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By Maria Mouk for Silicon Valley Watcher

Yes, its already December, and with 55F degree temps it can make one forget that this is winter! So roll up your sleeves and check out all the decadent detours December has to offer.

Starting this week; the SFMOMA presents a retrospective on German film director/ screenwriter Werner Hezog in conjunction with Anselm Kiefer, whose art is on view in the galleries. The film series samples the full range of Herzog's work, from fictional features to documentaries and shorts. Beginning with a lineup of six films in November and December, the series continues in January with seven additional screenings.

Trying to find meaning from exerting (or lacking) energy (E)? Want to know what to do with your mass (m)? Or how much energy you really need in your low lit (c=speed of light) space of an office? You might want to Ask a Scientist. This month discussion heads towards Einstein's legendary equation; e=mc2, as we explore energy, mass, matter, antimatter, and those pesky missing pieces of the universe: dark matter and dark energy. Hitoshi Murayama; Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley, and Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, speak at the Canvas Gallery

Tuesday Eve

Tuesday bring in Aimee Mann's 1st Annual Christmas Show at Bimbo's. Think soothing, songwriting which sometimes wrecks songs with literary quality. Surprise special guests are promised.

This Tuesday is also the monthly session of SF's Green Drinks. Held at Varnish Fine Art from 5:30-7:30 p.m, come to discuss or collaborate on business possibilities in the environmental field, and stay for happy hour priced drinks and an art gallery with the current exhibit titled Life Aquatic.

Also Tuesday, is the Converting Your Passion into a Real Business Panel & Mixer at Stanford University in Palo Alto. Presented by Women 2.0 (a division of Entrepreneur27) and Stanford BASES, evening will include vloggers, bloggers, and seasoned entrepreneur panelists such as Nick Douglas, Valleywag Immediate Past Editor, Liz Gannes, GigaOM Reporter, Shannon McClenaghan, JimmyJane President, Amy Andersen, LinxDating Founder and CEO, Christopher Surdi, Global Educational Program (GEP) Co-Founder & President, Michael Cerda, Jangl CEO, and Moderator: Ariel Polero CEO of TextMarks. Topics will include; getting started, getting funding, and how to run a successful business. Please register here.

Wednesday Eve

Teched out? Then get decked out! on Wednesday all day.  NOOWORKS and GUARDIAN PRESENT: WINTER FASHION FEST 2006. Get your holiday shopping done at the bar. The trunk show at 12 Galaxies will feature the best local designers, artisans and merchants bringing their creations to the savviest shoppers in the middle of a rockin' party! Admission is FREE! DJs, food and drink come together. While you're shopping, bring your receipts totaling $100 to the Guardian's table to receive the fabulously chic DVD of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA! While supplies last. Not too shabby for a December kick off, huh? Glad you agree.

[diggrz refers to the nomadic lifestyle offered by mobile digital technologies and gadgets - creating a "nomadig" culture. The diggrz name is also a tip-of-the-hat to some of the ideas of the Diggers, a democratic group that arose in 1649, out of the English revolution .

The Diggers were a radical group that cultivated and protected common lands, and sought to create egalitarian, self-sustaining communities. The Diggers would have found  kindred spirits in today's software engineer culture,  and the focus on creating  commonly owned technologies through egalitarian open source community projects. - Tom Foremski]

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