Category Archives: this blue marble

means either geography as in something far away, as the blue marble is like a globe; or means environmental per se like recycling, pollution, green — ok, maybe should be a subcategory of “green marble”? formerly I wrote “this round marble” by mistake and then covered by linking posts to “geometry”. An oblique Jimmy Dale Gilmore Jesse Winchester reference through “Big blue Ball”.

Three Davidson alumni sports trading cards

Posted on March 11, 2019 by markweiss86

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Good luck, soccer Palo Altans Japic, as their lore spreads to Waco, Texas

Posted on March 7, 2019 by markweiss86

BLUF: Three months later, I do admit I found it odd that a student from Palo Alto would early-commit to playing intercollegiate sports in Waco, Texas after her junior high school year, and that my comments therefore on the Weekly … Continue reading →

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Roughing it (after Twain, 1861/1871/2019)

Posted on March 3, 2019 by markweiss86

”Careful to something something something…” More of my visual doggerel :

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Paly hoopsters hit the road for NorCal title chase

Posted on February 25, 2019 by markweiss86

I watched the second half of Paly’s CCS semifinals, Division I game against Carlmont last week and was suitably impressed. The guy I liked best was Number 35 who first came to mind when he stole a ball and very … Continue reading →

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Indian circus and Ladakh marathoner photos

Posted on February 21, 2019 by markweiss86

bw Family photo from her teenage years of Nayomi Munaweera and her family 1986; the author appears next Thursday Feb 28 at 7pm at San Jose library rm 225:  

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Dartmouth Green Empire State Building hoax v University of Farmington fake University sting

Posted on February 1, 2019 by markweiss86

was this perpretated by the same people from Gonzaga Prep of D.C. who in 1969 turned Washington Monument purple?

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Bang Bang Bang v Beng Beng Beng

Posted on January 25, 2019 by markweiss86

bang bang bang is newspaper composition typsetter shop talk for a series of three punctuation marks, known as exclamation points, like this: !!! (you know what’s weird, but not to bore you: as i tried to type the three “bangs” … Continue reading →

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Playing with food: after NK

Posted on January 20, 2019 by markweiss86

This reminds me of the Matterhorn or at least the Disney version of it or it could be a golden retriever waiting for a bit of croissant

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‘Gary Come Home’ performed live at Joe’s Pub by Colman Domingo and Stew v New York Times report of the death of George the Snail

Posted on January 14, 2019 by markweiss86

Not to confuse the matter but my wife does enjoy eating escargot And in his song about Florida which I wrote about yesterday Stew admits that edible “gator tail” is “the joint” Which I believe means very good

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While we watched an Apu film from the 1950s, women in East India protested the ‘honor killing’ of a girl by her father

Posted on January 14, 2019 by markweiss86

The New York Times dateline New Delhi, Sunday, January 13, 2019 by Suhasini Raj and Jeffrey Gettleman “Father Is Arrested in Beheading Of Girl, 16, Who Wanted to See Her Boyfriend”. You wonder if conservative classicist film restorer and exhibitor … Continue reading →

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