Category Archives: words

language or etymology

Book me, Danno

Posted on July 3, 2012 by markweiss86

Ok, I admit it. I was checking myself out in the search engine. I found two book-related oddities. The first was that Ouida Charles of the City of Palo Alto Library quoted my preview of the Ann Packer reading in … Continue reading →

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Nodding nod to David Foster Wallace

Posted on June 27, 2012 by markweiss86

Yesterday, to prep for my interview for Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission, oblique-like, I napped for two hours by the pool intermittently balancing David Foster Wallace “The Pale King” open-faced on my lap, a super-sized LARGE TYPE varietal, that … Continue reading →

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Burden of truth

Posted on June 24, 2012 by markweiss86

One of these days I will post an essay about the following texts (based on the “60 Minutes” coverage of item A): Greg Mortensen Four Cups of Tea Helena Norberg Hodge Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh Marlo Morgan Mutant Message … Continue reading →

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Song of the day: Kimchi Line by Bho Bhoman

Posted on June 8, 2012 by markweiss86

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Kathi Kamen transition

Posted on June 4, 2012 by markweiss86

I did not know Kathi Kamen also known as Kathi Kamen Goldmark, although I recall meeting her at least twice and am pretty sure I have her old business card in my box that stores such. Maybe in the storage … Continue reading →

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Harbaugh #4

Posted on June 2, 2012 by markweiss86

Friday at Philz Coffee in Palo Alto, a stone’s throw from the Stanford football stadium where Jim Harbaugh led the Cardinal gridders to an all-time-best 11-win season, Mark Weiss, a concert promoter, arts activist and blogger, performed for the fourth … Continue reading →

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The skinny on Mexico 132 movement

Posted on May 26, 2012 by markweiss86

#TodosSomos132: Solidarity With the Mexican Spring Posted 1 day ago on May 25, 2012, 10:50 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt On May 11, a group of students at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City booed Enrique Peña Nieto at one of his … Continue reading →

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Thomson and Brownrigg for JCC benefit in Mountain View shoreline

Posted on May 12, 2012 by markweiss86

I am reading “Kepler’s Dream” by Juliet Bell, a name used by Sylvia Brownrigg, who I’ve known since the fifth grade, at Fremont Hills. Coincidentally, the story is told from the perspective of an 11-year old. Here is Syliva or … Continue reading →

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News! News! News! News! Reykjavik?

Posted on May 10, 2012 by markweiss86

Yale-educated, Pulitzer-winning author Richard Rhodes of Half Moon Bay has written four books on the science of the history of “The Bomb” — that’s, by my simple math, about 2,000 pages and a half-million words — but by my reckoning, … Continue reading →

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For Austin’s Kat Edmonson, crowd-source and NPR are ticket to ride

Posted on May 8, 2012 by markweiss86

I heard Kat Edmonson on NPR a few weeks ago and made it a point to suss out her site a bit. As a guy who caught Dar Williams playing for tips, received Jane Monheit’s first autograph (or so she … Continue reading →

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