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Here’s a pic from my date with Diane.

July 18, 2008 03:12 PM

This is the start of something big. "Cielito Lindo" is officially our song.

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If you’re going to share “the video” at least join the i’m Initiative first

July 18, 2008 08:08 AM

Well if you've seen-or rather, heard-the webcam video from the night of my slumber party with Diane, you know that I'm no rockstar, and she's no retired lifeguard. Despite that, it does seem that CERTAIN PEOPLE are e-mailing this thing around like it's some kind of a scandal. You know what? I'm all for it, but I ask that you join the i'm Initiative first though-at least that way important causes will benefit from your overactive, and somewhat deviant, sense of imagination.

And I'd also like to address a couple of the 50-odd questions I've received about the microwave oven in my bedroom.

To Lionel in Santa Fe.  It's not as strange as you think. A microwave is like a clock radio that also plays CDs, except instead of playing CDs it cooks stuff.  Hello, best clock ever.

To Phyllis in Oakland. I totally agree with you. A microwave oven is really just a popcorn maker that tells time.

To Mark in San Francisco. No I never considered that. And shame on you. Do you kiss your wife with that mouth?

Keep those IMs and e-mails flowing, every one counts.

PW

Morning After

July 17, 2008 10:26 AM

Random pre-date ramblings

July 16, 2008 03:46 AM

Today's the big day; I'm taking Diane out for dinner. She was cool about the tacos and also my suggestion that we ride bikes. I couldn't stomach the carbon emissions generated by driving, especially with the Talkathon in full swing and all.

Speaking of which, it's all going great. I'm IMing and e-mailing with people I haven't spoken to in years. And aside from a certain grade school teacher, who apparently can't let a little grammatical infraction go once and a while, it's been an amazingly positive thing. Seriously, Mrs. Vosbikian! I am not in your class anymore, and I have earned the right to creative punctuation!

Meanwhile, I'm keeping in touch with people AND raising funds for important social causes. It's a "win-win." (One of the many annoying phrases I picked up in the corporate world, along with "proactive" and "added-value" and my least favorite, "net-net.")  But I can't help but laugh because right now I'm being "proactive" by IMing and I'm  "adding value" because they help my cause. Net-net: It feels good.

Anyway, it's taco time. I need to teach Trevor a few things about running the Talkathon while I'm away.

 


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