Monthly Archives: October 2007

Agua

I’ve lived nearly all my life living in the Bay Area, a region with a climate ideally suited for humans. The past five years I have been living in San Francisco, basically the coolest and among the wettest parts of the Bay Area. Surrounded by (salt) water on three sides, cooled by the marine layer [...]

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San Diego’s water is safe and healthy to drink for most people*

Living in a semi-arid land like San Diego has made me conscious of potable water as a precious and scarce natural resource. Growing up in NorCal, I remember drinking water from the faucet or even the hose without a second thought. Since we moved to San Diego 17 years ago and finding the drinking water [...]

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Retro 80s plus trance

Just some tracks I’ve been listening to lately…

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Like a vegetarian with a leather couch

It’s easy to revile smokers. Their pastime results in dirty air and unhealthy symptoms as well as environmental degradation. Like the overweight or the poor, they are easy targets for feelings of superiority in the observer. Here in San Diego we visit a lot of parks in our ongoing efforts to make sure the kidlet [...]

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