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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

Plastic Peters

Posted on September 17, 2014 by markweiss86

I wrote earlier today about Steve Coleman, jazz musician and MacArthur Genius laureate. Earlier today, however, apropos of nothing, and he of infinite jest, I made a post-modern pseudo-writing job by cutting and pasting bits of nine previous works in … Continue reading →

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Great football writing, part II

Posted on September 17, 2014 by markweiss86

hut 1: Devon Cajuste told me,the night of his 3-td performance against we the people’s black nights — compared to the private cardinal robber barons — that he had never heard of Dwight Clark and the Catch but is a … Continue reading →

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Gunn Titans football the best 956th ranked team in the nation, no doubt: Just say ‘Nozo’

Posted on September 16, 2014 by markweiss86

NOTE: CHECK BACK SOME DAY FOR THE UNCENSORED VERSION OF THS Gunn travels to Branham of San Jose Friday in search of their first “W” although so far, despite the 0-and-2 they are closer to the “L” hand-signal in Ed … Continue reading →

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Chop Keenan as Lester Maddox: he may be a hick, but he’s our hick

Posted on September 16, 2014 by markweiss86

I am saying we should be making money, public sector, on the phenomenon of tech miracle; we don’t have problem attracting tech. We have the opposite. On Conway: Web Link and the connection back to the topic is that the … Continue reading →

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Jacob Jeffries, Sun Kings, Deerhoof, Gregg Rolie mix

Posted on September 11, 2014 by markweiss86

TAYLOR HO BYNUM OR !TAYLOR HO! FREE CONCERT AT LYTTON PLAZA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 1 P.M. PRESENTED BY EARTHWISE PRODUCTIONS RIDE YOUR BIKE TODAYS POST SPONSORED BY I would think “Helter Skelter” and not “Come Together” would be the … Continue reading →

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Kathy Aoki detail in Palo Alto

Posted on September 9, 2014 by markweiss86

In July, 2011 for Patch I posted a detail of a new sign painted by children but supervised by Kathy Aoki, for the renovated Palo Alto Art Center. (I think it says “Palo Alto Art Center”). KQED “Spark*” showed their … Continue reading →

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Good luck, Zephyr Teachout in New York

Posted on September 9, 2014 by markweiss86

I am running for Public Office in Palo Alto, California. I am very inspired by Zephyr’s work, as described in The New Yorker and The New York Times. (see “The Crooked and The Dead, by jill lepore) I was wondering … Continue reading →

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Let my dog pee where the app and property rights (Ventura Park)

Posted on September 6, 2014 by markweiss86

Not to be baited too easily, and I do note that my relationship with Dr. Levy is experiencing a type of glasnost, I worry that when people say “property rights” they are somehow commingled with the “corporations are people” crowd, … Continue reading →

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My 12 picks: Stanford, Northwestern, Army, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Michigan State, Schauer, New Mexico, Michigan, Texas, UCLA and UTEP

Posted on September 6, 2014 by markweiss86

I am not actually a gambler nor do I advocate such. I picked 11 teams plus the Democratic challenger for the gubernatorial seat of Michigan, Mark Schauer just as an experiment. It is more like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern picking a … Continue reading →

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Schauer / Brown for Michigan 2014

Posted on August 28, 2014 by markweiss86

as fate would have it, I wandered into a Old Palo Alto fundraiser for Democrat Mark Schauer, who is leading according to polls in his effort to become the next governor of Michigan, and the tie-in here is that he … Continue reading →

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