This is one of the reasons why it's fun to run in the Nike Womens Marathon in SF. Kat and I walked the half-marathon a couple years ago. Hee!

I was there when they imploded that

Actually at the demolition? I meant to go, but ended up not.

Ebert doesn't like the movie:

Q. How can you give a one-star rating to a movie you didn't sit through?

A. The rating only applies to the first eight minutes. After that, you're on your own.

I have a hard time thinking of Casablanca (and Alexandria) as real places.

We were talking about names and origins in a graduate class, and I said my great-grandparents were from the kingdom of Bohemia. A woman gave a little gasp and said, "That's a real place? I thought Arthur Conan Doyle made it up."

In random news, you know what was an exciting part of my trip? The Zappos OUTLET STORE.

Jesse, did you like the outlet? K and I went and were underwhelmed -- so much of it was truly an outlet -- things that were a major buyer's mistake. I did get a cute pair of children's sandals that fit me perfectly.

The Washington Post has an interesting article on Obama's neighborhood of Hyde Park.

Jesse, did you like the outlet?

It was definitely small and random, but I got one great deal, and that was plenty! I'd go back if I were driving by again.

I have a hard time thinking of Casablanca (and Alexandria) as real places.

I was in Alexandria! It was, um, crowded. And we ate fish. There was a Mediterranean. And a street where they sold car quarters. Oh, and the new Library! Which has a total crap bookshop.

Did you know Brooke Shields was in Brigadoon in high school? Think that's a pointless factoid? I only know that because it was in a Paul Reiser routine I saw about ten years ago. The bit was about how, when you get speed dial, those new free spaces in your memory get taken up by the next bit of information to come along, and the Brooke Shields thing took the place of what used to be his parents' phone number.

Now THAT'S a pointless use of memory pointers. Dammit, brain, this is why we can't understand physics! Because of all these fifteen-year-old standup routines!

But did you go to the library, Emily? I would've had to.

Yes! But, as I say, crap giftshop. Extremely irritating, because I would have spent LOADS of money.

There was a guided tour, and it was very cool. They've got an intricate system for letting in natural light while preventing any glare.

Oh, duh. I miss things too much when I'm on the crackberry.