it's hard to believe that 4 weeks have flown by here in san francisco. san fran is cold in the summer. cold cold cold. and foggy. but these are the only gripes i can come up for san francisco is a very nice place to be... especially if you're a hobo, which must explain why there are so many of them. i take the bus through haight-ashbury most days to see 20 something voluntary hobos. it's exactly what you'd expect from haight-ashbury... scruffy folks sitting cross-legged all over the place playing guitars and hugging each other.

last week we were visited by rick, steve, barbara, ian, and tanner (ian's labmate) all at the same time. it was fun playing host in a town we know very little about. we found the best restaurant ever - burma superstar - thanks to a suggestion by roger who sits next to me at ilm. burma superstar has a 1.5 hour + wait, but they have a bar across the street that they own which acts as the waiting room. it's great. please, everyone come visit and i guarantee a fine time at burma superstar. and a tour of ilm.

ilm is an amazing place - the halls are lined with old robots and moquettes from movies past. slimer is down the hall next to viggo from ghostbusters. seeing hans solo frozen in carbonite is a strange feeling. it seems to be one of my earliest movie memories - seeing hans solo frozen up. jar jar binks is frozen in carbonite right next to hans solo!

mix0r, when are you coming to SF? rice-a-roni is made in chicago it turns out but we can eat it nevertheless.

i have an eye infection that makes me want to tear my eyeballz out!!!