Finally, a productive night at ceramics studio. Last night was the third studio of this session, and the first night I threw anything worth keeping. I asked Dave for his advice on pulling handles, which I've always had terrible difficulties with, and his advice was to not pull them at all. He showed me a snappy method that worked just great. Dave rocks. Steve-o, you just might get that mug after all...

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Last night's Friends right before the news was the one where that stupid monkey did something with the TV remote such that the shows were all dubbed in Spanish. The last scene is the one where the friends are talking and it is badly dubbed in Spanish. Joe Moore, the world's coolest TV news anchor, started the newscast doing an imitation of that. Maybe you had to be there, but it was one of the funniest things I've ever seen, and I ended up on the floor laughing.

Joe Moore recently had the distinction of winning "worst local news anchor" or some such in the Honolulu Weekly poll, but I think he's the greatest. He doesn't take himself or the position of news anchor too seriously, and isn't afraid to laugh at the ridiculous. And he's still a good newsman.

Last night was a pretty good night for laughs. In addition to another new That '70s Show three of the funniest commercials of all time were shown during our usual shows: American Savings Bank's contest ad with Kimo and Honeygirl, Jack-in-the-Box's Meaty Cheesy Boys II, and Snickers's donkey & elephant commercial. Most of my eastern mainland friends won't have an opportunity to see the first two, but keep your eyes out for the third.

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I've been reading other people's entries about JournalCon and am struck by how many people wrote about being nervous and worried beforehand about what other people would think of them and if they would be liked once the others met them in person. I have to admit that that was my second reaction after hearing about the conference (my first was that it sounded like a great way to spend a weekend).

It seems that the journaling community has its cliques and popular people and class clowns and rogues and loudmouths and wallflowers, and that intergroup and interpersonal rivalries abound -- just like high school. (That's not really a critical statement, just an observation. I notice the same thing on a couple of my mailing lists.)

It sounds like just about everyone came away feeling like the time was well spent.
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