NOT KEEPING SCORE

Breaking news!
San Francisco — Investigations are underway to confirm whether another Starbucks Coffee store did, in fact, close it’s doors for business. The 123 Battery at Pine location had doors shut and lights off at 1:23 PM, which is otherwise during normal business hours.
A man wearing a dark colored business suit outside peered inside […]

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(No, it’s not an allusion to some sexual innuendo)
Too bad it’s not happening around Father’s Day, because the Ugly Pants Open would make the perfect father-daughter event. My dad could play the sport while I sported today’s entry of Ugly Pants.
How apropos that the tournament benefits Goodwill.
I suppose at some point, when one gets tired […]

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Finally! It only meant waiting until November 29th for us San Franciscans to be able to finally recieve some winter-like weather (keeping in mind, however, that “winter-like” means some precipitation and temperatures dropping to a {brrr!} 50 degrees. Ah, the joy of living in California.

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Absolutely beautiful.
One of the best ads I’ve seen in awhile. And done in our very own San Francisco backyard.
I recommend the extended version and the behind the scenes.

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“Thanks to modern technology, collecting stuff is stranger than ever,” writes Catherine Getches in a recent article in the Washington Post (login required). Due to the ubiquity of information going digital and the ever-increasing ability to store more of it, she reasons, our Pack Rat tendencies have gone digital, too – her husband apparently has 89 episodes of “Seinfeld” saved on their TiVo.

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I still haven’t been able to figure out the Command Z for life.

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It has come to my attention that there is very serious void in Ugly Pants Tracking. We have all seen them — ugly pants. But not until now have I realized the extent of the problem, nor the complete lack of keeping tabs on their proliferation. Someone must keep tabs, and I am that someone. […]

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I work across from the TransAmerica Pyramid Building in San Francisco, a wonderful spire that peeks above our infamous fog in a gesture of victory and optimism. Currently, the Pyramid is being renovated, re-caulked, and waterproofed by Rainbow Waterproofing.
In August I had begun a journalism class in the evenings after work, intending to push myself […]

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What the hell is J. Crew thinking? They have, in their online catalog, courduroy dress pants, “each leg panel is a different color (navy, tiger lily, pine & maize).” Yes, it is from the current Winter 2005 catalog. No, I will not be ordering a pair.
Although I’m sure many will visit this site for bleeding-edge […]

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…nice to meet you.
Let me back up: welcome to the opening day of me on the World Wide Web. (I know, I know: took me long enough.)
This site is intended to explore the thoughts and observations on such disconnected subjects as writing, Whiskey, branding and advertising, online dating, linguistics, fresh squeezed juice, magazines, street signs […]

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