Long-Term Memory

Hold on, this sounds familiar

2009-10-28T20:02:31Z

I'm reading this article by Nell Scovell. One frequent excuse you hear from late-night-TV executives is that “women just don’t apply for these jobs.” And they certainly don’t in the same numbers as men. But that’s partly because the shows often r...

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Be Green!!

2009-09-22T20:04:45Z

Spent the weekend in Southern California. I'll be happy to not be in a car for a while; what a tedious lifestyle that must be, driving everywhere. I wondered how the fad for "green" plays down there, then had my question answered, unexpectedly,...

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Tow truckers' holiday

2009-09-07T00:16:05Z

A late night this last one--went to see a double feature at PFA. It was crowded in Berkeley; first home football game of the season. A teeming crowd of fans walking up the hill to the stadium, and every parking lot charging $30. We somehow, mag...

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Uh, why do you need to know this?

2009-07-27T15:10:54Z

So I'm trying to obtain a permit to hike on the watershed lands of the local water department. I understand they want to limit access to these ridgetops, ponds, creeks, and hillsides--but why on Earth do they need to know my eye color, height, a...

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The world of silent films

2009-07-13T20:54:49Z

Now concluded with this year's silent film festival; now must bring myself to the slick, nonsensual aspects of the twenty-first century. So much in the backgrounds of silent films are worth looking at--what did that world sound like? Smell like?...

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The SF Silent Film Festival

2009-07-10T21:44:11Z

Silent film festival today. This will be a test of stamina. The weather is foggy now but will be brilliant later, just when we get out of Bardelys the Magnificent. And there will be the usual game with the Castro Theatre--whether the balcony is...

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Running in circles

2009-07-09T23:05:06Z

So today was my first visit to the track workout. I was charmed, though keeping to the set pace for miles of rubberized laps was challenging. I expect my arms will be floppy and sore tomorrow There was something so ingratiating about running on...

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Yawn. So what.

2009-06-12T21:14:55Z

So today's when analog broadcasting ends in the United States. We've heard this before; the event has been postponed, like, what, three times? Wasn't this dread occasion supposed to happen a year ago or something? Anyway, what happens is that ...

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Leaving Oakland

2009-05-31T20:55:48Z

I've been thinking of this more and more. There are many things I enjoy about living here, but the weather isn't among them--today I couldn't stand the fog for yet another unchanging expanse of twenty-four gray hours. So I jumped on BART to go eas...

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This isn't the help desk

2009-03-18T04:58:30Z

Three signs for Soda Hall, UCB. I sense a design flaw.

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