Courtesy @FogCityDiner and Augie the Bartender.

Augie at Fog City Diner (@fogcitydiner) is a great bartender, friendly, calm, a seasoned expert on the mixing of spirits. He offered to make me "The Perfect Martini"--well, he didn't offer per se--I ordered one, and he gladly obliged.

Was it perfect? Absolutely.

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Dan the Automator, a DJ who's collaborated with various recording artists such as the Gorillaz and Del the Funky Homo Sapien, showed up for a set at a party thrown by some of the ad agencies next door. I forgot to RSVP, so this was as close as I could get, I couldn't get to the open bar. At least I got to hear some nice live beats.

"She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon."
--Groucho Marx

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I can never resist paying homage to great comedians.

All these do is create a culture of fear. The technique is so heavy-handed... and incidious. Unfortunately, it works, because most people will give in to fear, even if the threat is only theoretical, shadowy, undefined.

...randon shot. There's a full moon outside my window.

...saving the gym fees, getting to watch my own videos while burning calories.

Some various ales and pils tasted by my virgin tongue this summer...