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Oh, By the Way

Posted in Breaking News!, Learning Spanish, Random Ramblings, Things I Bet You Didn't Know on August 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I’m going to Spain tomorrow.

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A Shocking and Critical Look at White People

Posted in Animal Kingdom, Breaking News!, Things I Bet You Didn't Know on February 26, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Imagine my horror today when I logged into WordPress to discover today’s blog of the day, Stuff White People Like. Of course, I felt I should click that link, just to satisfy my queasy curiosity. I feared more of that “white pride” spiel that we hear from time to time, from white people who feel [...]

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I Got Sweetpea Bumbleroot’s Autograph!

Posted in Breaking News! on July 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Sweetpea Bumbleroot of Fair Downs was the final speaker at our four-day long Children’s Writers and Illustrator’s Workshop. I thought I might pee my pants. It’s not often we get opportunities to converse with living legends, and to make it even more risky, I chose to do so in her native language.
This was a calculated risk. [...]

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Какое удивление!

Posted in Breaking News!, Cycling on July 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Kakoe udivlyenie. What a surprise. 
My cynicism is so deep and efficient that my respect for Alexandre Vinokourov plummeted as soon as I read that he’d won the 15th Stage of the Tour de France by a landslide victory, just a day after his dismal 14th stage performance. I didn’t need to wait for the positive blood [...]

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Take This, Live Earth

Posted in Breaking News!, Cycling, Leisure, Social Scene on July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Head on over to Golden Gate Park this Saturday for the 7th annual Tour de Fat. The Tour de Fat, unlike the gross, over-rated, pointless Live Earth, shall be a 100% recyclable event. In fact, you can even recycle your car for a new bike!
Even the power for the live musical acts shall be generated by solar [...]

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KRON Has More on the Story

Posted in Breaking News! on July 6, 2007 | 3 Comments »

The helicopters are still flying outside my window, though. That means the suspect’s on the loose.
Police Locate San Rafael Child in Stolen Car
Updated July 6, 2007 at 3:46 p.m.
SAN RAFAEL (KRON) – San Rafael Police say they have now found a vehicle containing a five year old boy.  The 2004 GMC Yukon was stolen with [...]

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Holy Crap!

Posted in Breaking News! on July 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »

All of this is happening right outside my window, more or less, and one block away from tomorrow’s Carrera de San Rafael!
And, by the way, as of 4:30, the helicopters are still flying around.

San Rafael Amber Alert Ends; Missing Boy Found
(CBS 5 / KCBS / BCN) SAN RAFAEL An Amber Alert was briefly issued Friday [...]

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