Just got back from San Francisco. The highlight of the trip was a bike ride across the Golden Gate Bridge. The picture above was taken in the famous City Lights bookstore. This is the same bookstore that published “Howl” by Allen Ginsberg which landed the owners in court on obscenity charges. The bookstore had an amazing selection of books, particularly in the poetry section.

Inside City Lights Bookstore, originally uploaded by timbu.

Tubing, originally uploaded by timbu.

Matthew’s Minnesota Halo

CIMG1886, originally uploaded by timbu.

Sometimes you just have to throw your letters back and hope for something better.

Here is a great list of “Software Engineering Proverbs” My favorites were these two.

Q: How many QA testers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: QA testers don't change anything. They just report that it's dark.
-- Kerry Zallar
Q: How many software engineers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: Just one. But the house falls down.
-- Andrew Siwko

At the Christmas Party w/Clay & Sandy, originally uploaded by timbu.

My company always has the holiday party at the end of January. Left to right, it’s Clay H., Sandy H, me (in my new suit), and Jeannie.

[Photo by Anonymous]

Comments are back on. I need to implement a captcha one of these days to prevent spam.

Frank Warren, originally uploaded by timbu.

Last month I went to a reading Frank Warren gave at BirchBark Books in Minneapolis. He is the collector of the postcards at postsecret.blogspot.com. He had a lot of amazing and funny stories. I love the new book, although the first one is still my favorite.

Winter Carnival Fireworks (-10 deg), originally uploaded by timbu.

I accidentally caught the end of the winter carnival fireworks. As luck would have it I had a guest from India with me. He may have seen better firework shows, but never colder!

So let’s play catch up for a bit.

Molly Ivins, you made me laugh, we’ll miss you. Check out the “old news” from the strib.

You can edit photos on the web now and it’s not miserable. Check it out.

Another awesome graphic depiction of the State of the Union.

Txt msg nvl

Q. Why aren’t you really writing anything anymore?

A. I don’t know, ask my muse if you can find her.

D/L your favorite Banksy.

The Hold Steady, wow they were made for me.

Parasite ‘turns women into sex kittens’

The funniest NY Times piece I’ve read in a long time.

Stikkit, it’s oddly cool.

Too much of a good thing.

Halloween Alaska, originally uploaded by timbu.

GLT and I took in another Halloween, Alaska show on Friday at the Uptown Bar & Grill. They finally played my favorite song “State Trooper”. I wish I knew for sure if they were planning on playing it or whether yelling it out finally worked. They did a great ending to the song with a lot of distorted guitar.

Sometime it would be nice to see them take the stage before midnight.