Category Archives: Plato’s Republic

pertaining to government, the public sector, governance, democracy, politics, issues pertaining to such, like “freedom of speech” concepts

Finding Memo

Posted on February 1, 2012 by markweiss86

Guillermo “Memo” Gomez Abascal had not changed one bit over the 30 years since we were exchange brothers for Neighbors Abroad’s Palo Alto Oaxaca Sister Cities. Continue reading →

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Happy birthday to me from Palo Alto’s Finest

Posted on January 28, 2012 by markweiss86

But in this case Agent David Lee was working for the taxi companies, the landlords and the pubs and not for me or you my neighbors and voters and taxpayers and citizens of Palo Alto. Continue reading →

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Jurassic 5 meets Tortilla Phlat

Posted on January 23, 2012 by markweiss86

I have always held that a broom and dust-pan, properly, easily, 2na be and cleverly used are more thorough and certainly more colorful that a talisman, no motor, no electricity available, big shiny vacuum. — Steinbeck, TF, p. 86 and, on p. 91 it say: that machine was worth three or four gallons of wine but the miser Torrelli would give no more than two. Bah dah dah dah dee dee dee dee and all that. Continue reading →

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I (heart) Clare Rojas

Posted on January 20, 2012 by markweiss86

I was the nerd who gave Clare Rojas a purple rose of friendship at the opening event at Paule Anglim Gallery. Clare told me that she was not actively pursuing her music activities but that she had recently posted new … Continue reading →

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In Another Mental Universe…LAMI LIVES

Posted on January 10, 2012 by markweiss86

reportage regarding lami@50, mostly by Pinky Kushner, who met Alden Van Buskirk at Washington University in St. Louis and married his Dartmouth friend Peter Kushner, now a scientist in San Francisco: i am forwarding this to a dr. donald miller … Continue reading →

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A Wealth of Ideas to Examine Poverty via Literature at Foothill

Posted on January 9, 2012 by markweiss86

OR HOW I ATE TOO MUCH SOUP AND TOO MANY CHIPS AND TRIED TO PASS IT OFF AS HOMEWORK Jordana Finnegan’s English class 1B at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California uses two main texts to frame a series … Continue reading →

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Tommy Jordan sits in with Beat Hotel Rm 32 Reads ‘Howl’

Posted on December 27, 2011 by markweiss86

i saw the best minds of my generation employed by downtown street team Continue reading →

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420 Cambridge

Posted on December 27, 2011 by markweiss86

let’s get to the point, and smoke another joint, cause you don’t know what it means to be reality stoner real estate television satire and then i bumped again i bumped again Continue reading →

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Thanks to Gary Meyer, the Chron and the good people of Serendip

Posted on December 25, 2011 by markweiss86

Clearing space in my old school (ie circa 2008) phone, I uploaded to here (via my email server) this photo of Gary Meyer, which appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle in August. I guess I am skirting copyright issues by … Continue reading →

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Skee3 Hendrix tribute ongoing Saturdays at Lytton Plaza

Posted on December 23, 2011 by markweiss86

I was called out of the house Saturday evening by the syren call of live music coming from  Lytton Plaza and circled in my car to locate the source, Skee3 doing their ongoing Hendrix tribute. I watched a member of … Continue reading →

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