Category Archives: words

language or etymology

Kudos to Kobi, but it was Michael Wang of Paly who unearthed the David Starr Jordan concern

Posted on February 24, 2016 by markweiss86
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The tough, the strong

Posted on February 22, 2016 by markweiss86

For certain members of the Gunn student body and community, the pulse must quicken with anticipation this week and perhaps for the next 12 days, a rarified situation created by Gunn’s selection to the Central Coast Section basketball tournament. The … Continue reading →

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Award for welltimed silence

Posted on February 8, 2016 by markweiss86

I appreciated Bet Ratliff’s think-piece about jazz solos and the Grammy awards. and here is a screen shot of my favorite graph: (which is the newspaper equivalent to a jazz solo)

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This dust of birds

Posted on January 15, 2016 by markweiss86

Werner Herzog appears on stage atStanford Feb 2 to discuss his favorite book, about peregrine falcons. No word yet on what type of gastro stunt he will simultaneously endeavor.I’m liking the new Bird Dog, on Ramona roasting up a leather … Continue reading →

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Huzzah for the new bully pulpit

Posted on January 5, 2016 by markweiss86

1 2. Item one is a screen capture of a six-word curse I posted on Palo Alto Weekly online in reaction to Pat Burt, who I consider a bully, i.e. borderline violent and near out-of-control, being elected mayor, although it … Continue reading →

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Bitch, I’m Johanson

Posted on December 11, 2015 by markweiss86

  I have merging two items, one about the damage to the Chris Johanson mural on Cali Ave in Palo Alto, the second, about a despute 35 miles north regarding proposed public art near Mission district BART, because the headline … Continue reading →

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Wah-hoo-wah w. Oo-f-rah

Posted on December 2, 2015 by markweiss86

edit to add, a couple days later: I’ve read the first two stories of Phil Klay and was slightly put off to learn that he was a public affairs officer and not a grunt in the war (well, he is … Continue reading →

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Expectations low for saving capitalism

Posted on November 23, 2015 by markweiss86

I’m roughly two-thirds through my first crack at Robert Reich “Saving Capitalism: For the many not the few”, an endeavor inspired by seeing the former Clinton cabinet member lecture two weeks ago in nearby Campbell, Calif.   I got there … Continue reading →

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Of his 49 projects this year, Matt Merewitz works with at least four that I have strong sense of

Posted on November 2, 2015 by markweiss86

Of his 49 projects this year, Matt Merewitz works with at least four that I have strong sense of. The artists, if not these new works. Not yet. One, is Dave Douglas, for “Brazen Heart” a quintet that features Jon … Continue reading →

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Killing my Lobster plus Mostly Other People Do the Killing mashup: or weird review of Charles Rumback, considered as a band leader

Posted on October 29, 2015 by markweiss86

(maybe ain’t nobody home, dove ventured — UPDATE: if this post were about lobsters and not jazz music I would add information about lobster references in “South Pacific”, “Ah, Wilderness” and the works of David Foster Wallace; and or, I … Continue reading →

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