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So when SK called me, in addition to the medical news, she had two extra tickets (because her parents were out of town) for Dave Barry at the Flint Center Thursday evening and did I want to come? So the downstairs tenant and I drove down only to find that SK had an awful cold and wouldn't be joining us after all. I mean, Dave Barry was hilarious and delightful, but I wouldn't have driving down to the south bay on a work night if it hadn't been for the hanging-out-with-friends aspect. Dave told the exploding whale story. I literally laughed until I cried.
I'd promised myself that if I woke up Saturday morning at a reasonable time and feeling rested, I'd go join the shoreline cleanup project in Emeryville. ( Trashy details. )
After going home to clean up, I biked down to 4th St in Berkeley for lunch at Cafe Rouge (sorry -- no review this time) and a little recreational shopping. Then I actually took time to cook a nice dinner (I think this was the first "real dinner" I had all week, what with one thing and another), finished watching the last of the Firefly DVDs and actually got to bed early ... and woke up at 5am thereby removing the possibility of a full night's sleep. Sigh.
I went off to the stove-and-hot-tub store today to ask about recommendations for stove-pipe cleaners only to be met with a blank look. It seems never to have occurred to them that they might be a logical resource for information on this point. So it's back to leaving messages on phones and hoping someone deigns to return a call. I did pick up a couple cans of stove blacking and a wire brush so I can get the thing all refurbished before reinstalling it (whenever that is).
I'd promised myself that if I woke up Saturday morning at a reasonable time and feeling rested, I'd go join the shoreline cleanup project in Emeryville. ( Trashy details. )
After going home to clean up, I biked down to 4th St in Berkeley for lunch at Cafe Rouge (sorry -- no review this time) and a little recreational shopping. Then I actually took time to cook a nice dinner (I think this was the first "real dinner" I had all week, what with one thing and another), finished watching the last of the Firefly DVDs and actually got to bed early ... and woke up at 5am thereby removing the possibility of a full night's sleep. Sigh.
I went off to the stove-and-hot-tub store today to ask about recommendations for stove-pipe cleaners only to be met with a blank look. It seems never to have occurred to them that they might be a logical resource for information on this point. So it's back to leaving messages on phones and hoping someone deigns to return a call. I did pick up a couple cans of stove blacking and a wire brush so I can get the thing all refurbished before reinstalling it (whenever that is).
