Category Archives: sex

gender, has to do with females of the species, generally but not pruriently except in rare cases; feminism sometimes.

Two red dogs, or 3

Red dog number one I saw at UNICEF gift shop in Palo Alto, I nearly bought it for Terry who misses our Frida so. Red dog number two is made by and watched over by Julie Brown, Justin’s mom and … Continue reading

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Nick Zaharias guest spot: mark you are a dick

Nick Zaharias, who might have been Paly High Athlete of the Year in 1982 if not for a guy initials J.H., is an avid reader of Plastic Alto, and a frequent commenter, albeit under various fake names and email return … Continue reading

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Keyth lime pie guy

I met Keyth from Bluchild bakers of Belmont twice, once on the eve of my Earthwise@20 at Cafe Zoe and then today erev Thanksgiving again at same venue and this time separated from him or him from a key lime … Continue reading

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Tiny conductors

I just got noted that in Philly coming up, thanks to Mark Christman’s excellent Ars Nova series, two great jazz or out music events. The first is called Ballrog which is a Tolkein reference — the ballrog was a monster … Continue reading

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What’s up, doc, with yo ‘Uptown Funk’ ok?

I was working on a parody of Mark Ronson “Uptown Funk” the song that was on SNL; I was going to call it “Upzone Funk” about Palo Alto’s recent land-use debates and their impact on our recent elections. Meanwhile I … Continue reading

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Dr. Frank meet Dr. Frank

I traded notes last week with Dr. Frank the author and punk folk singer, Frank Portman of San Bruno Carlmont 650 area who many people think of as Mr. T. Experience on Lookout and also he played the Earthwise 5-year … Continue reading

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The Hero With A Thousand / 500 Faces

If you are with me so far you will notice a simple math problem in the headline: “A thousand” divided by 500 equals two. I could have written of the hero with two faces, but that might throw you. I … Continue reading

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Wor(l)ds of wander with friend and former client Dao Strom

Writing this at 12:03 past midnight although it is lifted from something called 3AM Magazine dot com. Not really writing just cut-pasting: In the mountain town of Tam Dao, a man in the market points to the Chinese character tattoos … Continue reading

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Ehren Tool w. Trevor Paglen

insert photo of an Ehren Tool 2014 mug here insert Amazon link to a Trevor Paglen book here, while watching PBS show coda: The Fact of a Doorframe means there is something to hold onto with both hands while slowly … Continue reading

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Shave and a hair cut, two bits

edit to add: does the complexion of this change as I add The Fact of a Doorframe means there is something to hold onto with both hands while slowly thrusting my forehead against the wood and taking it away one … Continue reading

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