Organic Mutant Archives: February 2006
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25 February 2006
Camping @ Sinkyone
In honor of la familia’s current camping expedition, I’ve decided to publish a journal entry of mine from March 17, 2003, when the WeXachos and I went camping at Sinkyone Beach. …
Sinkyone Beach, 3/17/03
The night was bitterly cold, punctuated by the incessant cacaphony of amphibious mating calls. Frogs appear to be nocturnal animals, near as [...]
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25 February 2006
Wow.
CBS ran an incredibly powerful story that brings you to your feet and just keeps on giving each and every minute into it. Jason McElway, an autistic high school basketball team member in Rochester NY, served as the team manager and spirit coach for several years. On the final game of the season the coach [...]
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24 February 2006
PortsCenter
I know we have a mild aversion to being too politically oriented, but I still reserve the right to blow the ideological whistle every few posts. Thus, I bring you a brilliant rant from Hunter at Daily Kos: Xenophobia? That’s What You’re Going With?
I have to remove my shoes to get on a damn plane, [...]
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24 February 2006
Blog Candy: High Security Cavalcade
Found this interesting nugget over at NBC News’ blog, The Daily Nightly:
Once the motorcade started rolling we all knew this was not a normal 50-minute drive into the mountains. The motorcade moved at between 50 and 80 miles per hour through downtown Beirut. These were armor-plated Suburbans and armor-plated 10 passenger vans. It was amazing. [...]
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23 February 2006
Bizzarre Incident in the Middle of the Day
For lunch today I decide to go meet my pal - and former colleague - Robert. Being that he works downtown and I’m at Civic Center, I decided we’d eat Thai near Union Sqaure. It’s too far for me to walk in reasonable time so I decided to hop the F train, a streetcar that [...]
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21 February 2006
Bizzarre Incident in the Middle of the Night
Living next-door to a firehouse jades one to the sounds of blaring sirens and the spectacle of flashing red lights. With my recent move to a more, uh, street-friendly unit, my exposure to the comings, goings, and general antics of the firemen next door has risen umpteenfold.
So there I was asleep in bed last [...]
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20 February 2006
GM: Autocide by bad design
GM CEO Rick Wagoner apparently just learned that product differentiation is key to success in the auto biz. On the heels of the disastrous and pathetic GM ‘Sport Vans’ (nee minivan reskins), the guy had the gall to admit just that::
If I had a chance to rerun the last five years, we probably would have [...]
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19 February 2006
Cuteness of the Day
Who knew that baby Wolverines were so damn cute!?
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18 February 2006
Cancer Horoscope for week of February 16, 2006
The mayor of Las Vegas has suggested a novel idea for discouraging graffiti on his city’s highway walls. Oscar Goodman envisions televised spectacles in which the vandals’ thumbs are cut off. His proposed punishment goes too far for my tastes, but I’m wondering if you might approve of it. Lately you’ve been having bouts of [...]
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18 February 2006
Dude, Where’s My Car?
One of the many joys of true urban City life is the infrequency with which I need to drive. To put it another way, I drive when I want to, not because I have to. That means I can walk lotsa places, or I can cab it or take the MUNI. It is neat.
A side-effect [...]