Category Archives: words

language or etymology

A Wealth of Ideas to Examine Poverty via Literature at Foothill

Posted on January 9, 2012 by markweiss86

OR HOW I ATE TOO MUCH SOUP AND TOO MANY CHIPS AND TRIED TO PASS IT OFF AS HOMEWORK Jordana Finnegan’s English class 1B at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California uses two main texts to frame a series … Continue reading →

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420 Cambridge

Posted on December 27, 2011 by markweiss86

let’s get to the point, and smoke another joint, cause you don’t know what it means to be reality stoner real estate television satire and then i bumped again i bumped again Continue reading →

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Floating the Palo Alto libraries

Posted on December 23, 2011 by markweiss86

here i am laptop in hand turn my face to the tube; hey, you’ve got to if you are a jew hide yourself on Christmas eve away, especially if the mall makes you small, in the cold water not steve martin way Continue reading →

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Earthwise presents in San Francisco a tribute to Alden Van Buskirk (1938-1961), Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Posted on December 13, 2011 by markweiss86

in another mental universe that spirals to infinite we gather to talk about van buskirk, in san francisco, for the fiftieth anniversary of the writing of “Lami” Continue reading →

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Nahuatl songs, pictures and translations

Posted on December 11, 2011 by markweiss86

My new friend the poet and scholar John Paige of Oakland gifted me a copy of his book of translations from Nahuatl to English, what most people think of as Aztec. I met John because of my efforts to promote … Continue reading →

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Edelman punt return on Monday Night Football

Posted on November 21, 2011 by markweiss86

This run by Julian Edelman, of the New England Patriots, a former Woodside High and CSM football hero, makes me wish I had done my recent smog check at Frank Edelman’s A-1 AutoTech in Mountain View and Redwood City. Edelman … Continue reading →

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Lethemless Berkeley and Lami@50

Posted on November 21, 2011 by markweiss86

I circled or cruised Palo Alto’s Lytton Plaza this afternoon, not completely unlike Travis Bickle, because I wanted to hear on my car radio the completion of an interview on KPFA featuring the author Jonathan Lethem. I logged, therefore, an … Continue reading →

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Michael Ballack tribute jack-o-lantern

Posted on November 19, 2011 by markweiss86

ich bin ein ballack although the idea came to be over a hamburger Continue reading →

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Heroic stoic dude named Ugonna, Apollo Creed and Stephen Mitchell

Posted on November 12, 2011 by markweiss86

i want to fly like an eagle, a fighting eagle or even a quaker flying death-defying, rim-skaking, tiger-mewing, barkley-viewing, ESPN-leading, soon to be Bob Marley-singing or writing or producing or act-fronting 7-foot-wingspan Ugonna get yours Continue reading →

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To be young and well-hung in Palo Alto

Posted on November 2, 2011 by markweiss86

Beth Lisick the former Saratoga long jump champ, who still looks smashing in a toga, once shot or at least recorded or took notes on Richard Simmons in tight shorts. How she looks in tight shorts I will probably never know. But she gave the world a giant banana! Continue reading →

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