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A movie that takes place where you’re from.
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
Pac-Man socks from the Red Cross for donating blood now thru 12/2 🩸
November 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Pac-Man socks from the Red Cross for donating blood now thru 12/2 🩸
He did say it would be a series. 😳😬
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
He did say it would be a series. 😳😬
Came out looking as advertised in NYT, though my fluting is more… rustic. :)
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Came out looking as advertised in NYT, though my fluting is more… rustic. :)
The Blackstone Benediction: Eggs Benny on English muffin w/ grilled veggies, avocado and hash browns. Peach mimosa.
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The Blackstone Benediction: Eggs Benny on English muffin w/ grilled veggies, avocado and hash browns. Peach mimosa.
What is this shark with its brain exploding emoji that iPhone claims I’ve used multiple times? Is this a bad sign?
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
What is this shark with its brain exploding emoji that iPhone claims I’ve used multiple times? Is this a bad sign?
Heard on air the other day that KQED has a crossword. Went to check it out today, and was pretty disappointed. Glaring error, 3D.
November 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Heard on air the other day that KQED has a crossword. Went to check it out today, and was pretty disappointed. Glaring error, 3D.
Coast Guard Island is a small island that sits between Oakland and Alameda Island in the SF Bay.
October 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Coast Guard Island is a small island that sits between Oakland and Alameda Island in the SF Bay.
Received a counted! Prop 50 YES ✅ #California #gotv 📬 🗳️
October 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Received a counted! Prop 50 YES ✅ #California #gotv 📬 🗳️
So delighted to finally have a copy of Ellen Dillon’s _Butter Intervention_ in my hands. 🧈 ☘️
October 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
So delighted to finally have a copy of Ellen Dillon’s _Butter Intervention_ in my hands. 🧈 ☘️
Cloudy South Bay day brightened by bagel sandwiches w/ a friend at Boichik Bagels. 🥯
October 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Cloudy South Bay day brightened by bagel sandwiches w/ a friend at Boichik Bagels. 🥯
Cancel Hulu/Disney+, if you are paying them money.
September 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Cancel Hulu/Disney+, if you are paying them money.
Marty (d. Dec 2019), the best boy. #NationalPetMemorialDay
September 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Marty (d. Dec 2019), the best boy. #NationalPetMemorialDay
This just arrived from South Carolina. Was not expecting such a fatboi! More Irvin Yalom sagacity for me to savor. 💙
September 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This just arrived from South Carolina. Was not expecting such a fatboi! More Irvin Yalom sagacity for me to savor. 💙
Olden times. I think the only sense in which this coffee place in Campbell is an Internet cafe is that there is free Wi-Fi.
September 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Olden times. I think the only sense in which this coffee place in Campbell is an Internet cafe is that there is free Wi-Fi.
Father-daughter outing to see JAWS (1975) in 3-D for 50th Anniversary of the quintessential summer blockbuster. 🍿 🦈 🎥
September 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Father-daughter outing to see JAWS (1975) in 3-D for 50th Anniversary of the quintessential summer blockbuster. 🍿 🦈 🎥
Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings re-make, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
August 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings re-make, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
Delighted by this arrival. It’s pure Josh Rothes ingenuity & sensibility: hints of Wittgenstein, Borges, nods to Melville, Freud. Seriously funny. Playfully smart.
![Chapbook cover: Hydra,
Certain Biological and Psychoanalytical
Considerations of
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August 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Delighted by this arrival. It’s pure Josh Rothes ingenuity & sensibility: hints of Wittgenstein, Borges, nods to Melville, Freud. Seriously funny. Playfully smart.
Bay Area letterpress nerds: San Jose Printers’ Guild sidewalk sale TOMORROW, Saturday, August 30. Type, supplies, presses, and other equipment must go! mailchi.mp/133bccab8304...
August 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Bay Area letterpress nerds: San Jose Printers’ Guild sidewalk sale TOMORROW, Saturday, August 30. Type, supplies, presses, and other equipment must go! mailchi.mp/133bccab8304...