Some New Happenings.

I've had a kinda weird week, so sorry if I haven't posted all week. It's not interesting weird, so I'll refrain from explaining it in any detail.

First, A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books is closing. Yup. The bookstore that always sounds like a run-on sentence to me, is shutting down. No more book signings. Well, they had a great run and I saw people including: Michael Palin, Jacques Pepin, Nigella Lawson, and Dave Eggers there. As of yesterday, they are selling at 20% off on all their inventory.

The first Stern Grove concert of the season is tomorrow. Should be great weather and worth checking out. I've already blogged this, so this is just a reminder.

I'd been using Google Calendar for a short while and just recently changed to Mozilla's Sunbird. It's a standalone calendar app, that doesn't sync w/ e-mail or anything else. But I like it's functionality. I've already put in all my recurring bill payments and charges and it works great. It feels a lot like Apple's iCal, which is nice; but I only wish Sunbird would allow me to choose colors for different events. I know, if I set up a personal cal and a work cal, it would do this automatically- but that's not what I'm asking for.

If you're interested in moon phases and a small desktop calendar, check this link.

Aside from the upcoming Silent Film Festival, which is a personal fave of mine, on that same Sunday (July 16th) and through Monday, July 17th; The Red Vic Moviehouse will screen The Conformist (Le Conformiste) a film directed by Bertolucci adapted from Alberto Moravia's novel. Not only do I believe this is Bertolucci's best work, I think it to be one of the most beautifully shot films in history. The pure cinematic experience of this film is amazing: lighting, cinematography, directing, and especially the shadows and angles. I saw this on the big screen last year at the Castro, it deserves to be seen on a big screen. Go sit on a couch/bench at the Red Vic, drink black cherry soda from tap, and have a huge fresh baked cookie, and watch this!