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Springtime in San Francisco
I didn't think things could get any worse after I found that mouse in my shoe a few nights ago. They didn't, and I've survived this long. It's now Easter Sunday, or just Easter. Schwesterlein and Brüderlein are coming to San Francisco so that the greater part of our family can have dinner together. Often the House on Santa Marina Street hosts a ( Read more... ) -
My life in swine
I'm amazed how well I slept last night despite knowing I had to come back to the PiG today. My time away refreshed me so much that I was in good spirits as I headed out the door this morning, after jokingly telling my father I was on my way to hell. Already now, however, my color is fading and I'm nearly the same etiolated wreck I was when I left ( Read more... ) -
Near Death Experience
I almost died Saturday on my flight from EWR to SFO. Lightning struck the plane shortly after we took off from San Jose, where we had stopped to refuel and wait out the storm raging over San Francisco International Airport (referred to above as SFO). There were some gasps, and babies cried. I knew this happened sometimes to airplanes, and I told ( Read more... ) -
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I just found a pile of old movie tickets on my desk this evening. Somewhere around here in my room is a tin I use to store my old tickets, but I don't know where it is. Anyway, it's fun to go through them and see what I remember about each movie. All these tickets but one date from this year, the outcast being from last year. In the only order ( Read more... ) -
Back to the Pig
I return to the working world today. In a couple of hours I’ll be back at the Pig, but this time I won’t be working in the basement. My position will be above ground and sea level. I would say this was empowering. The sentence just popped into my head and I thought to write it down, but it’s not a true statement. I wanted to say something true ( Read more... ) -
I have the best legs in Hollywood
I can't stop watching this video, and every time I do my drink shoots out of my nose:
Anyway, I have this pair of white sandals and we've been having a really nice time together. Last night we took a shower. The sandals are still drying on the kitchen counter, sitting next to a loaf of coarse rye bread ( Read more... ) -
Easter, Bedbugs, Tea
This Easter my father and sister are in Florence, IT together. Father left yesterday ( Read more... ) -
unrealistic advice
I came across this quotation today. I'd heard it before, years ago. I thought it was stupid then, and I think it's stupid now:
Work like you don't need money, Love like you've never been hurt, And dance like no one's watchingFirst thing I don't like is how "like" is used as a conjunction instead of a preposition, but that's the way English is ( Read more... ) -
word for word from the San Francisco Chronicle
Ferrando told the Chronicle that she didn't known she was driving into the path of thousands of cyclists. She said the car -- carrying herself, her husband and five children -- was suddenly surrounded by bikers who pounding on the vehicle, and that one person eventually threw a bike through the rear window, shattering it.
They say some Critical ( Read more... )
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