January 2012
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Wow… FTP march just went under our window. Followed by a huge amount of riot police and their vans.
Jan 22nd
December 2011
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Dec 18th
November 2011
3 posts
Dog Pees In The Most Mesmerizing Way Possible →
this is hilarious…
Nov 9th
Nov 5th
Oakland is wild right now- Alameda sheriffs and others (but no OPD, apparently) in a long stand off with protestors. More tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash grenades used against protestors tonight.
Nov 3rd
October 2011
8 posts
Oct 27th
Oct 26th
7 Must-Read Books on Music, Emotion & the Brain |... →
Oct 24th
7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less | Brain... →
Oct 24th
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Yeah Cards!!!!!!!
Oct 17th
“This is nuts,” said Greg Anton, attorney for the Marin Alliance and its...”
– http://www.truth-out.org/obamas-drug-policy-worse-bushs-war-medical-marijuana-escalates/1318261103
Oct 15th
“There is a reason the movement is called “Occupy Wall Street,” not “Occupy Main...”
– Steve Jobs, Occupy Wall Street, and the Capitalist Ideal — Daily Intel
Oct 7th
September 2011
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August 2011
7 posts
Aug 28th
WatchWatch
(via Robert Ballard on exploring the oceans | Video on TED.com)
Aug 10th
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(via Mark Pagel: How language transformed humanity | Video on TED.com)
Aug 9th
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(via Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better | Video on TED.com)
Aug 9th
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“If her person was property she could exercise whatever advantage was inherent in...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, ‘Tender is the Night’
Aug 9th
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July 2011
18 posts
I married into such an amazing family.  I am so lucky~
Jul 27th
Jul 27th
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Jul 26th
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Jul 26th
Scott Adams, Dilbert creator, on how society has...
From his June 15 blog post (yes, I’m late in the game on this)- “The part that interests me is that society is organized in such a way that the natural instincts of men are shameful and criminal while the natural instincts of women are mostly legal and acceptable. In other words, men are born as round pegs in a society full of square holes. Whose fault is that? Do you blame the baby...
Jul 26th
Jul 23rd
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Jul 23rd
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Jul 15th
Oh man… came home from work feeling sick, and have spent the afternoon watching two movies I certainly should not have watched in a fever-induced heightened emotional state: ‘Blue Valentine’ and ‘Never Let Me Go.’ Not sure the tear stains are ever going to come out of our couch~ I feel dehydrated from all that crying! They were great movies, but probably the worst...
Jul 13th
Jul 12th
Oakland 2011 walking tours →
katy just emailed this to me- hell yeah!
Jul 12th
“If the officer who fired on Charles Blair Hill acted properly, then...”
– Editorial: End the BART coverup | San Francisco Bay Guardian
Jul 12th
Jul 3rd
Sigh. Folding bike parts = the Mercedes parts of the bike world. I am bikeless until next Friday.
Jul 2nd
$20.2 billion The military’s annual air-conditioning cost in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Anderson’s [retired brigadier general Steven Anderson, a former chief logistician for Gen. David Petraeus in Iraq] calculations $18.7 billion NASA’s 2011 budget $13 billion Amount the Obama administration requested to train and equip Afghan security forces in the coming year $1.1...
Jul 1st
Colbert: "Knock, knock."
Crowd: "Who's there?"
Colbert: "Unlimited union and corporate campaign contributions."
Crowd: "Unlimited union and corporate campaign contributions, who?"
Colbert: "That’s the thing. I don’t think I should have to tell you."
Jul 1st
Jul 1st
June 2011
14 posts
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(via Shea Hembrey: How I became 100 artists | Video on TED.com)
Jun 28th
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(via Emiliano Salinas: A civil response to violence | Video on TED.com)
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