Nemo’s “Notes from Underground” v2007.03 — Two fog horns. Hmm — make that three.

A thick fog devoured San Francisco Bay around 2:15 on the morning of Wednesday, January 10. I awoke after four hours of acceptable sleep, my mind buzzing with excitement from what I learned at yesterday’s Macworld Expo. For three hours on Tuesday afternoon I attended a top secret press briefing by a well-known company. I was mentally preparing my first draft comments on their new products, to be released later this year.

Two loud, low-sounding fog horns alternated their warning moans, one mile away to the north, below the Lands End Trail bluffs. Blaaaaaaaaggggggh and Rmnnnnnnnnnnnfh, over and over. Not exactly James Brown material, but they do have rhythm.

Then I heard a third rumble, sounding somewhere between a dying hippo gargling an avocado pit and a 1940’s diesel semi truck engine idle, immediately to my south. Oh no. It was my Macworld Expo roommate (who will remain nameless, at least for now), the Snorin’ Sonoran, who considers it his major character flaw.

“You’re snoring, _ _ _ _ _,” I told him, a few times during the next couple of hours, before deciding to dedicate this tribute to him, as an alternative to rolling him out into the path of the next Geary Boulevard 38AX bus.

It’s time now to work on those draft notes. Stay tuned, and let’s hope I stay awake all day at the show.

[Nemo]