THE JO-TEL is going to drink its way to Dover

Bain does some free-association reporting from the vicinity of the Bay to Breakers weekend. Bain is Hip E.’s brother.
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Friday. VBird3, Nathan, Jon and I left portland at around 230 and arrived in SF around 130. I slept out on the roof until around 5 when i was woken up by the […]

Last night was the 15th anniversary of a local German restaurant, Suppenküche. As German restaurants go, Suppenküche has a great beer selection. As anniversaries go, the beer selection was heavily discounted (I currently have a very cheap hangover). To make things even better, the bartender is a friend of ours. Shark, […]

Thank you, Deepa, for the photo on the spot.

So ladies and gentlemen, the day is almost upon us when all Americans join together to cook, drink, and play with explosives. No, Silly, not the Fourth of July … Valentine’s Day! Now excuse me while I email that joke to Jay Leno with the subject line “Kevin Eubanks is going to lose his shit!”
I […]

Thrill inquired about the purpose of events involving walking around in underwear. To be honest, I don’t care to proffer neat little explanations as to why such events are “productive” or “socially useful” or “makes people laugh”. I didn’t have fun because of any of those reasons. Basically this whole organized (from NY to SF, […]

Last Wednesday I hosted a listening party to countdown my top 15 songs of 2007.  I'm not sure you know how special I am, dudes.  A picture-filled write-up is coming, but for now I'll just provide the mix.  
Johnny D and I spent an entire day fending off concerned friends and family in order […]

If you drink a small glass of the Glenlivet, and then drink a can of Budweiser, the first sip tastes like bananas.

-Hip E.

 
 
WHAT!!! Too soon?
Update: In my effort to make light of Shark's posting, I forgot that there is actually something I wanted to post:
The best science blog shouldn't be awarded for political reasons.  Vote Bad Astronomy best science blog.  Its really fun to read, it exists for the pleasure of science itself.  I think that this […]

The Anti-Anti-Anti-Halloween Party 2007 was a not-unmitigated success! We promise, next time we will have more than a boombox for dancing. We still had a great time. Here are some pics:

[more pictures below, some of which are NSFW]

The 4th annual Jo-Tel (anti)Anti-Halloween Party
Uh … so I've done three of these things now, and I'm kind of running short on ideas. Fall is here, candy is really asserting itself at your local grocer, black cats and shit, blah blah blah. By now you've probably gotten the obligatory forward from your mom with the […]