Berkeley

Courtesy Boing Boing, courtesy of the dude’s LJ : The way this all got started was that my friend and i were sitting around at dinner chatting about what to do for the upcoming room-to-room party. We went through a whole bunch of ideas for room themes. And then Ñ you know how, sometimes when you’re bored, you look up and imagine what it would be like if gravity turned upside down and you got to walk around on the…

I’ve been terribly alone and forgotten in Manhattan I’m going home to my city by the bay Good night, California. I will miss you. See you in 4.5 months. It was great to see all you guys!

The more I’m here, the more I realize just how much I love Berkeley. From the “Happy Happy” guy, to Intermezzo, to Kingpin, to Berkeley Bowl, to my Grandparents, to my great friends who live here — I just love Berkeley. I really want to come back here. In a nutshell, Sarmad and I both safely arrived a few days ago, and we’re headed down to sunny SoCal tomorrow. His first day here, the 22nd, we walked around San Francisco,…

Please pass this along to any current UC Berkeley student who has current football season tickets that you know. So I just got off the phone with a longtime family friend, Robert Breuer, who lives on the side of Stawberry Canyon, overlooking Memorial Stadium. He has been a lifelong Bear fan and has been waiting for years to take his son Noah, to the Rose Bowl. He is willing to pay triple (triple!!!) the face value of student tickets to…

Measure Q Shall an ordinance be adopted to: 1) make enforcement of prostitution laws the lowest priority; 2) oppose state laws making prostitution a crime; and 3) require semi-annual reporting of prostitution-related Berkeley Police Department law enforcement activities? Financial Implications: Possible increases in law enforcement costs as a result of potential increase in prostitution-related crime and increased reporting requirements. I’m voting yes on this.

Go Bears! Associated Press Monday, August 16, 2004; 1:11 PM ATHENS, Greece – American Natalie Coughlin won Olympic gold in the 100-meter backstroke Monday night. Coughlin, the only woman ever to swim under 1 minute in the event, finished first in 1 minute, 0.37 seconds. Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, who swims at Auburn University in Alabama, earned the silver in 1:00.50. Laure Manaudou of France took bronze in 1:00.88. Manaudou had won the 400 freestyle Sunday night. Coughlin, of Concord,…