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Monthly Archive for August, 2007

Pasadena poetry slam

That was fast. Kelly of West Coast Grrlie Blather has already posted a parody of Miss Havisham’s poem (at Miss H’s invitation), and Aaron Proctor has a poem in the works, too.
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Sept. 4, 2007 update:
The Adventures of Aaron Proctor: Poetry in Motion

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Goodbye to Alfred Peet

Alfred Peet, the founder of Peet’s Coffee and Tea, died today.

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Green peony tea

Green peony tea

…in a glass teapot at Peet’s

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Working at Metropolitan

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Today on Craigslist in Pasadena

Someone is organizing a Pasadena scooter riding group: Want to join our scooter gang?
And someone is offering to train anyone from “all two legged walks of life” in Samurai sword wielding: Samurai Sword Training Group

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The Foothill Cities Blog offering posting privileges

Check it out: Hey, FC . . . Can I Borrow the Keys to the Blog?

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Ode to Pasadena

Dianne of Miss Havisham’s Tea Party wrote a poem to Pasadena.

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Intro to blogging

I gave an “Intro to Blogging” talk at the Caltech webmasters forum last week. Here’s a link to my slides. (You can click your mouse or use your arrow keys to move through the presentation. I used S5 to make these.)

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Born too late: A history meme

Kelly tagged me for her Born Too Late meme. It’s taken me a while to respond (lots going on in the Doughtie household this summer), but I’ve finally posted my answers below.

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The Pasadena Star-News now comes to my house in physical form

I’m a subscriber
I’m taking a couple of journalism classes at PCC because I think it will help me become a better blogger. One of the classes requires students to subscribe to a physical newspaper, so I chose the Pasadena Star-News. I read the Star-News (as well as Pasadena Now, of course) online already. I like [...]

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