Post anniversary catch-up
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rowanfOkay, it was a long weekend with little computer access... so here is a mega-catchup-entry.
Thursday I went to the Solo Librarians meeting. Nancy Blachman and another woman from Google Guide talked about "Power Googling: Getting What you Want from Google". They handed out this reference sheet and talked about a variety of things most of which I knew... but two of which were interesting news to me. One is that the tilda placed before a word will search synonyms. So ~run gets marathon as well as various words actually containing run. The other was that the hyphen stands for hyphen/space/nospace so that if you search for, say, bar-code you will get bar-code, bar code & barcode. Very handy! They also gave us Google Guide coffee mugs with the most common operators on them. *laugh* It was a great talk for a library meeting.
Friday I went for my last session as a docent for the McDonald Windows... but the exhibit will be up until April 15, so go if you get a chance. My shoulder was no happy about the drive to SF, so I actually left a little early. I enjoyed the gentleman who was opening this weekend though. His daughter is just about to start library school at San Jose State so we talked a fair bit about that.
Back home, I had the first inworld meeting of the landscaping committee for Renaissance Island. It sounds like we are going to have very limited prims for gardening so we will need to be creative. I need to find a nice picture of espaliered trees on a garden wall to use for a texture.
Friday night I attended the elevations of two former covenmates, since moved to Oregon. It was wonderful to see them and I really enjoyed partying afterward with the various folks who came to celebrate their achievement.
Saturday Russell and I celebrated our 24th anniversary of living together. I moved in March 23, 1983. I take him out in the spring and he takes me out in the fall to celebrate our September 17, 1983 handfasting. We headed to San Francisco and viewed the R. Crumb exhibit at the Yerba Buena Gardens art center. It was interesting but I don't think hanging on the walls is the best way to view comic strips. It was interesting to see how much of popular culture is presented in his work. I'm glad to have seen the documentary about him a few years ago to give it more context. My favorite pieces were the "placemat art" which is drawn by him in restaurants whilst waiting for the food. He says he carries his rapiograph and whiteout with him everywhere. *laugh*
Saturday night we stayed at the Radisson at Fisherman's Wharf. We walked around and played tourist and had a wonderful dinner at A. Sabella. The family has been on the wharf since the 1880's but there is an excellent chef in the current generation and their menu is modern and very, very good.
Sunday we went down to the Ferry Building and wandered amongst the artisanal food shops (and bought expensive chocolates) and enjoyed the day by the Bay. We got homoe to San Jose about 2pm as I had to shop for Tuesday dinner before my 6pm library staff meeting inworld. [Russell thinks I am crazy to had joined a virtual world in which I am beset by staff meetings! *LOL*]
Monday was work and prep for Tuesday dinner. I got my corned beef from Zanotto's this year and it was very good. They give you a packet of spices to add to the cooking water as well as whatever it was brined in. I wasn't too sure about the obvious peppers in the mix but the result was quite tasty. I left it in the crock pot all day on Tuesday and it was entirely consumed by the table. We had sixteen at table - a 4th Tuesday record - but it allowed my Oregon friends to join us. It was a lively table with great conversation. *happy sigh* I love my friends!
So that is the outline, at least, of my last five days. If I could manage to write every day I'm sure it would be more fully detailed. But sometimes living gets in the way of journaling.
Thursday I went to the Solo Librarians meeting. Nancy Blachman and another woman from Google Guide talked about "Power Googling: Getting What you Want from Google". They handed out this reference sheet and talked about a variety of things most of which I knew... but two of which were interesting news to me. One is that the tilda placed before a word will search synonyms. So ~run gets marathon as well as various words actually containing run. The other was that the hyphen stands for hyphen/space/nospace so that if you search for, say, bar-code you will get bar-code, bar code & barcode. Very handy! They also gave us Google Guide coffee mugs with the most common operators on them. *laugh* It was a great talk for a library meeting.
Friday I went for my last session as a docent for the McDonald Windows... but the exhibit will be up until April 15, so go if you get a chance. My shoulder was no happy about the drive to SF, so I actually left a little early. I enjoyed the gentleman who was opening this weekend though. His daughter is just about to start library school at San Jose State so we talked a fair bit about that.
Back home, I had the first inworld meeting of the landscaping committee for Renaissance Island. It sounds like we are going to have very limited prims for gardening so we will need to be creative. I need to find a nice picture of espaliered trees on a garden wall to use for a texture.
Friday night I attended the elevations of two former covenmates, since moved to Oregon. It was wonderful to see them and I really enjoyed partying afterward with the various folks who came to celebrate their achievement.
Saturday Russell and I celebrated our 24th anniversary of living together. I moved in March 23, 1983. I take him out in the spring and he takes me out in the fall to celebrate our September 17, 1983 handfasting. We headed to San Francisco and viewed the R. Crumb exhibit at the Yerba Buena Gardens art center. It was interesting but I don't think hanging on the walls is the best way to view comic strips. It was interesting to see how much of popular culture is presented in his work. I'm glad to have seen the documentary about him a few years ago to give it more context. My favorite pieces were the "placemat art" which is drawn by him in restaurants whilst waiting for the food. He says he carries his rapiograph and whiteout with him everywhere. *laugh*
Saturday night we stayed at the Radisson at Fisherman's Wharf. We walked around and played tourist and had a wonderful dinner at A. Sabella. The family has been on the wharf since the 1880's but there is an excellent chef in the current generation and their menu is modern and very, very good.
Sunday we went down to the Ferry Building and wandered amongst the artisanal food shops (and bought expensive chocolates) and enjoyed the day by the Bay. We got homoe to San Jose about 2pm as I had to shop for Tuesday dinner before my 6pm library staff meeting inworld. [Russell thinks I am crazy to had joined a virtual world in which I am beset by staff meetings! *LOL*]
Monday was work and prep for Tuesday dinner. I got my corned beef from Zanotto's this year and it was very good. They give you a packet of spices to add to the cooking water as well as whatever it was brined in. I wasn't too sure about the obvious peppers in the mix but the result was quite tasty. I left it in the crock pot all day on Tuesday and it was entirely consumed by the table. We had sixteen at table - a 4th Tuesday record - but it allowed my Oregon friends to join us. It was a lively table with great conversation. *happy sigh* I love my friends!
So that is the outline, at least, of my last five days. If I could manage to write every day I'm sure it would be more fully detailed. But sometimes living gets in the way of journaling.
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Date: 2007-03-28 05:29 pm (UTC)And the google guide was spiffy, thank you!
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Date: 2007-03-28 07:08 pm (UTC)I just saw pics from Inanna's performance--you all looked wonderful. I'd love to check out the video. :)
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Date: 2007-03-30 05:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-30 05:09 pm (UTC)My very first solo performance DVD (from Desert Dance Festival) is gathering dust in its envelope; I'll probably encase in concrete at some point.
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