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(mishigas on Oct 24, 2007 6:02 AM) i must admit, as a bay area resident, i much prefer the sea lions. :) if you have the time, i highly recommend driving down the coast to monterey and do the "17 mile drive". best wishes.

(Mystical Time Traveler on May 19, 2008 2:26 PM) Those aren't Sea Lions, they are rats on steroids. Thanks for the laugh.

Pacific Ocean and Point Reyes from Muir Beach Outlook


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FREE THE JENA 6!

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(Jon on Sep 22, 2007 3:58 AM) At the risk of being too simplistic, it seems that the crux of the matter can best be summed as follows: The white kid who threw the first punch was later charged with simple battery and given probation. The next day, Bailey ran into a young white man who was at the party. Bailey and parents of the Jena Six say that when the man pulled a gun on him, he tangled with him and stripped it away. He was later charged with theft of a firearm. The charges against the Jena 6 are disproportionately harsh when viewed against this prism. They should be subject to the same level of punishment as the white teen who committed a crime that could have easily resulted in Bailey's death. Though I suppose the ideal is that all crimes in this case be dealt with equally and with the appropriate amount of severity, i.e., the white teen and his cohorts should also have been charged with attempted murder because their actions could have lead to Bailey's death almost as surely as the Jena 6's actions could have lead to Baker's death. Respected and African- American sports columnist Jason Whitlock. of the Kansas Star writes an insightful and compelling column that looks at the deeper issues underlying the case: the failure to help and support Michael Bell long before he got into this kind of trouble. He readily acknowledges the injustice inherent in the charges against Bell: There are undeniable racial and economic inequities in our criminal justice system, and from afar the “Jena Six” rallies certainly looked and felt like the righteous protests of the 1960s. Still, he doesn't absolve Bell of wrong doing in this case, noting that this is the third me in two years that Bell was charged with assault, but wonders where his absentee father, civil rights leaders, and others were earlier in Bell's life. Where was the daily supervision and parental and community involvement that could have helped Bell before he headed down this path? That if we wish to do true justice to the Michael Bells of the world that we intervene in their lives sooner rather than later. That, of course, doesn't diminish the fundamental inequity in the charges in this case. It just serves as a reminder that we have a lot of work to do as a society before true justice and true right can be realized.

Unless it was this that did it:

In which case, I guess I can get past it. Because that was funny.

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James Bond or Jason Bourne: Jason Bourne
Word that's totally out of style: rad
Favorite piece of clothing: my wedding suit
When I'm bored, I like to: read (already answered this previously)
TV show I'm dying to appear on: PTI
People say I look like: Michael J. Fox

Only one of the sports celebs, Scott Baker of the Twins, joined me and went with Bourne. Brad Hawpe of the Rockies is tired of the word "totally" while Brandon Webb of the D-Backs agrees with me about "radical." Baker likes to watch movies when he's bored; Webb plays guitar.

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Only one of our sports stars, Paul Byrd of the Indians, could finish the Hendrix lyric.
Sports stars own a lot of TVs, with the exception of Stacey Dales of the WBNA's Sky. She owns 1.
Dales orders a well-rounded sushi meal consisting of tuna shashimi, the rainbow roll, ginger salad, and red wine. I'll have to try it.
Placido Palanco of the Tigers owns 32 TV sets or so he claims. He can't enough of the O.J. Simpson story, is afraid of snakes, chews gum, and orders the tuna roll.
Jason Kendall of the Cubs is a tobacco man and likes beer.

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Some select answers from sports stars:

Penny Taylor of the Phoenix Mercury of the WBNA is reading Harry Potter and says being sincere is the best way to a woman's heart.

Chad Billingsley of the Dodgers wants to hang with Nolan Ryan and doesn't have a favorite quote. Listening is the best way to a woman's heart. My wife agrees.

Jeff Cunningham of the NBA's Toronto Raptors answered some variation of David Beckham to all questions. My guess? He's goofing around.

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It's a funny thing living in a big city. Mostly you don't take advantage of all the things it offers. You think "Oh, I'll do that next weekend," but next weekend doesn't come. Life gets in the way.

I've been meaning to go to the Cloisters for years. Literally. Since I was in my 20s. Finally, today, thanks to A, I went. Very lovely.

And because you're on a hill in northern Manhattan, you get a wonderful view of the beautiful Hudson River.

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(Mom on Jul 6, 2007 10:07 PM) So beautiful. And if it's thanks to A, more power to him.

(Rick DeMent on Aug 1, 2007 1:53 PM) Great pics, god it's been so long since I remembered my typekey password, I have been liberated!!!!!

(miriam's ideas on Feb 12, 2008 5:54 PM) I've always loved the Cloisters. For another beautiful view of the Hudson, go to Wave Hill.

Bison in Luzern


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(asher on Jun 27, 2007 10:00 PM) Unable to let something like this go unanswered, I checked with the Answer Man (also known as Google). It seems that the first bison were imported from Canada in 1989. Why you ask? To furnish the Swiss with a source of meat other than beef, lamb, pork, etc. - you get the idea. Officially "too old" Dad

So I'm just going to sit here quietly in my corner reliving the halcyon days of my youth. I shudder in the knowledge that 30 years from now, when I'm in my 70s, I'll be listening to the Ramones or AC/DC and some kids will hear and say "Check out grandma over there listening to that old people music."

Oh, sure, sit there and laugh at me, youngsters. Some day this will happen to you. I made it to 43 before hitting saturation point. Let's see how old you are when it happens.

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(TC@LeatherPenguin on Jun 26, 2007 9:17 AM) God's band, The Ramones, will never be "old."

(Donna on Jun 27, 2007 11:31 AM) I am so relieved I am not the only "old" person on the internet. Sometimes it feels that way. I just turned 44 on June 18. Funny thing is my kids like alot of my music because they play Grand Theft Auto Vice City and the radio in the cars plays 80's tunes!

(MIB on Jul 24, 2007 10:05 PM) You know it's time to turn in your Pop Culture card when you hear some youngun boast about the latest song by (whomever) and you explain to them it's just a remix of a 30-year old record.

Pulling something else from Mozza, I thought you could all use some flowers. (In a Wildean gesture, he sometimes kept flowers in his pocket.)

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Thorvaldsen's Lion


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Across Lake Luzern


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