Momo; break-up IMs

As seen on the wall at Yahoo, where Mobile Monday was held this week. Focus was on mobile photos, with speakers from Flickr, Shutterfly, Mobido and a couple of others. Everyone is dancing around the same sort of approach: social networking, photos and storytelling around those photos, accessible from your mobile phone.

DMV hell

Well, which one isn't, right? I honestly don't remember seeing the SF one quite this packed before though... We waited about 1 1/2 hrs so Thomas could get his picture taken, his eyes tested, and pay a fee. We did take advantage of the proximity to Comix Experience, my old comic book shop, to stop in and see how things are going for Brian Hibbs, proprietor. Very well, it turns out!  Still there, still going strong, now with woman and child and looking good. There were quite a few folks in the store, too, given it was the middle of a Thursday afternoon. I even tried out a few issues of a new Vertigo series, "Lucifer", at his suggestion. Felt like home again!

Labor Day

Fishing at San Pablo dam for the first time in ages! Relaxing. I ended up feeding quite a few of them with my lethargic worms, but didn't manage to actually hook any of them. In some cases, I literally snoozed, and lost!

sunday brunch

Slow Club for Sunday brunch with Stewart and Lori, 2 of the utterly coolest people in the world.

IRL on track!

Thanks to Sharon Walsh at Live 105 for the awesome seats! Front straight grandstands, just off the start-finish line, high enough that we were in the shade within 30 minutes of the race start. These cars definitely in slower on this road course than we expected (just a few seconds faster than Thomas on a 600cc motorcycle on this track), but they are WAY louder, and they make pit stops which is interesting for us to watch.

our kind of tailgating!

Traffic getting into Infineon was SO much smoother than Laguna. And that included non-race traffic going to Vallejo, Sonoma, and Napa. So we made it up there and parked very close to one of the gates with minimum hassle, and proceeded to have a little pre-race snack: sushi and sauvignon blanc!

bye bye Eun Jin!

Eun Jin is moving to Pittsburgh-boo!!! We will miss her very much.  We managed to drown our sorrows at Bacar's happy hour.