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The Dark Tower
Back in September 2011, I (and many other geeks) was introduced to NPR’s “Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books” via SFsignal’s amazing flowchart. I had already experienced about half of the books, but that still left quite a few … Continue reading
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Tagged book, library, npr, sacramento, science_fiction, sfsignal, stephen_king, the_dark_tower
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Local sandwich shops
An article in the Sacramento Bee last week highlighted a couple of locally-owned sandwich shops: The Sandwich Spot at 1630 18th St Dad’s at 1310 S St I haven’t been to either place yet, but I wanted to get the … Continue reading
Maalouf’s Taste of Lebanon
My buddy, Andy, has been urging me for months to try the food at this Lebanese place he likes. But I’ve been coming home for lunch most days, and I wasn’t going to take my family there for dinner without
Nutella
We went looking for a source for Nutella here in Sacramento last week. Neither Barb nor I had seen it in “regular” grocery stores, so we checked all the specialty (read “expensive”) stores: Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, etc. Barb finally … Continue reading
Tokyo Fro’s sushi bar
Barb introduced me to Tokyo Fro’s sushi bar several months ago. It was pretty good, but I just haven’t had a chance to go back there. A few days ago Andy suggested sushi for lunch, and Tokyo Fro’s is conveniently … Continue reading
Boulevard Coffee Roasting Company
Boulevard Coffee is yet another one of the businesses I frequent that doesn’t have a web page. Their coffee is always freshly roasted, and they have an excellent selection. My personal favorites are Boulevard Blend, a good crowd-pleasing medium blend, … Continue reading
The End of Suburbia
My family recently watched “The End of Suburbia”, and it caused quite a bit of discussion. Our teen-aged daughters’ perspectives were especially interesting. This is a movie that I think everybody should see, if for no other reason than to get people thinking about how their lives will change post-Peak Oil.
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Racism in Arden Park
Racism is still with us. My wife opened the curtains this morning and got to see this: I’m so mad about this, I can’t even write anything more about this right now.
Attika
I finally got a chance to play Attika at the Sacramento Boardgames Meetup last night. This game was already on my Christmas list because it seemed like “my kind of game”. Now that I’ve actually played it, I think it’s … Continue reading
New fence
Our back fence completely failed a few weeks ago. We got it replaced today, and we’re very happy with the installer.
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