My tweets

By |2014-02-27T12:02:00-08:00February 27, 2014|twitter, Uncategorized|

Wed, 17:05: Vote to make this nominee the BEST Romantic Restaurant. Eureka: http://t.co/Iy5JBQhRFh Wed, 17:06: Vote to make this nominee the BEST Waterfront Dining. Forbes Island: http://t.co/jX1J8qjt1f

The Tempest

By |2014-03-29T12:23:48-07:00February 23, 2014|osf, plays, Uncategorized|

Ashland, Oregon at the Oregon Shakespeare FestivalThe Tempest by William Shakespeare Director Tony Taccone should be ashamed.  This Tempest not only lacked insight and sharpness, my group of friends was struggling at intermission to recall a more juvenile, poorly executed production.  Most of us went back to junior high school to match the feel of the opening night evening.  What a disappointment. The Tempest fails in the same way as last year's Lear.  In Lear, the true goodness of Cordelia was not communicated to the audience so the father's spurning of his rebellious teenage daughter seemed reasonable and not the [...]

Giving Protest a Bad Name

By |2013-12-10T11:59:00-08:00December 10, 2013|philippic, Uncategorized|

photo: Gawker.comYesterday's protest against the Google bus is a very odd thing. Providing transportation to your employees without even asking for public funding strikes me as a very Good Citizen thing to do.  You're taking cars off the road and providing a benefit to your employees. What's not to like? What's not to applaud? Sure, the buses use MUNI bus stops. And, I have had words with a Google driver who sat texting in a bus zone after unloading passengers when a MUNI bus was approaching.  I agree that Google should carefully share the bus stops with the public busses. [...]

A Completely Wonderful Vacation Completed

By |2013-11-10T16:05:00-08:00November 10, 2013|Uncategorized|

Geoff and Galen on Mauna Kea Ten days at sea with Geoffrey and four days visiting Maui, Oahu, Kauai, and Hawaii are complete.  I won't attempt wordy superlative descriptions, but I will organize and share the best of the 889 photographs over the next weeks. We expected good sites and great moments together.  We got them.  We didn't anticipate getting to know the excellent young people who were the crew in our breakfast spot called Sabatini's. They ran the room like a family restaurant, owned by a close and caring family.  We changed our plans so we ate dinner in [...]

My tweets

By |2013-09-26T12:00:00-07:00September 26, 2013|twitter, Uncategorized|

Wed, 17:35: It truly seems that Tea Party leaders are like old-style politicians, scaring people for their own agenda. Sad. http://t.co/sAhBNJ0TYz

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