Sketches in the Rain
Posted on January 11, 2008 - Filed Under
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WikipediaLast night, walking through the fog of my neighborhood from the ATM to my apartment, this song on my iPod made me feel as if this mundane errand was somehow cinematic/grandiose.
Your mileage may vary.
Miles Davis - Solea
Who Needs a wimpy 10-Day forecast?
Posted on October 12, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentSF Gate gives us the big picture: “The rain did flood parts of the Highways 101 and 280, although they were not submerged, as Florida could be in 100 years.”
Read More..>>Music from the heavens
Posted on October 12, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a Commentit can’t,
it won’t,
it don’t stop
On a rainy day in San Francisco, a quick scan of my iPod reveals:
A Tribe Called Quest: Go Ahead in the Rain {MP3}
Creedence: Have You Ever Seen The Rain? {MP3}
Harry Nilsson: Rainmaker {MP3}
Kate Bush: Cloudbusting {MP3}
Neko Case: Buckets of Rain {MP3}
Peter, Paul, and Mary: Early Mornin’ Rain {MP3}
Joni Mitchell: Rainy Night [...]
you know who hectors
Posted on March 9, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentTed Leo, musician / media watchdog (you feel the rant):
Man, where are the frigging editors out there? I’m talking about every possible publication, on-line and in print. I keep seeing contradictions and bad journalism that’s driving me crazy! In an op-ed in today’s NYTimes, Gregg Easterbrook pulls a classic Fox News “Obama went to a [...]
USGS - RSS Feeds
Posted on March 1, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentEarthquake RSS feeds from the US Geological Survey (along with CAP feeds for Volcanoes and Landslides) in case you want up-to-the-minute* alerts.
* Or up-to-the-last-day announcements if you use bloglines.
Two-thirds review
Posted on August 29, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentWhere did my summer go? The year is 2/3 gone, and for what? Cubs are in the gutter, the planet keeps getting swampier, and it’s looking like no Christmas for me. But some good has come, so, short of a top ten list, here’s a top 6.67 list of them:
Best record of the last 8 months, [...]
Forget Jules Verne
Posted on June 27, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentWriters for the The Simpsons are the real futurists.
Read More..>>Notice NOBODY said “the power exchange” …..HMMMM?
Posted on April 18, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentThe Chronic gets all journalistic and asks: Where don’t you want to be when The Big One hits? Apparently more people are afraid of public nudity than death. Interesting. My favorite fear? Easy. Glendy Chan who doesn’t want to be in Costco when the “36-ounce cans of chicken broth or family-sized bottles of shampoo” come [...]
Read More..>>Global Warming: Good for the Big O
Posted on November 16, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentThe Omaha Oracle reports:
Regardless of the outlook, one group of Americans has embraced recent evidence of warmer temperatures. The city of Omaha, Nebraska, a metropolitan area of about 750,000 in the American heartland has celebrated the arrival of higher temperatures. “We can’t get enough of it”, offered a deputy chamber of commerce official, “November is [...]
A Modest Proposal
Posted on September 9, 2005 - Filed Under
| Comments OffI’ve come up with my own gimmicky Red Cross donation tie-in. As some of you may know, football season is upon us, so I’ve decided to donate $1 for every point scored by my favorite team this season, and am asking you to consider this as well. Unless they exceed all reasonable expectations, I likely [...]
Read More..>>Reading Fundraiser for Louisiana
Posted on September 6, 2005 - Filed Under
| Comments OffAn alert from Stephen Elliott for an all-star fundraiser for Katrina victims:
The Progressive Reading Series Presents:A Special Benefit For The Victims Of Hurricane Katrina
When: Monday, September 19, 7pmWhere: The Makeout Room – 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco, (415) 647-2888Price: $10 - $20 sliding scaleProceeds to benefit the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Fundhttp://www.katrina.louisiana.gov/donate.htmWhat: Authors band together to [...]
The End of Summer
Posted on September 4, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentThe summer unofficially ended with death. Verdict is still out on the toll from Katrina, and the week also takes RL Burnside and Chief Justice Rehnquist. I guess the question now is whether the latter will once again allow the Bush administration to force America to avert its eyes, or will we collectively [...]
Read More..>>Tsunami Me
Posted on June 14, 2005 - Filed Under
| 1 CommentA first for me. Growing up in Nebraska, radio break-ins by the ermegency broadcast system during tornado season were regualar occurances. Now, the Giants post game show is broken in by a ** TSUNAMI ALERT**. ETA: 9:23 (about 20 minutes out). If this is the last you hear from me, know that I went down [...]
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