Category Archives: media

when i sneak my cell into stanford theatre and the lady, who is cool with almost falling off a ladder for minimum wage when she changes the names on the marquee, asks me not to use my cell, marshall mcluhan, noam chomsky and more

Phil Wessells hitting on Melanie Griffith the working girl

Posted on February 17, 2015 by markweiss86

When the Gunn Titans championship teams had their our 25th reunion someone said “What? You don’t remember Phil’s spin move?” but eventually it came to me. So in honor of Mardi Gras and who knows I am suggesting that Phil … Continue reading →

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Out of closet w. censored or double-secret probation

Posted on February 16, 2015 by markweiss86

I liked that the Stanford band played music by three groups that I once booked into Cubberley center: blink 182, Cake, and Squirrel Nut Zippers. I liked the Lili Thompson handshake video shown overhead. I would have gone to the … Continue reading →

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Colin Bonini for Governor (of Delaware, a small state back east)

Posted on February 16, 2015 by markweiss86

I tried to place this comment on a news site, but could not: I am not on Facebook, I am a refuse-nik, so was not actually able to post this: I think Colin Bonini has a core value system about … Continue reading →

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Lincecum under control

Posted on February 16, 2015 by markweiss86

I bought a pack of Topps baseball cards, for $3, to bring me back to 1972 when Andy Dieden and I would ride our bikes ten minutes into the Saratoga Village to get the same 10 cards plus gum for … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Holmes portrait by Jenny Hueston in 12/15/14 The New Yorker

Posted on February 16, 2015 by markweiss86

I conducted a mock interview by voice mail with New York based photographer Jenny Hueston. I wanted to know if, like David Choe and Facebook, she was given a choice of either her day rate in cash or Theranos stock. … Continue reading →

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Sharod garners ‘Toga laurels

Posted on February 14, 2015 by markweiss86

For my money I like Sharod Miller as man of the match, Gunn over Saratoga by 2, in that in crunch time he back-to-back made a tip-in then swatted inside the Falcon shot. This after the Saratoga rooters were heckling … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 13, 2015 by markweiss86

David Carr also starred in the doc “Page 1” covering Vice media. Cut to Orozco 1934 at dartmouth in ray Faulkner 1969:

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Pubic defender

Posted on February 12, 2015 by markweiss86

Broke Ass Stuart has a website, and Alex Mak of the BAS confederacy profiled Matt Gonzalez, the public defender, former SF Supe and artist. I thought it neat, and commented to such, that next to the article there was an … Continue reading →

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K.Flay at Oakland Fox and Live 105

Posted on February 12, 2015 by markweiss86

K.Flay the Stanford educated rapper, who has probably never toured with Deso Dogg and was not, until just now, on the government watch list, toured Europe recently and will play I think Feb. 27 at Fox Oakland and you can … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto prep tennis ace

Posted on February 11, 2015 by markweiss86

edit to add: Stephanie Savides, Gunn 1983 and Stanford 1987, who I met at Fremont Hill Elementary / PAUSD in 1974, broke it down for me the history of girls prep tennis on the Peninsula. Recently and apropos of my … Continue reading →

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