A few months or weeks or years or something ago, I wrote a post about some funny ladies of comedy who just don’t get the love they deserve.  At the time I knew, knew, that there was someone amazing, brilliant and hilarious times infinity million that I was forgetting about. 

You already know how I feel about libraries.  But here is something even more miraculous.  The Bay Area FREE Book Exchange in El Cerrito (North of Berkeley) is a cooperative run by local booksellers/booklovers.  It is literally a ‘œstore’ full of FREE books.  Whenever I’m in a store and an

So every most Tuesday evenings at 5:30, I head on over to my gym spot for Jackie’s Guts and Butts class.  Generally speaking, this is not something I would admit to comfortably on the Internet because: a) it’s embarrassing to admit that one needs so desperately to work on these

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Hipsters have it rough.  They are cursed by the fashion gods.  For example, it takes a lot of time and effort to achieve that “I don’t give a fuck about any of this, and no I’m not posing so my ass looks just right in these skinny jeans” look. Furthermore,

The reaction to Polaroid’s discontinuation of its instant camera line was swift and charged.  (Polaroid has since modified its decision.)  People clamored and cried for the nostalgia of instant analog images of old, and the Impossible Project (with the help of Urban Outfitters) has started inventing a new film compatible

When I first walked by HiChristina, all I saw was a whirl of lights, projection screens, and people dancing like they were having the time of their life. I was intrigued to say the least. Having done a little digging, I found out that the space is run by Christina

I am clumsy as shit. I’ve gotten stitches on three separate occasions, each time in my face. This Halloween, I slipped down some stairs and got a bruise on my ass the size and color of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, after spraining my ankle the previous week. I’m the kind