Edward O'Connor

Happy Canada Day from your Southern neighbors

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:21:20 GMT

Article XI of the Articles of Confederation:

Canada acceding to this confederation, and adjoining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union; but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine States.

Would have been cool if...

Fri, 08 May 2009 18:53:20 GMT

At the end, I was really hoping that Nimoy-Spock would lie and introduce himself to Quinto-Spock as his cousin Selek.

In Austin for SXSWi!

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:41:17 GMT

Any LJ peeps here?

8th annual St. Patrick's Day party!

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:14:29 GMT

When: Saturday, March 7^th

Party is 10 days early as I'll be at SXSW the day of. Details on Facebook—you're all invited..

[San Diego] Free tonight? Like beer?

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:20:28 GMT

Anyone interested in hitting up Green Flash's 30th Street Pale Ale celebration tonight, at various establishments along 30th St.? I'll be on my own as kirinqueen has other plans.

[UPDATE] I'm aiming to be at the bar at Ritual around 6:30; call (619-846-8434) for more specific locations & times.

BarCamp San Diego this weekend

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:13:29 GMT

Hi all, BarCamp San Diego is this weekend, and you should go!

N.B., you need to sign up on the wiki page beforehand, for site security reasons.

the thymecube, oh god

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:38:43 GMT

NATURE'S HARMONIC SIMULTANEOUS 4-FLAVOR THYME CUBE
No human or god can match Nature's simultaneous 4 flavor revolution in 1 Earth plant.
No human has a right to season wrong - for that would be evil cooking.

JDRF 2008 Walk to Cure Diabetes

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:10:20 GMT

Hi all,

Please donate to help kirinqueen meet her goal to raise $3000 for Type 1 Diabetes research. That would rule.

If you're in SoCal, consider joining the team and walking with us!

SFBA peeps!

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:01:12 GMT

Yo.

I'll be up that-a-way this weekend, for DjangoCon. Getting in tomorrow, and planning an SF get-together with whomever wants to come.

Where: Phoenix Irish Bar
When: Tomorrow (Thursday) night, around 9

I hope to see you there!

Coincidence?

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:27:22 GMT

Earlier this morning, and despite many sensible reasons not to, California's Department of Motor Vehicles decided to issue me a driver's license.

Shortly afterwards, Southern California was rocked by an earthquake.

whirlwind trip

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:15:23 GMT

kirinqueen and I just went on a quick trip back east, which included spending the night in several places:

Scituate, MA
Northampton, MA
Saint-Pierre-de-Véronne-à-Pike-River, QC, Canada
Lebanon, NH

The reason for the trip.

Pictures will be posted to flickr (his, hers) soon.

Up for something tonight?

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:20:33 GMT

On my own tonight as kirinqueen has plans. Contemplating heading to Stout, Ritual Tavern, or some such. Anyone interested?

Oh, who am I kidding. I'm going to Stout. Be there around 7:30.

Specific brunch plans

Fri, 02 May 2008 22:23:12 GMT

What: brunch
When: Sunday morning at 9:30
Where: Etta's downtown
Who: myself, kirinqueen, boobirdsfly, trochee, Matt, Lindsay, candid +1, kenshi (possibly +1)

dammit.

Fri, 02 May 2008 18:26:17 GMT

Before packing for Seattle I'd decided not to pack a kilt, and not to go to the Utilikilts store this time.

But, well, today is Kilt Day, kirinqueen and I are but blocks from the utilikilts store, and they're having a 40% off sale.

I'm not sure I can resist.

[Edit: I gave in, and so did Erin. Do you remember when you were a kid and got new shoes, how you'd leave the shoe store with your old shoes in the box? The utilikilts store is kinda like that, but with your pants.]

[Seattle] Brunch on Sunday?

Fri, 02 May 2008 17:44:46 GMT

Would anyone be interested in meeting up for brunch on Sunday morning around 9:30?

Possible brunch spots include: 5 Spot in Queen Anne, Julia's in Wallingford, or Etta's downtown.

[Edit: Removed Cyndy's and added Etta's, per candid's feedback.]

OK, we figured out the plan. Please comment over here if you can make it.

Yo, Seattle peeps.

Fri, 02 May 2008 00:49:18 GMT

kirinqueen and I are back in town, from now until the 7th. Let's hang out!

oist macking graph

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:29:08 GMT

I immediately thought of other when reading the latest XKCD. Whatever happend to the graph?

Taken at the March 2008 San Diego Bloggers Meetup

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:06:54 GMT

7th annual St. Patrick's Day party

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:16:02 GMT

kirinqueen and I will be having our 7th annual St. Patrick's Day party [eventful entry] at Casa O'Connor on Saturday, March 15th, at 7 PM. You should come! Some photos from previous years:

Participation in the Irish pentathlon, while optional, isn't discouraged. Speaking of the pentathlon, maddox3 negotiated a modification to the rules for this year: for those of you who can't stand stout, cider will be an acceptable substitute.

Also, as the party falls on the Ides of March, I'll relax my usual policy of refusing entry to toga-wearing folk. (I didn't realize I had such a usual policy until just now.)

I've been pretty spotty about posting invites here. Past parties include 2002 (recap), 2004, 2005, and 2007.

a timeline

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:28:11 GMT

On the 9^th, I bought kirinqueen a white Apple MacBook as a surprise. It shipped on the 11^th and arrived on the 13^th. I gave it to her on the 14^th. She named it falkor.

On the 26^th, Apple updated the MacBook line.

Seattle awesomeness

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:52:46 GMT

kirinqueen and I had a fantastic time in Seattle last week! Many, many thanks to mattbosworth and Lindsay for putting us up, and up with us, while we were there.

Besides all the obvious touristy stuff, we hit up lots of Matt and Lindsay's favorite places to eat and drink. The four of us met up with candid one night, which was lots of fun.

Our most debauched day was when we did the tours and tastings at Chateau Ste. Michelle winery and Red Hook brewery within a few minutes of each other. We followed that up with a lovely night of board games, DDR, and awesomeness at tekman and angel_grrl's place, where we saw loganb and many other rhit grads.

Oh, and I bought one of these, which brings my kilt total to the unbelievably non-zero 3.

Unfortunately, the week was all too short, and we didn't manage to meet up with kenshi or silnith. Hopefully we'll be back soon!

Yummy food & drink in Fremont tonight!

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:41:01 GMT

kirinqueen, Matt, Lindsay, and I will be eating and drinking at Brouwer's Café (reviews on Yelp) in Fremont tonight, around 6 or so. If you're in the area and would like to join us, that would be splendid!

Edit: This place was awesome. Seriously tasty yet seriously bad for you Belgian food, plus lots of good beer. candid met up with us, and proceeded to make the ensuing conversation very entertaining.

Seattle reminder

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:43:41 GMT

As I mentioned in December, kirinqueen and I will be in Seattle, from tomorrow through next Tuesday. We should hang out.

My number: 619-846-8434
Erin's number: 714-585-5122

Seattle!

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:40:56 GMT

kirinqueen and I will be in Seattle (staying with mattbosworth) from January 9^th to the 15^th. IIRC, there are several of you up that-a-way: angel_grrl, candid, herbaliser, kenshi, loganb, silnith, and tekman at least. We should hang out!

San Diego's inaugural Lunch 2.0 is tomorrow!

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:06:48 GMT

Yo.

Goowy is hosting San Diego's first Lunch 2.0 tomorrow. You should go! Free food is good. Direction & RSVP here.

Also, don't forget BarCamp San Diego 2 this weekend!