Category Archives: words

language or etymology

20 minute triple item on Mencken, Twain and Salinger

Posted on June 21, 2014 by markweiss86

because we are leaving for East Bay, Beth Custer at Chapel of the Chimes, at quarter-past 4 on a Saturday   1. The fact is that some of the things men and women have desired most ardently for thousands of … Continue reading →

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Mencken on the Palo Alto Process

Posted on June 20, 2014 by markweiss86

H.L. Mencken is actually the coiner, as it were, of the term “Palo Alto Process”. He was not, as some believe, talking about how long it takes to install, or get the proper permits if one wants to install, the … Continue reading →

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From one old school First Amendment dude to — dear God — another

Posted on June 16, 2014 by markweiss86

  I happened into our Police Chief, Dennis Burns, today in front of City Hall and pigeon-holed him on this topic. He gave me his card, so I didn’t want to lose pace hence: mark weiss Today at 3:33 PM To … Continue reading →

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For a park in Ventura neighborhood on Fry’s site

Posted on June 16, 2014 by markweiss86

Posted by Mark Weiss, a resident of Terman Middle School, 0 minutes ago June 19, 2014, after a ridiculous round of offline blather Maybe your problem is your banana is stuck up your nimby. Laffer all around. Unplug. Posted under their … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto Police Department has a Donut Shop Locator on their app

Posted on June 13, 2014 by markweiss86

Our new mobile app has a donut shop locator! Download: http://bit.ly/PAPD-AppStore  or http://bit.ly/PAPD-GooglePlay  #MadeULook 😉 pic.twitter.com/eYBVfv4tk8   This is from their April 26, 2014 twitter feed. I presume the hashtag “made you look” means that part is a joke. I … Continue reading →

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Puzzling evidence in Palo Alto

Posted on June 11, 2014 by markweiss86

  (under construction: time to eat the donuts….)   edit to add: Holy canoli! Did he say “Silicon Valley” at 1:40???

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Humm-baby ready for his close-up

Posted on June 10, 2014 by markweiss86

For Don Zimmer (1931-2014, but especially 1987) “YOU SWING LIKE AN OLD LADY, NORMA” after Washington’s Ian Desmond chased a Ryan Vogelsong sinker into the dirt. Either he didn’t hear me, or he did and got angry because he swatted … Continue reading →

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Two new true Ray Johnson books

Posted on June 9, 2014 by markweiss86

I’ve only seen one Ray Johnson in person, at a gallery in Carmel, and posted about that previously.   I don’t think I knew much about Ray Johnson until I read Accidental Masterpiece by Michael Kimmelman. Prompting me to post … Continue reading →

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Frida

Posted on June 9, 2014 by markweiss86

No more to say, and nothing to weep for but the Beings in the Dream, trapped in its disappearance,   sighing, screaming with it, buying and selling pieces of phantom, worshipping each other,   worshipping the God (Dog?) included in … Continue reading →

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Dude what’s your Weissman score?

Posted on June 4, 2014 by markweiss86

I admit I had to use search-injuns to find out that there is a Tsachy Weissman (short of Itschak, or “Isaac” — maybe pronounced like “Socky”, like sock puppet) at Stanford but the Weissman Score for compression is just a … Continue reading →

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