Stopped at the produce stand on my way back from the library. Wasn't expecting to find Halloween costume inspiration there, but...


Brussel sprouts $2.99/stalk

Not sure yet how these might be incorporated, but considering the crazy-ass vegetables they have out here, I could make a whole Carmen Miranda (vegan version) costume, and have the makings of a tasty buffet afterwards. Reduce, reuse, recycle.

(Wow - first entry with no highlighted words in spellcheck. Do I win anything? Oops, added caption and doesn't like brussel sprouts. Well, that's true for a lot of people.)

Final Verdict: Foregoing the ash cloud hood, more lava added since this pic, volano is currently residing my nephew's room per his request. Thank goodness for the imagination of a 7-year-old.

Side note[inlink]j3sse,19[/inlink]to (e:j3sse) : yeah, I can't believe this will be my fourth Halloween out here. Although Halloween homesickness drove me back to Boston the first year. Local Halloween parties the last two years. My ex-roomie invited me to go H'ween party hopping this year, but haven't been able to convince him to swing by the Castro en route. Still cultivating other potential cohorts.

In the interest of balanced reporting, here's the story about how the Castro party has gotten "out of control" prompting attempts to move it to the Civic Center in recent years.

p.s. - If Bush wins I'm moving to Toronto.

p.p.s. to j3sse - thanks 'DAD!'

All right. Enough about me. I'm laying low for awhile. I can quit any time. Honest!

I have those same fish sheets [inlink]holly,115[/inlink] (scroll down) --


That's my ex. My friends are mystified that he doesn't sleep with me when he visits. Frankly I was miffed about that at first too, but I got over it. I hate being rational sometimes.

I know, who cares if I have the same sheets? It's just a lame attempt at finding random parallelisms.

(wow, no spelling errors again. even parallelisms! and I thought I just made that up.)

p.s. - I hope they find your friend Maria, (e:Holly) . That's really scary.

p.p.s. - Happy Birthday!

[bgcolor]#000000[/bgcolor]Trick-or-Treaters: 33
Me: 7


Somebody better hide these.

Moon over the Oakland Coliseum.

I have to get a better camera. And the photographer could use some improvement too. Should have brought the tripod.

The last lunar eclipse I attempted to document was at Arches National Park, Moab, UT in May 2003 -


same damn camera. and photographer.

Here's a great Bay area shot of last night's eclipse by a pro