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But I’ve been really busy with working on a piece for The New York Times (!!!) that I just finished tonight. Should be appearing next Thursday. Keep an eye out. Just got to finish up some minor things and head to bed. But first, a couple of really tragic and really cool stories (courtesy Aaron): A 21-year-old college student died Thursday of a head injury after a clash between police and a crowd of Red Sox fans who poured into…

Wow! Cal beats Oregon St. 49-7, the Dodgers come from a 3-0 deficit in the bottom of the ninth to snag their first division title in years by beating the Giants 7-3 — and I just got back from a concert of They Might Be Giants in New York City! What a day!

Whaddya think? $19/hour? Not bad. I’m applying.

Happy New Year to all my Jewish peeps! Courtesy Accordion Guy:

Last night I had a great dinner at the Breuer residence, where I wished Noah a great time in his upcoming year in Kyoto Seika University to study Japanese printmaking. Good luck! While I was there, serving as the Mac-fix-it-guy-in-residence pretty much wherever I go, I was able to resolve two problems Noah and his Dad were wondering about. The first was getting a clock program so that Noah and Dad could know what time it was in Berkeley and…

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again for the record: Congrats to Maria and Alex! We all love you and wish you all the best! Bon voyage! The wedding was great: food, friends and fun. I won’t go into the details of it, but I did manage to keep my new suit clean. 🙂 I got a call yesterday from someone who I emailed about serving as a French tutor for a high school student in Brooklyn a…

“I love Bugs Bunny’s body.” “Oregon will never become a city.”

I’ll have a story in tomorrow’s edition of Wired News. (Rachel will too, actually.) I have five Gmail invites. Is there anyone in the world who doesn’t have one yet? First five to email, get ’em.

Bad news: California Supreme Court Voids Gay Marriages in San Francisco (NYT, August 12 2004) Optimistic caveat: Mr. Newsom had argued that he could order the licenses issued because he believed the state ban on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional. The justices today did not address the constitutional question, which is the subject of a separate lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court. But they did say that should the existing marriage law ultimately be found unconstitutional, “same-sex couples then would…

I’ll be back from LA this evening. If people want to hit up the Albatross, I’ve got two drink tokens that Rachel and I want to use up. I leave for NYC in two days. In other news: if you want to have a baby, go to Australia.