Until the documentary The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill came out last year (and with it glowing enough reviews to get me to add it to my Netflx queue) I hadn’t ever heard of Mark Bittner and his personal mission to care for and feed the conures that are thriving around San Francisco’s North Beach …
Some people go drink when they can’t get words out of their head and onto the page (or screen). Me? Well, when I took a spin around my writer’s block today, I kept on going right past the corner bar and instead made a sharp left down an alley of artistic expression where an idea …
I was surprisingly indifferent — even siding with the underdogs throughout most of it. But wow what an awesome game. I’ve seen a lot of football but I’ve never seen such a clutch performance in such a clutch game as Texas Quarterback Vince Young’s at the Rose Bowl leading the Longhorns to a 41-38 come …
I’m not sure exactly when (other than it was more than likely when I was gainfully employed with a regular paycheck and some disposable income) but at some point I apparently succumbed to a subscriber solicitation and ordered National Geographic’s Almanac of American History, which arrived a couple weeks ago. Don’t get me wrong, it’s …
Totally forgot to mention that a jury summons arrived on Christmas Eve. I went through the phone registration and now I’m scheduled to report to the Stanley Mosk Courthouse at 111 N. Hill Street January 30 (or at least I’m to call in the weeked before to see if I need to report). I’m so …
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It should be an easy thing to do one of the things I love so much: ride a bike. But as you may have gathered from reading my blog for any length of time, I’m somewhat a retentive stickler for details. So while some can just hop on and go (and I’m somewhat envious of …
So this morning I call up the company handling my 403b (the nonprofit version of a 401k) made stagnant and soon subject to administrative fees because of my change in employment in November. I’d called the company up at the end of that month to see what my options were, and after hearing the rep …