frogdesign layed off some more of my pals, putting them even further down the list of worthy companies. as if it mattered to anyone, or if they weren't already low enough. the number of people I know left in the SF office must be getting small, but then again the complete list must be pretty small anyway.

my advice -- looking for a company to do web site stuff for you, go to totalnet I'd happily trust the person running the company with my life, which is not something I could say about the people who manage frog.

Editorial on China and capitalism we'd better hope capitalism does not work without democracy. China has so far been proving that theory wrong.

why do we have more poor in the city streets this year?

it's the economy stupid. doesn't have all that much to do with how much cash we do or don't give out.

decided today that the progressives of san francisco have failed this election because they have become reactionaries rather than progressives. Not to say they haven't done anything good -- but that does not get talked about, they do not talk about it much even, partly because everything takes so long to happen. But all our issues this year have been about NO on N. Even the yes votes we encouraged O, D, E were all reactions in a way to other powers that be, other things that have happened in the past year or so.

maybe that is inescapable though. everything is reaction to something, just some of those somethings are more visible than others.

Been a very quiet few days, post election, and having my wife home. Mostly just bunkered down and hung out with Liz. Oh we did see a movie what was it oh yeah, Comedian, see my review below. The only other development around home at least is that i've created a monster cat: Bob. Starved for affection this guy is. If you're down in the garden he is now constantly underfoot, and mad if you are moving away from him. We're already developing a comic routine where he hops on the stones in front of me as I move down the garden path, constantly meowing his piteous meow. I almost wish I'd never had a "break through" now. Chorizo is even more out of the loop, as he is generally loath to be near when Bob is around.

review comedian a glimpse into the world of the standup comic. A place quite frankly that I have no desire to be, even much as a spectator I find. But that did not detract from the documentary actually. Seinfeld seems a pleasant enough person, striving to do good by his audience -- in stark contrast to an up and coming comic whose name escapes me, who burned of ambition and desire to be NEXT, and who despised his audience and anyone who dared offer him criticism or perspective. The reason I assume he got on was because he shares the same agent as Seinfeld, why the agent puts up with the asshole I've no idea. "It's business", as Tony Soprano might say, a place personal feelings, supposedly at least, are put to the side. It does not seem like an easy job by any stretch, the need to constantly be on the go out in front of an audience, and developing one's material... yuck. not my kind of job. i'll take web development any day.