Sink View

Chicks with Sticks

Took the drum set out of the closet today. It feels good to beat something. Maybe I'll start a band called "The Lady and the Tramps."

"Keep on rockin' in the free world"

San Francisco

This is the building where I worked in the Embarcadero over 20 years ago.


My first job in San Francisco was as a receptionist for a computer programmer placement firm. I was 20 years old in the early '80s and had moved to San Francisco's Russian Hill with a roommate. Living in the city by the bay was my dream come true and I never got over the excitement of it. I'd wake up early in the morning, walk up Larkin Street to the top of Union and just look at the view. I walked to and from work, through China Town to North Beach.

Weird News

Cynopsis reported today: "Typically a film actress, Sean Young has signed on to join the cast of CBS' daytime drama The Young and the Restless as a bartender named Meggie who enters into a relationship with Victor Newman, played by Eric Braeden. Young will debut in her new role mid-June." "Blade Runner" is one of my all time fav movies and I know she went off the rails years ago, but "The Young and the Restless?" At least she's joining David Hasselhoff for his comeback.

Who says daytime dramas are dying...

Honey House

On Mission Street in South Pasadena, there's a new store called House of Honey. It looks intriguing...

Street Art

Mouth Piece

This is the view from the Marriott... Lovely, lovely, lovely.

I don't really want to be back from San Francisco. We couldn't have asked for better weather. We surprised my mother on her birthday. Saw "Wicked," walked the hills, ate at a terrific place called Delfina in the Mission and generally had a merry time.

Golden Gates

Visited SF and stayed at the Marriott Marquis on 4th Street. It's in a wonderful location and we had a comfy room with a good view. It was great to be "home." There was a concert at a church next to the hotel. I recorded some b/c we were able to open the window.

I love my baby

Google vs. Topeka

Google Buys the Universe for $2 Trillion

Addressing Customer Wishes for Google to Expand Into New Markets, Google Steps Up to the Plate

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - January 1, 2008 – “The Milky Way Galaxy is our home and we intend to keep it that way,” says Google CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt. Google Founders agree, stating that the point is to start with our home galaxy before branching out into neighboring star belts. “The customer base is literally limitless.”

“At Google, we’re used to exponential growth to match our namesake, googol,” Sergey Brin said. “We went from Larry Page and I to over 15,000 employees in just eight years. Scaling up comes naturally to us along with good stewardship.”

Guiding the development of the universe played a part in the purchase as well. Caring for the universe goes hand-in-hand with the goal to save the planet Earth from environmental destruction. We can no longer depend on governments alone to do the right thing when it comes to the safety of the world. Google’s philosophy is to save it now.

According to Google.org’s energy expert, Dan Reicher, “talk about your economy of scale.” Reicher goes on to say he believes the purchase will be followed by more gargantuan efforts by Google to save the known and unknown worlds.

If we knew what else was out there, we’d try and save it as well. That’s the sentiment of the recognized “Father of the Internet,” Vinton Cerf. “It just made sense for the industry leader and the world leader in useful technology to take it to the next level—the heavens.”

If you listen to your customers and hand the project to an ambitious computer geek, things come together pretty fast. Like getting approval from federal regulators. “Once the FTC examined the parameters and benefits of the universe’s purchase, they gave it a green thumbs up,” says David Drummond, Senior VP and Google’s top lawyer.

Shona Brown states that Google didn’t have set plans to expand on such a mega level.

“But once the opportunity came up, we knew it was the right move,” says Brown, who oversees business operations for Google.

Responding to critics afraid that Google Ads will fill the heavens, Google’s VP of Global Online Sales, Sheryl Sandberg responded, “You’re not going to see ads on the Moon.”

Those interested in learning more about the Milky Way Galaxy, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way

About Google Inc.

Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the globe every second of every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google is a top web property in all major and minor galaxies. Google's targeted advertising program, the largest and fastest growing ever, provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for googlers everywhere. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the universe. For more information, visit www.google.com.

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