Flowers for Rosh Hashanah

I felt like the prettiest princess carrying these home from the florist! I can’t wait to give them to my Rosh Hashanah dinner hosts. This bouquet was the creation of Rose Tea Lounge in the Inner Sunset.

Glitch launched today!

Foggy Sausalito.

The Art of the Self-Mocking Hashtag

In this Sunday’s Boston Globe, I take a look at how hashtagging has become the perfect vehicle for self-directed sarcasm, used by celebrities and common folk alike. Take a look at how a pro does it: the tech-savvy actor Wil Wheaton (who began earning geek cred back when he played Ensign Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation) recently tried to link to pictures of himself on the set of The Big Bang Theory. After he gave the wrong link, he tweeted, “I love that I’m trying to be all clever, and then I epic fail at basic linking. #lessonsinhumility #facepalm #hashtag.” (If his use of “epic fail” seems unusual, check out my On Language column and Word Routes followup on recent transformations of fail.) Wheaton uses the...

Harvestman watches over you.

Prescreen “Missing Pieces” for $4.

WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Missing Pieces is a story about a man who’s lost everything and his misguided attempts to put it back together. An emotional enigma about love and loneliness… and a kidnapping. David (Mark Boone Jr. – Sons of Anarcy, Batman Begins, Memento) tries again and again to win back the love of his life, Delia (Melora Walters – Magnolia, Cold Mountain, Big Love), but she’s not having it. As the situation turns hopeless, David concocts a master scheme that will surely win her back and turn it around. Through interwoven, poignant vignettes, this multi-plot tale unfolds and untangles into a truly unique and heartfelt love story about finding hope when all is lost. via prescreen.com Now we all...

Help me see the movie “Missing Pieces”

via youtube.com (festival trailer · movie site) A link to the “Missing Pieces” promo trailer was forwarded along to me last month. I am just now getting through a huge email backlog, so I hadn’t watched it until just a few minutes ago. The festival trailer is more emotionally compelling. Also, if you want the short plot summary from the filmmaker, it is: “a heartbroken man kidnaps two strangers in hopes they will fall in love.” The trailers are lovely, and the plot is intriguing, so I want to see this movie. If you want to see this movie too, please help by getting the word...

Two old cats finally becoming friends.

I never thought our cats would sit this close together, but here they are, right before bed. Amazing. I hope the big move doesn’t set this progress back.

Subsequently allowed to dissipate.

I love saying this phrase out loud. This is part of a larger artwork by Lawrence Weiner called “Brought to Light”.

Interspecies love.

via wimp.com, via Lette Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria!