Spotted at the local Japanese dry good store – NOTIME chewing gum. According to the friendly clerk, this is for times when you don’t have time to brush your teeth. To me, it reads like “Everything you do is a whirlwind frenzy!”
No time!
Hike Gone Wrong
Miles and I decided to try hiking down from Inspiration Point (Wildcat Canyon) to San Pablo Dam today. Looked easy enough on the map – a nice wide trail curved its way right on down. Less than two miles, ending in a nice waterside retreat, so only packed one liter of water for the two of us (thought I’d refill at the bottom before the climb back up).
Ground Control to Major Tom
Spotted on a whiteboard at Solano Pub, Albany CA:
Ground control to Major Tom
The American People Are Angry
The middle class is rapidly collapsing, and the numbers are staggering. Today, the 400 wealthiest individuals together own more than the bottom 50% of our population combined. That’s 400 people vs. 150 million people. One American family – the heirs to the Walmart fortune – now owns more wealth than the bottom 30% of American families combined. That’s one family vs. 90 million Americans. And people wonder why Occupy Wall St. happened.
Bernie Sanders is amazing. Check out at least the first 10 minutes of this:
Grounded Theory
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Walking with my Son, East Bay Hills
Feel so blessed to have so many great hiking trails in our own back yard. Caught this one of Miles and I traipsing around near Schmidt Lane in El Cerrito recently at the golden hour, sun long in the sky, enjoying the heck out of each other’s company.
Miles and I on a sunset hike, long evening shadows. Frabjous day.
Dad Recalls Life on Coast Guard Cutters Chautauqua and Taney
Growing up, my brother and I were sometimes treated to amazing stories from the time our Dad spent on Coast Guard Cutters Chautauqua and Taney in the 1950s (see also: His home movie of the hazing ritual young recruits went through upon their first crossing of the Internal Date Line: Pollywogs). Recently, he wrote down some of his memories of working in the boiler room on an original steam ship, the intensity of the seas they endured, and the life of an old salt. It’s an experience that’s largely gone from this modern world, and I wanted to share it here for posterity (with his permission).
Jim Hacker served in the US Coast Guard from 1955-1959. He was on the Taney in 1955 and the Chautauqua 1959, Cape St. Elias Lighthouse 1957 and various buoy tenders in-between.
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Real World “Like” Button
Note left on my bike by an anonymous admirer (OK, “Nick”) this evening. Apparently Facebook idioms have suffused our lives so thoroughly that we now need to get creative with post-its when Real Life is absent a “Like” button.
Flying Minecraft Octopi
Is this a bug or a feature? Seems like every time an octopus gets cornered, it eventually finds its way out of water and into the air. Once airborne, you can give it a nudge and it will glide forever until it encounters an obstacle. We’ve tried, but it’s seemingly impossible to get it back into the water once it starts gliding. Not that I mind – they’re friggin’ awesome.
Roger on Doc Watson, Chuck Brown and Adam Yauch
Doc at the Radar Station: Roger praises Doc Watson, but rules out an afterlife jam with Chuck Brown and Adam Yauch.
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Even during busy months, I try to absorb at least some new music. This May, I barely had time to keep up with obituaries, and will admit to getting all Righteous Brothers over the band possibilities i…
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