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My brother follows in Larry Craig’s footsteps (but not too closely)

Mark
31 Dec 2007  
>> News, Travel

The Sen. Larry Craig Bathroom at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport
My brother Dave was flying back from Buffalo to Portland and had an hour layover in Minneapolis. He immediately went on a quest to find the bathroom that Senator Craig was caught in. A helpful security guard showed him to the location where he took the […]

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Santa’s Workshop and the Worst Bathroom Ever

Mark
30 Dec 2007  
>> Travel, Buffalo

I just got back from a trip to Western New York to visit my family for Christmas. On Christmas night, my brother and I were out walking and happened to go past “Santa’s Workshop” in the Village of Hamburg. I remember seeing Santa here when I was a kid, except it was in a different […]

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Merry Christmas, bird-diaper.com style

Mark
17 Dec 2007  
>> Animals, technology

I’m not sure how the gmail advertising works, but for some reason Google thinks I am really interested in things like Christmas outfits for pet birds. Actually, they are right. I am VERY interested in things like that but I never actually buy them.

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Mopeds in San Francisco and the 40% off sale at Drug Barn

Mark
16 Dec 2007  
>> San Francisco, Ranting, technology, unsafe products

I really don’t get the new hipster fascination with shitty old mopeds. I can see where many of them, especially aging hipsters no longer able to ride up San Francisco’s steep hills on fixies, needed to find another method of transportation. But a 1970s 2-stroke moped that burns oil and is probably […]

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Willie Nelson’s “Pretty Paper”: if you have to listen to Christmas music

Mark
14 Dec 2007  
>> music

Willie sings Christmas classics, and none of the really annoying Christmas songs you never want to hear again like “Feliz Navidad” or “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.” Highly recomended.

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Cow Power in California

Mark
12 Dec 2007  
>> Animals, News

I just read about a program that will produce energy from cow manure. Pacific Gas and Electric is going to work with an outside company who will build four facilities at dairy farms in California to trap methane gas. It will then be fed back into the natural gas pipeline network.
I wonder if this only […]

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Lunchtime Wedding and Birdwatching

Mark
9 Dec 2007  
>> San Francisco, Animals

Post-ceremony walk down the grand stairway in the City Hall Rotunda
Looking for something to do in San Francisco over your lunch break? Go to a wedding! On Friday, I rode my bike to City Hall from my office and watched my friends Brian and Corrina get married. They weren’t sure they would be able to […]

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Overheard at the Bird Sanctuary

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9 Dec 2007  
>> Uncategorized

I overheard pieces of a woman’s cell phone conversation today at the Palo Alto Duck Pond while walking in to the visitor’s center. In order to set a mental picture of the scene, the woman was overweight and in her late 30s or early 40s and carrying a very expensive SLR camera with huge telephoto […]

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My Banta Champagne is Finally Enjoyed

Mark
5 Dec 2007  
>> San Francisco, Architecture, food

Last year I was unceremoniously laid off on December 22nd, the day before I was due to go out of town to visit my family for the holidays. I shouldn’t say unceremoniously though, because I did get this fancy bottle of champagne with a note wishing me the best of luck in the new year. […]

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Old-Timey San Francisco: Cable Cars and Rotary Phones

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4 Dec 2007  
>> San Francisco, Travel, technology

The prestigious California Street Cable Car whisked us to the top of Nob Hill
On Sunday, Rob and I went into the time machine known as Nob Hill. We took the California Street cable car up to the Fairmont hotel, and then walked over to his apartment and used the rotary phone (yes, you can […]

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