. Sienna on Olive Ash

Can you see Jar Jar Binks?

. Purisima Creek Trail (smells great)

We went for a hike with Diane and found a disturbing number of ladybugs. And a crashed beehive.

. Contains 2 Naked Sponges

Natural biodegradable cellulose that does not come doused in undisclosed chemicals which accidentally bleach white spots on your lovely natural wood dining table after cleaning up cat vomit on said table.

. Unsere Doppelgänger

You know where to find us... Come out & play!

. Birthday Bundt

This bundt pan is as old as me today.
But my birthday cake is not.

. Trick or Treat?

Well, until Anthony takes another 8 years to acknowledge our brilliant chocolate-coated pagan holiday & comes up with a new inspired costume that arouses long-buried childhood phobias in everyone we pass, I'll be on a trick-or-treat vacation.

In the meantime, we will try to help keep the spooks out of our impending election with an exciting election blog to inspire friends & families & complete strangers to vote. (Because how cool would that be to have a clear, massive, indisputable majority vote for a change?)

What's that? You've run out of inspiration? The long bay area commuting worn you down? If only you had something to listen to that would inspire you to vote after all that driving... Well, we just so happen to know someone who has far too much motivation & inspiration for her own good. Not only was her essay chosen out of a thousand million submissions to be published in MoveOn's 50 Ways to Love Your Country, she got to record her essay for the audio book version. How crazy cool is that? And we know her. AND she has generously offered us a copy to give away on our humble blog.

So post your need or worthiness or voting might today, and we will "democratically" select a winner election morning. But, remember, you can only vote after you've entered our competition (didn't you see the note on your election booklet?)

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11/04 UPDATE: We had a strong tie between Sean the Canadian, who posted a mighty blog-comment roughly 5 seconds after this posting, & Tina in Rhode Island, who articulated 6 long bullet points in her favor, using her close-ties with Rod Stewart as a closing argument. Both were indisputably winning submissions, so both were chosen as winners by the author extroidenaire. Thank you all for playing & may we have as much good election fortune today!

. Seiko's Fingers

. SF Open Studios

If you haven't passed out after watching Saturday morning cartoons & eating your sugary chocolate cocobombs, come visit me at SF Open Studios this weekend.

I will be at Clara Street Studios with fellow Kala printmakers Jack Fahnestock & Dennis Johnson, as well as painters Melissa Wagner & Jerry Ververka.

There will be snacks.

. Carla

. Wood & Wine

Dampened white quartered oak smells like wine. Yeah.

. Went to Austin. Got bit.

. Property of the Mesher-Shorey Wedding

Found these in my pocket. Will return them at once.

Smashing wedding.

. Late Night Shopping

LISTEN HERE

. Brunch with Bryce and Eddie

I had brunch at Boogaloos with Bryce and Eddie Izzard.

. Aaaaaaaaaaaaart

We (Nif and me) have things in this exhibition at Downtown Bar and Restaurant in sunny downtown Berkeley.

The Artists' Reception is Monday, Sept 22, 6-9pm. What the hell else are you going to do on a Monday night?