delays

Not much time to post, but I'd like to get back to the Babbit article soon. Thomas and Edison both left some thoughtful comments that I'd like to take a closer look at.

In the works - a facelift for this blog. I'm finally starting to get a handle on using CCS ("Cascading Style Sheets"), which are more than a pain than they should be because Internet Explorer doesn't always interpret them correctly.

Tommorrow I'm taking the first of an informal conversation Spanish class, something I've been meaning to do for years. I took several years of Spanish in high school and in college, I live in a predominantly Spanish-speaking part of the city, and the closest to a Spanish conversation I ever get is ordering food a Tacqueria or panaderia. Pathetic! Time for a change . . .

For anyone living in the bay area, some acquaintances of mine are putting on what should be an incredible Oakland warehouse party -- with multiple DJ's, fire artists, fire dancers, "interactive smut", and other oddities. It's a fundraiser for one of the Burning Man camps Gerardo and I might stay with this year, called Dustfish (i.e., a fish that breathes dust instead of water). It will take place April 2, at an industrial arts warehouse called NIMBY. I'm generally not the partying type, but the people who are putting this one on have a talent for attracting crowds that are both friendly and freaky-in-a-good-way in equal measure, and I've had a great time at everything they've had anything to do with (despite whatever intentions I've had to the contrary). And my partner Gerardo will be performing flamenco in drag.

Here's the official flyer: