The term Vaguebooking should be familiar to many a Facebooker: It’s when someone posts a status that is vague and lacking information, so much so that the many readers of the post is not sure what’s going on. Vaguebooking is oftentimes defined as a sad cry for attention, such as when someone posts just simply …
Author: termberkden
I am a writer, a software engineer, and a refugee from the punk/metal/new wave/my-God-what-did-we-do-last-night daze of the San Francisco scene.
I write, I run, I actually stop and smell the roses, I meow back at cats, and I pet strange yet friendly dogs.
Yes, I actually sent this email today.
The following is an email I sent today to a Pinball Arcade in the San Francisco Bay Area. Yes, I am totally serious about doing this! Hey there. Remember me? I’m the guy who wants to break a World Record for playing pinball! I would like to meet up to discuss this idea in person, …
“Omigod, I think this guy is straight!” – An Excerpt from my Novel The Clubber
An excerpt from my novel, The Clubber: A Tale of the Eighties, available now on Amazon.com “Your friend’s upstairs.” He turned around. It was Beth El, this time with a spaced out Throcker hanging off her arm. “What?” “Your friend Serge is upstairs.” “Serge?” “Yes.” No doubt Serge had made it to the club’s covert …
Breaking News!
Many people bag on Facebook, but I oftentimes prefer the Facebook newsfeed to the Google newsfeed: This just in: Bay Area man tweaks his vegan muffin recipe, hopes for a successful baking. Breaking news: Woman trapped under sleeping cat: Does not want to wake up the putters!. Conflict in Scotland: What wine goes with a …
My Roommate Soup’s Final Resting Place. (One of them…)
I made a box for my late roommate Soup. Soup was not a human. Soup was a cat . Soup was not my cat. My friend Jen was Soup’s human, and we all used to be roommates some time ago in a house in Berkeley, California. (Jen is a musician who plays for The Hammerbombs …
When you’re talking to someone and you get all “…”
My blogging career started on Livejournal, oh so many moons ago. I no longer use Livejournal, but I have archived all of my entries and occasionally check them out. This post was from a few years ago. I was at my German speaking group and I was talking to a vegan about Sarah Kramer, a …
The Box I made for my Roommate Soup
Full blog on this topic soon. In the meantime, here’s the video!
Matucha Of Berkeley’s Famous Pressure-cooked Hackey Sacks
Matucha Of Berkeleys Famous Pressure-cooked Hackey Sacks With Pixie Stix And Moonshine You can find this recipe here! Prepare a large quantity of Hackey Sacks for cooking. Combine Pixie stix, coffee grounds, Potting mix, and bread crumbs in a small bowl – sprinkle Hackey Sacks with Pixie stix mixture. Place Hackey Sacks in a circular …
From the LiveJournal Archives: When La Vida Loca Follows You Around…
My blogging career started on Livejournal, oh so many moons ago. I no longer use Livejournal, but I have archived all of my entries and occasionally check them out. This is a post I wrote nearly four years ago in January of 2016. The woman in question is currently MIA, though I do still wonder …
The one time I went Christmas Caroling
Christmas caroling is considered to be quite old fashioned around these parts, but it was still, (sort of,) a thing when I was younger. It was not such a thing that I ever considered going Christmas Caroling. Christmas singing was common enough during the holiday season, but not so much caroling. Nevertheless I did go …