Recall Chesa Boudin — Yes on H
Based on my personal experience of his failure to stop a senseless prosecution of a PTSD victim and my observations of people released by Chesa causing death and damage, I am voting YES on H.
Mother Nature and the Side Fence
Just a fun observation. Back in March, 2018 we noticed a small volunteer growing in a small crack in the concrete on our side fence. The little guy is looking pretty healthy three years later!
Deaths Beyond Counting
A house on the 700 block of Waller caught my attention in June. As I walked by I noticed that the residents were displaying the current US COVID death toll in their front windows. Stickies formed the numbers of today's total in one window while the other front window showed yesterday's toll. The windows on a residential street shocked in contrast to the cool, remote news reports of the pandemic's impact. I walked by several times on my morning treks, watching the numbers grow, until on June 27 I decided the non-panoramic scene should be preserved as another Sign of [...]
1828 Days Later
Yesterday I completed my fifth year of doing at least 30 continuous minutes of exercise a day. That means today's five-mile outdoor walk was my 1828th day of exercise in a row. As I've said before, this consistency is Doug Wilcoxen's fault. Doug and I were at the opposite ends of Wig Hall at Pomona College our freshman year. The dorm geography meant although I liked Doug, we weren't close friends. I just knew that he was very bright and we shared a definite label of "Not a jock". When Doug posted on Facebook in late 2015 that he was [...]
Signs of The END
Sometime in March I decided to gather photos of the signs that marked the END of streets. Today I uploaded my 450th END to the gallery "Signs of the End" gallery.
A Happy Oddity of Pacheco Street
As I walk around San Francisco during the Time of the Plague I am often delighted/confronted by special sights that would never be allowed in any "well organized" city plan. Previously I have discovered a street with two END signs blocks apart (St. Marys) and a street with no beginning but two ENDS (Hilton). Today I confirmed another city planning/street labeling impossibility: there is apparently a negative block of Pacheco. Looking up the Pacheco stairs from where there is a sign announcing the start of the street at the 000 block headed toward the Grand Pacheco Stairway..Looking away from The [...]
My Special Reason for Liking Kamela Harris
There is a lot to like about Senator Kamela Harris, and I celebrate her selection as Joe Biden's running mate. She's an experienced office holder who has done well in contentious hearings in the Senate. Before going to Washington, Harris was a strong Attorney General for the State of California. And, before that she navigated the torturous San Francisco City political circus to become our first woman, first person-of-color District Attorney. She's bright, dedicated. And from my own personal experience she is focused on doing what's right instead of just what's politically beneficial. Kamela Harris photo by Mobilus In Mobili [...]
Why I Had to March in Pride this Year: #SFPrideResist
I marched in the Pride Parade this week for the first time in many, many years. I needed to. Recent Pride festivals have been all celebration and parties. Great fun! And, a real spectacle for the just-arrived refugees and asylum seekers that my church has been helping settle in San Francisco. I loved showing off the Chief of Police marching in Pride to a man who was beaten by his hometown police just a few months ago. And, of course, the floats and marching contingents with scantily clad eye candy impress newcomers and jaded old men alike! I have watched [...]
Super Mediocre City
Super Bowl 50's playing location may be in new stadium in Santa Clara, but the pre-game hype is centered in San Francisco. The City's tourism industry is amped up on near-lethal doses of steroids and it is spewing on to the streets a mutant blend of football/corporate hype mixed with Orwellian fear of terrorism. Ferry Building from Super Bowl City Going downtown on public transportation is an amusement park ride showcasing the schizophrenic sizzle of the Super Bowl festival. Getting on your normal morning Municipal Railway car you are likely to be greeted by three heavily armed "Homeland Security [...]