Category Archives: words

language or etymology

David Shribman says Jim Newton says (about Jerry Brown and E.F. Schumacher)

Posted on October 26, 2020 by markweiss86

It wasn’t only Wittgenstein. Newton plumbs the Brown mind, finding traces of E.F. Schumacher, Ivan Illich and Michel Foucault and unearthing the concept of “subsidiarity,” which translates in the political realm to decentralization — the delegation of solutions to those … Continue reading →

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Two Palo Alto covers with today’s Sunday Times

Posted on October 25, 2020 by markweiss86

One, A1, fifth lead photo of interior of restaurant at 546 University where CEOs of two leading tech companies were photographed dining together, apropos of antitrust. Two, The New York Times Magazine typography illustration for article about Palo Alto surveillance … Continue reading →

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Personal to DD of the PAW: speaking of ‘rant’ and the related word ‘bombastic’, there is a giant cock-shaped gourd in the window of the dildo shop on Ramona

Posted on October 18, 2020 by markweiss86
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Fair play to those who dare to dream, and Pham Doan Trang, writer, performer, dissident

Posted on October 16, 2020 by markweiss86
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‘Hinky’ is now officially a word

Posted on October 13, 2020 by markweiss86

I wrote something about “kinky-pinky: which referenced Robert Maplethorpe’s nearly obscene erotic and homoerotic photographs but also that something about Palo Alto police and someone describing a suspect as “hinky” which means suspicious. I bought Webster’s 11th edition just this … Continue reading →

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‘Lami@60’ will be especially poignant in the COVID or post- COVID era

Posted on October 12, 2020 by markweiss86

I watched the video tape that John Rhodes had made of the event Matt Gonzalez and I produced in 2011 at David highSmith’s store regarding the 50th anniversary of the publication or the creation of Alden Van Buskirk’s collection called … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto considers commissioner handcuffs

Posted on October 11, 2020 by markweiss86

Statements to the media should generally be avoided. If asked, route questions through the Chair in collaboration with the City’s Chief Communications Officer. BLUF: I find the agenda item for the October 19 Palo Alto City Council meeting, about a … Continue reading →

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Fifty seven eighty one skidoo

Posted on September 29, 2020 by markweiss86

NOFX VS ‘Nolf’ NOFX is a punk band of considerable renown that features two Jewish members and has a set titled “Two Heebs and “ something, and on that flimsy basis I watched part of their recent podcast video as … Continue reading →

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In Tanaka’s Satanic Service, Strikes Two

Posted on September 23, 2020 by markweiss86

BLUF: if i was going to answer such a question I would say I am reading the autobiography of the recently deceased football hero Gale Sayers for whom the NFL humanitarian of the year award is named for “I Am … Continue reading →

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MC Lars tribute to NorCal indigenous for Lions With Wings label and Earthwise

Posted on September 23, 2020 by markweiss86

MC Lars sent me via these magic media boxes, that approximate the human experience thru an elablorate systems of digital pulses, some words, music and images that comes out of our discussion of a mutual respect for the pre-contact civilizations … Continue reading →

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