Month: May 2006

I love checking out Google Labs. They’re always up to something. But the thing they’ve got cooking in there right now that I’m most excited about is Google Trends. Mark Morford has already had his firm-yet-supple hands all over it (popup warning), and my pal Viviane had to give it a few squeezes and spanks…

This looks like it’s going to be amazing — this weekend in Leipzig 20,000 goths “will gather from as far afield as Japan, Australia and the US for the Wave-Gotik-Treffen festival from 2 to 5 June.” Wow! Read the article here. (Thanks, Mark!) Update: My ever-squeezable friend Minnie sends me news of more fun World…

For once, I can announce a show before it happens. It’s official, it’s going to be *huge*, and there will most certainly be surprises. I’m so happy I think my head might explode. Buy your tickets *now* — they’re discounted right now, capacity is limited to 2000, and it’ll help us move. We were supposed…

Did you know I have a PVC Batwoman costume, complete with cape and utility belt? Some night I want to ride my motorcycle in it, maybe this Halloween. Check out this article at BBC News: “Comic book heroine Batwoman is to make a comeback as a ‘lipstick lesbian’ who moonlights as a crime fighter, a…

Every monday, a core group of San Francisco Sex Information training staff get together at a local dive bar and drink beer. Many of us happen to live in the same neighborhood, and I hadn’t joined them in a while, so it seemed like a perfect break from a harrowing weekend. You might wonder what…

At the surgeon’s office yesterday afternoon, I was on an accumulated 2 hours of sleep. I ended up having to wake almost every hour to administer one of the four medications the emergency hospital gave me; plus, the thorn was still *in* my cat’s eye as they were afraid to remove it, so I had…

In the Mercury News, a victory for bloggers, the EFF and First Amendment protections. Snip: “In a 69-page ruling, the San Jose-based 6th District Court of Appeal broke new ground by concluding that bloggers and Web masters enjoy the same protections against divulging confidential sources as established media organizations. Civil liberties groups and journalism organizations…