-08:002004-02-24T11:13:35.686-08:00

it's 10:30am and i've already been up for five hours, jogged two miles, ran up and down a bunch of stairs, and did some funky push-ups - what have you done!? ewa and i have enrolled in a pretty hard core boot camp, and by hard core, i mean i will be going 3 times a week at 6am and 9am on saurdays - sounds like fun. . . . so far so good i must admit - i also must admit today was only day two and

Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07682286475009516197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507453.post-1077463477538962802004-02-22T07:24:00.000-08:002004-02-22T07:26:36.450-08:00

i'm looking out my window from a little cabin at northstar in lake tahoe, watching the snow fall, and getting ready some good skiing. ewa and i came up here on friday night - my parents and sister have been in this cabin all week and let us crash this weekend - anytime we can stay in tahoe for free is good with us... we had a pretty good day on the slopes yesterday - ewa, mom, and i were on the

Brendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07682286475009516197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507453.post-1077141224729917032004-02-18T13:53:00.000-08:002004-02-18T13:56:54.653-08:00

so as the right wing conservative christian folks go nuts about gay marriage, i run across this photo of two men with their baby twin daughters exchanging vows: and this is wrong how??? i'll never do the feeling among us sf folks justice, so i'll let mark moford speak for me, check it out.

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well, the first weekend of house sitting was a succes - we took some long walks in the park with the dog, enjoyed a nice, quiet, valentines day dinner at the house, and capped the weekend off with a nice little dinner get together on sunday night. . .good times. the next morning as i helped ewa clean i noticed 9 empty bottles for 6 people. . .hmmmm. it was actually a great time - it started with

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well, for the next week or so i'll be handling house sitting duties with ewa at a nice little place in the richmond - one of the great draws is that it has a professional kitchen and a dog. so between cooking and dog walking, i will be a happy camper. by the way, i must give some kudos to our sqaure jawed mayor - i was not a big fan during his race to take over willie's golden palace, but since

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it's almost time again for one of my favorite times of the year. . . .it's almost here. . . awesome music from superior bands playing at all the great venues around the city for six straight, so screw you new york and piss off la, we've got noisepop!

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just came across this in my usual morning surfing of whats new - lets hope it's not true. . .

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i had literally just told my girlfriend that i blogged, cruised over to the drudge report, and this was the first thing i saw: clicking on it brought me to this story . it's amazing why americans don't understand why everyone else in the world laughs at us all the time. . .

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i will admit that for the 3rd year in a row, after swearing that i won't watch that crap anymore, i have been sucked in once again to that stupipd american idol show. at first it was because a 'little person' made it to hollywood, and now it's because for some reason i am personally invested in seeing one of these people make it - for all my talk about how busy i am with work, life, and love, i

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i remember as a kid in the bay area a movement to try to build some low rent housing in marin to supplement the already full and quite a bit slummy housing in marin city (for those sf transplants out there, marin city wasn't alway a big mall with an outback steakhouse, it used to be a real shit hole). the general reaction from all the folks in marin was, "wow, what a great idea! let's do it! just

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as i get ready to reach the ripe old age of 28 in the coming months, i am discovering that the heart wants what the heart wants. while the brain may be convinced and believe in something, if the heart is not along for the ride, then the wall falls down. all those people who tell you think with your brain instead of your heart have never been in love, or could be canadian . . . of course there

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i think i am ready to retire. . . or at least just throw it all away to live in a cabin up in the hills. i've always thought that the measure of success in life is really screwed up - if i a live in a little two room cabin in tahoe, ski in the winter, hike around in the summer, and have a job that i enjoy doing, doesn't stress me out, and allows me to live comfortably (pay the bills, eat, and

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to save your comapny money or not. . . .a trip to DC on America West, no frills, or pay the extra $200 and fly Continental, some frills. . . seeing as how no matter which airline i will fly, it will still be horribbly uncomfortable, it doesnt really matter. . . i should just book a first class seat and try to push it through. . . screw it, i'll just eat a very expensive dinner . . . .

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