Eating Jackson Street

Jackson Street VII Serendipitously, last Sunday found four Jackson Street Eaters in Nia’s house right around dinner time. I’d planned to go home and make dinner, but because I missed out on the Friday Feed, it was easy to convince me that what we really wanted to was wander over to Jackson Street for Vietnamese …


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Mailbag

From this morning’s inbox: Hi, for the nerd’s job, is there any age you have to be? Because I am only a mere 12-year-old, but I am equally as creative, intelligent, and as fast as the rest. That’s all I really wanted to know for now, thank you for your time. Sincerely,T. I don’t doubt …


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My new neighbor

This is my new neighbor, Rusty. I have serious dog envy.

The Yodler’s Lament

I took the 85 Tercel wagon — we call him the Yodler – to the shop yesterday morning. When I dropped of the key, I told the guy in the jumpsuit this: “It runs a little rough. Plus, we’re going on a road trip, so I’d like to know it’s running well before we hit the highway. The mechanic told me to stop back in around 11 to get their diagnosis.

At 11, I wandered over to the shop. “It’s got some problems,” said Julie, the straight talking woman behind the counter.”We’re working up an estimate right now. I’ll call you when we’re done.” I moaned and asked for the basics. She told me the radiator was leaking – I’d suspected that from the coolant on the road under the car, but I was hoping it was just bad hoses – and the drive belt was really worn. “There’s some other stuff too, we’ll call you when it’s all figured out.”


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Storage Space

A few days ago I met my friend J in Fremont. J is a fine ceramic artist – though when I met him he was doing this weird and very cool interactive stuff built out of all kinds of crazy materials – glass, lead shot, wood, electrical parts… I asked J how he prices his …


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Sound and fury

Last night on my new favorite PBS show, About Us, we watched 30 Frames a Second, a documentary about the WTO riots in Seattle. There wasn’t really much of a takeaway from that for me because, after all, I was here for it. Watching this film did bring it all back, it totally encapsulated the …


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