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email woes
Once again, my catchall alias seems to have been turned off somehow, so I missed some email today. If you happened to mail me and got a bounce, please resend. Thanks. -
people who have become parodies of themselves #82
"Testosterone to me is so important for a sense of well-being when you get older," Stallone says. -
gig tomorrow in Berkeley
Hey, I'm actually posting with more than 24 hours notice!
My monthly Caffe Trieste gig is tomorrow (Saturday) from 7-10. It's in Berkeley at the corner of San Pablo and Dwight:
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gig in SF tonight
I'm playing a gig at Bird & Beckett bookstore in Glen Park tonight from 5:30-8. Note that the bookstore has moved to 653 Chenery (not all the pages on the website have been updated yet)--I haven't been to the new location, but apparently it's bigger and has an actual bandstand now (and they've apparently tuned the piano). Stop by if you're nearby. -
gig tonight
Forgot to post well in advance, as usual, but I'm playing at Caffe Trieste in Berkeley from 7-10 tonight. Stop by if you're in the neighborhood. -
interesting consequences of growing up in a suburb #73
It wasn't until I was in my late twenties/early thirties that I learned that "yard" and "lawn" aren't synonyms. -
marble madness
A bunch of Rube Goldberg machines made from household objects. Apparently these are interstitials on a popular Japanese kids show. Much more clever than the usual marble-ramp stuff--there are lots of little surprising details. -
gig tonight
Caffe Trieste in Berkeley, 7 pm. -
the american idea
I don't normally go in for this sort of thing, but I decided to submit an essay to the Atlantic's American Idea contest. It's rather pat, but as an exercise I thought it came out pretty well:
The American idea has at its heart a fundamental contradiction: between patriotism, civic duty, the power of law, and the collective good on the one hand, ( Read more... )
