Pages

▼
Thursday, February 23, 2023

"flood the zone with shi*t" - Why Courts And Media Don't Seem Adequate These Days

›
[Bear with me.  I'm trying to pull a number of issues together.  Basically, we need to step back and see the bigger picture rather than ...
4 comments:
Saturday, February 18, 2023

Random Shots San Francisco

›
  Prickly pear foot. Went to the Castro to buy a friend a rainbow flag. Someone chalked a memorial to their grandfather on the garage door. ...
Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Nearby Houses - Frank Lloyd Wright In Chicago, Blown Up Drug Lab In San Francisco

›
 I mentioned in the previous pos t that Oak Park, Illinois was Frank Lloyd Wright's home for a long time.  Then Sunday I discovered ther...
Friday, February 10, 2023

Bearings And Sunshine - And Some Oak Park Houses

›
We're in Chicago/Oak Park, Illinois visiting a long time friend (we were roommates in Peace Corps training over 50 years ago) and J'...
Wednesday, February 08, 2023

My Thoughts On Pro Publica And ADN Summary Of The Bronson Corruption

›
[NOTE:  This post highlights the ProPublica/ADN report on the Bronson administration.   I've added my own reactions in blue .] For those...
Sunday, February 05, 2023

Spoutible's Impressive If Imperfect Start - A Serious Attempt For More Civil Society

›
 I can understand readers here who think I'm spending way too much time on the new Twitter alternative startup Spoutible.   But hear me ...
Friday, February 03, 2023

About Making Assumptions: Looking Up Lisa Blatt Before Finishing This Post

›
 A week or so ago an attorney arguing before the US Supreme Court claimed:  [ You can read the transcript here  page 28.] "but, yes, it...
Thursday, February 02, 2023

Slow: Busy First Day At Spoutible And Envelope Navigating USPS [UPDATEd]

›
While there were some influential (the word influencer grates) folks invited to try out Spoutible.com early, the pre-registered folks, like ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Spoutible - From The Bird To The Whale

›
 Tomorrow, Spoutible will be available for the 150,000-200,000 people who have preregistered.   ⚠️Today at 5 PM EST, we are ending the prere...
Thursday, January 26, 2023

"You have to risk it to get the biscuit." Sharman Haley On Hiking The Haute Route Through The Pyrenees [UPDATED 2/20/23]

›
[UPDATE 2/20/23 - Now available in Anchorage at  Mosquito books and Barnes and Noble] Sharman Haley's book, Perspectives on Place: An A...