September, 21, 2005 archives
the moxie cinema is an independent movie theater that opened today in springfield, missouri. the best thing from this distance is that they blogged the whole experience of opening the theater. it’s a great story. more small businesses should do something similar.
dave wrote up his shopping foray at the downtown farmers market today. mine was much less exciting, because i couldn’t just buy food that would rot in my fridge while i was away. so i only bought a couple of things i needed for the next few days.
and some fresh roasted peanuts. if anyone was ever trying to get me to do something, bribing me with fresh roasted peanuts would probably render me powerless to resist. yummy.
sadly, there will only be one more downtown farmers market for me this year (on october 5).
i feel like i’ve already seen this discussion about elevator/metro etiquette.
the title of this washington post article pretty much sums it all up: “a great thing about slim-line tvs: more floor space.”
that’s one nice thing about using a projector for a television. it doesn’t take up any space at all. (another is the ginormous screen — i laugh at your puny 43 inches!)
hanging a $4000 television on the wall must be a nerve-wracking experience.
speaking of projectors, a simple feature that they should all have, but at least mine does not, is a built-in image you can use to set the focus.
bar 107 is the new name of the bar formerly known as score that is just up the street from me. in its previous incarnations it was one of the oldest gay bars in los angeles, but the new ownership has gone in a new direction.
on friday, it is the venue for an ’80s prom.
tragically, i will have to miss it. i’ve got a midnight flight.
okay, that’s not really even the slightest bit tragic.
time looks at various scientific research on shyness.
here’s an entirely unrelated joke.
at some point, the historic downtown los angeles retail project snuck online with a website. los angeles downtown news reports that the project helped twenty new businesses open since it started two years ago. still no video store, though.