Category Archives: words

language or etymology

Jack Del Rio and Lisa M. Snyder

Posted on January 22, 2015 by markweiss86

Vic Tafur page 1 the Chron has a puff piece on former Hayward High great Jack Del Rio, 51, the new Raiders head coach. I distinctly recall asking my former The Dartmouth colleague Lisa M. Sndyer, a Hayward ’83 about … Continue reading →

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Je suis Jim Yardley

Posted on January 20, 2015 by markweiss86

I doubt we ran Jim Yardley’s first byline above the fold page one of the Oracle, at Henry M. Gunn High of Palo Alto — something about middle class students using public transportation to school, spring 1981 — but his … Continue reading →

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My message to neighbor Eric Rosenblum versus what his computer may have told him I said:

Posted on January 1, 2015 by markweiss86

What I said: Hi Eric, Mark Weiss, 
I can’t resist. I didn’t see the meeting
 and I haven’t seen the tape, either, but 
The Post quotes you regarding the term “privatization” 
as it applies to Downtown North parking 
and I … Continue reading →

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Mending wall 2015

Posted on January 1, 2015 by markweiss86

Like a lot of things, I admit, when I am writing about Frost, or am writing about Downtown North, or Architectural Design, I am writing about my self: I woke up this gray winter New England morn And walked outside … Continue reading →

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Steve Almond and Cheryl Strayed as “Sugar” on Rumpus

Posted on December 12, 2014 by markweiss86

I’ve been a bit of a hater of Cheryl Strayed but am softening now that I know that Steve Almond has a connection to her. He started the “Sugar” advice column on Rumpus* and then passed that “Torch” to Cheryl. … Continue reading →

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Original G, or Lah med yah weh

Posted on December 4, 2014 by markweiss86

(Note: I wrote this exactly one month ago but re-reading it, it eludes even me. The basic story is that a barista at Peet’s in South Palo Alto who did not look particularly interested in Torah had four Hebrew characters … Continue reading →

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DeYoung v. deform, and Comaroff architecture book

Posted on December 1, 2014 by markweiss86

Laughing out loud and rather hardily, at the humorous distortion of the Weissian chin and nose; talk about chin music?! And I juxtapurposed this photo by Eric Cohen, who not not incidentally studied masters level with Paul McCarthy at UCLA … Continue reading →

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The ‘credible hulks’

Posted on November 30, 2014 by markweiss86

I’m a sports fan, and a sports-writer –trained by four or five publications, plus the 100 or so sports-themed posts here in Plasticlandia — so I do recall hearing of the two Palo Altans winning medals at the Olympics in … Continue reading →

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Tiny conductors

Posted on November 25, 2014 by markweiss86

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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Good luck, Chris Strausser, in your first Apple Cup

Posted on November 25, 2014 by markweiss86

Chris Strausser was my Terman and Gunn classmate, 1976 to 1982, six years, but never a teammate. I do recall the first time we invited him over, seventh grade, and we played in our game room, which featured a billiards … Continue reading →

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