I went to a screening last night...

and while it started out rough (the process of getting there), the movie was very good and it was a lot of fun to be all alone in the screening room (the other reviewers who were supposed to be there failed to show).  I got to take my cell phone out and look at incoming emails and/or texts without worrying about disturbing anyone else.  That's something I'll never do in a theater when there are other people present.  I felt a guilty sort of pleasure in doing this.

I don't know how you feel, but I'm happy that San Francisco has passed a ban on public nudity.  The occasional act of nudity, like running the famed Bay to Breakers race without clothes is one thing.  Nudity 24/7 was going on and that's just wrong.  Particularly since it's almost always the person who shouldn't be naked flaunting things we don't want to see.  I'd never torture anyone by appearing in public without clothing.  Nor would I want to sit on a restaurant chair that someone had previously sat on while they were naked.  Or a bus bench.  Or a seat in a movie theater.  So this is a good thing.



Fun With Classified Ads:

"Chinese English Speaker wanted"  Wait a sec.  You want someone who is Chinese that speaks English??  Ah, you want someone who speaks both Chinese and English.  Well why didn't you say so?

"Looking for assistant that is experienced with excel and really appreciates dogs.
Self-starter, articulate, caring and responsible.
20 hours a week to start.
Must love dogs.
Must have strong writing skills.
Have own car and insurance.
Absolutely must love dogs.
Telephone calls, research, answering emails, data entry.
Experience with Photoshop a plus.
Did I mention you must love dogs?"  So you want Excel, strong writing, own car and insurance, data entry and Photoshop, and they have to really love dogs and you're only going to offer $8 per hour???

This date in history:

On this date in 1789, North Carolina ratifies the U.S. Constitution and is admitted as the 12th state.
On this date in 1877, Thomas Edison announces his latest invention, the phonograph.
On this date in 1920, 31 people are killed in Dublin, in what's now known as "Bloody Sunday".
On this date in 1959, famed DJ Alan Freed was fired by WABC-AM for refusing to deny allegations that he had accepted "payola".
On this date in 1970, the infamous "Son Tay POW Camp Raid", Operation Ivory Coast takes place.  No prisoners are rescued because they'd been moved, but the mission is a success otherwise.
On this date in 1980, fire breaks out at the then MGM Grand Hotel (now it's Bally's) killing 87 people and injuring more than 600.
On this date in 1985, Jonathan Pollard is arrested for allegedly spying against the U.S. for Israel.  He remains in prison today serving a life sentence.
And on this date in 1995, the Dayton Peace Accord is reached, ending the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  The accord is formally ratified on December 14th of that year.