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I'm just going to have to summarize the rest of my summer to bring this thing back to current. In the meantime, to feign relevancy:

I'm here. I exist. California hasn't slid into to the sea nor has it yet been completely reduced to cinders. I haven't fallen...

I got in the elevator today and was followed in by two funkily-dressed young women who were already in mid-conversation. One was describing...

This body double thing is getting out of control. There are so many versions of me out there that people don't even recognize me when t...

On this, the 102nd anniversary of the great San Francisco earthquake, it seems fitting to report that there is no doubt another large quake ...

Ahhh. That was exactly what I needed. I've been to Yosemite a dozen times or so, and it's often a little stressful what with tryi...

I'm leaving for the woods. I've been itching to get out of town and be in the mountains for a while now, and so, what the hell. I...

As I mentioned in my previous post, I'm not terribly comfortable around the ocean or large bodies of water, because there were no large ...

I grew up in the landlocked flyover section of country, as y'all know, and I blame that for my unease around (or in) large bodies of wat...

Because I've already set the precedent, I feel it's my duty to convey additional doom and gloom information - not to depress (though...

Not being a religious man, and having no kids in my daily routine, Easter has become one of those holidays that sort of catches me unawares....

A number of years ago, my good friend Meredith introduced me to this silly thing at one of the local fine arts museums which became sort of ...

During my first year in the City, just out of college and unsuccessfully looking for a real job in the real world, I held down a temporary p...

People people people. Ugh. So, the four of you out there who read this thing are all well aware that I have no car and walk all over the pla...

Back in mid-January it started. The first e-mail arrived from a former co-worker who had fallen out of touch wanting to know if I was doing...

I'm not sure that weeping is the appropriate response, since I'm the only one to blame if there's finger wagging to be done. Be...

Back on the 19th at around 5:30 in the morning, a large fireball was seen streaking over the skies from Washington to Montana, visible from ...

Regarding my previous post: They say your odds of getting struck by lightning are better than winning the lottery. So I'm not sure why ...

I imagine that there are a few moments in everyone's lives when something outrageously absurd or terrifying happens that momentarily cra...

Last night was San Francisco's Chinese New Year Parade, one of the biggest celebrations of its kind outside of Asia, and an event that h...