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Emma

Posted in art, books, fiction, novels, travel, writing on November 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »

 Have you ever felt like you were headed down the road in one direction only to see a number of signs luring you a different way?

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Unvoluntarily “Green” Commuting

Posted in commute, humor, travel on November 4, 2009 | 4 Comments »

We had a little hassle with the SF Bay Bridge recently, closing it down. You may have heard about it.

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Submarining the Work Week

Posted in commute, travel on October 5, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Our BART train stalled in the Tube down on the floor of San Francisco Bay today. It seemed to run into some trouble as we left Oakland and entered the Transbay Tube, stopping and starting a couple times. During a stall the driver came on and said they were having technical difficulties and we would be delayed. [...]

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A Strangely Jolly Commute this Morning

Posted in commute, culture, entertainment, humor, life, travel on August 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I did the casual carpool this morning. For those outside the SF Bay Area, the casual carpool is a way to reduce congestion during rush hour. I think it’s primarily in the East Bay (across San Francisco Bay from the City), rather than down the peninsula or in Marin county, but they may have it [...]

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Hitting the Road

Posted in e-scrapbook, life, love, travel on July 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »

They’re an odd trio now, clumped out on the curb, reminders of other times and incarnations, ready to be hauled off somewhere.

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A hike up a hill

Posted in animals, birding, dogs, nature, pets, travel, walking on June 16, 2009 | 10 Comments »

A few years ago, a friend and coworker of mine told us of a nice place to go for a walk up near Sonora, called Table mountain.  Table mountain is a mesa, and just below the ridgeline there is a nice trail, through a pasture.

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A different pace

Posted in animals, books, dogs, e-scrapbook, entertainment, photography, top of the world, travel, walking on June 14, 2009 | 5 Comments »

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Off to the Foothills

Posted in animals, dogs, nature, pets, travel, walking on May 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »

 The wife, the pups, and I are heading for the Sierra foothills in a few hours. Mostly, when I get my to-do list to-done.

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The Phone Call with StubHub

Posted in baseball, entertainment, life, rants, sports, technology, travel on May 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »

 I spoke to Ms. Norberg, of StubHub.

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StubHub follows up

Posted in baseball, rants, sports, travel on May 7, 2009 | 11 Comments »

I’ve heard back from a senior supervisor of executive customer care at StubHub. Those who stop by frequently might remember we had three spring training tickets stolen a week before we left town.
And now, two months after we began e-mailing and calling StubHub to try and replace the stolen tickets before we got to Florida, [...]

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