(Hat tip to Dan B.) Bite Communication's unaffiliated (responsible) drinking club Thursty Thursday (TT) is hoisting a few to toast "Strumpette" the latest sensation in the PR BlogoSphere (BS). Come join TT president Steve Kerns at:

Steve "I promise to not use the term blogosphere seriously in one of these invites" Kerns

President, Thursty Thursday, Inc.

The "A Toast to Strumpette" TT

- Date: Thursday, March 30, 2006

- Time: Happy hours starts at 5 pm.....I'm shooting for sometime close to there

- Location: 90 Natoma (Natoma is an alley off of 2nd Street close to Howard)

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Own-trumpet-blowing: My son Matt mentioned that if you were to Google Silicon Valley (no quotes) Silicon Valley Watcher ranks number 4 out of 101 million results.

If you use quotes around "Silicon Valley" SVW gets a number 3 rank out of 87.7 million results That's not dang bad...for a guy with a notebook.

I love having this top association with this region which I consider the world's greatest engine of innovation. And I love being immersed in its stories, its people, and in helping to create the future.

If you live and work in this part of N. California you are part of an elite group. And whether you are working in the trenches or in the executive suites, you are helping to create a future world that will impact the lives of billions of people. That's not dang bad...

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My TotalChoice Hosting service or as I prefer to call it TotalUseless keeps sending me emails that I am about to run out of my monthly bandwidth allotment. However, to purchase a gigabye or two ($2.50 a piece) I have to contact the sales department during normal business hours. I can't even click an online box to purchase the gigs. My apologies if SVW goes dark at some point today... If I can't get my order through on time they will shut me off until April 1! As soon as I can manage it, I'm going to transfer over to Dreamhost which hosts my other projects.

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I've been writing a fair amount this year about what I see as a strong cultural lineage between the writers of the Beat generation and the Blog generation. Both celebrate a rawness and passion in their literature. I've attended some of the events organized by the newly created Beat Museum in North Beach.

Let it roll: A celebration of beat and blog literature; shoot-from-the-hip-one-take-journalism

The Beats: celebrating the obscenity of literature

The new and old Beatnicks celebrate Neal Cassady's birthday

Fellow beatblog fans might be interested to hear that the Beat Museum is moving temporarily to The Cannery at Fisherman's Wharf while it looks for a permanent home in North Beach.

From the announcement:

We knew from the very beginning that our stay at 1345 Grant Avenue was only going to last through the end of March. This gave us the opportunity to see if The Beat Museum was viable in North Beach and the answer came back with a resounding, “Yes!”

Now we’re on the hunt for the perfect permanent location. We’re looking for a place that is large enough and flexible enough to grow with us as we grow The Beat Museum.

So, come see us at our new temporary home! We closed today at the Grant Avenue location and will open up on Wednesday, April 5th at The Cannery. It’s only a little more than a half a mile away from Broadway and Columbus.

http://www.thecannery.com

Thanks for your support!

Jerry Cimino

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New Hours:

10 AM – 6 PM

7 Days a Week

(starting Wednesday, April 5th)

Our mailing address is:

The Beat Museum

2801 Leavenworth Street

San Francisco, CA 94133

1-800-KER-OUAC

http://www.kerouac.com