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Hillary Clinton: Bill Clinton, Madeline Albright, Wesley Clark – political heavy hitters of the 90s. Barack Obama: Campaign workers, youth, diversity – New face of politics. Rudy Giuliani: Typical 9/11 fare – Did I mention 9/11? Mike Huckabee: Chuck Norris. …
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Blue Angels in SF for Fleet Week
The Blue Angels returned to San Francisco for Fleet Week this weekend and as with anything military or fuel-burning, it was met with controversy and a move by the board of supervisors to ban it. Nonetheless, I took a few…
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Take me out to the opera….
Kudos to the Giants and San Francisco Opera for putting on opera at the ballpark last week. There’s something to be said for enjoying garlic fries and a beer while watching Samson and Delilah. It was also neat to see…
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Good career advice from Sen. Craig
Here’s a little tip for your career thanks to Sen. Craig of the infamous restroom sex scandal. Don’t speak before you think. Of course, Sen. Craig is a great example of what NOT to do in this case. MSNBC has…
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Blog hiatus over . . . or is it?
I think I’ve made this claim several times over so we’ll see if it sticks this time around. I’m not going to have the bandwidth to post daily but I’ll try to get back on the rails with posting at…
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Happy Memorial Day
To all those who serve our country and their families, thanks.
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Only in Milwaukee: Harley Hearse
Boing Boing points to a Milwaukee Journal article about a Harley hearse. Only in Milwaukee.
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Happy 70th!
The Golden Gate Bridge turned 70 today. I remember a brochure my dad found from my grandparents’ house. They drove out to California on their honeymoon at the time that the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate bridge were being built. …
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Dave Brubeck at Masonic Auditorium
(Warning: retroblog post) Tonight I saw Dave Brubeck at Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco. Dave is one of the jazz greats and I have always wanted to see him perform live. As a drummer, his Time Out album is one…
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For the visually-oriented
In my MBA program, I had an organizational behavior professor who loved to draw diagrams. It seems like he would diagram just about any point he was trying to make. This article in the Village Voice takes it to a…