Tag Archives: dartmouth

Cox milk

Posted on August 14, 2018 by markweiss86

this is not quite an item either but it turns out that a man named tom valtin got 552 votes in the 2008 supe race (won by David Campos) i think its bernal heights and my research shows he is … Continue reading →

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Would that it were: the Olympics of shaggy dog stories

Posted on July 31, 2018 by markweiss86

Hi, Cammie. I’m a Dartmouth ’86 and former sportswriter digressing from something else to send you a quick greeting. (I’m researching the Palo Altan Rink Babka, a discus athlete from 1960 Rome and a painter, apparently — he’s in a … Continue reading →

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I’ve got your 3

Posted on June 14, 2018 by markweiss86
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‘Red Poet’ doc about SF’s Jack Hirschman, who briefly taught at Dartmouth in 1961-1962

Posted on February 29, 2016 by markweiss86
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Jeff Tesreau w. Jack Chesbro

Posted on June 11, 2015 by markweiss86

Henry Schulman in the Chronicle, apropos of the Chris Heston gem, mis-identified the previous Giants rookie to toss a no-no; he called Jeff Tesreau “Jack Tesreau.” I texted him on that, or I tried, at least to send something from … Continue reading →

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Journalist John Burks, on his former bandmate, Alden Van Buskirk, jazz pianist (and Monk)

Posted on April 28, 2015 by markweiss86

(Alden Van Buskirk) –Van — was hands-down the best jazz pianist I ever played with, always exciting, always unpredictable– I never was sure he was going, though once we got ‘there’ it was invariably right. Not unlike Monk, of whom … Continue reading →

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Four non posts

Posted on February 20, 2015 by markweiss86

1. something about Paly basketball, and Mu v. Mo* 2. something about “State of the City Palo Alto” and Mountain View Voice news reporting the hard to measure role of the builders and realtors role in that election; how is … Continue reading →

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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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Pharoah Sanders, Don Cherry….and Dartmouth?

Posted on January 2, 2015 by markweiss86

and prologue talk about karma I did reach Chris Cortez just now or an hour after posting the first draft of this in the booth of KCSM and he agreed that my Pharaoh take is pretty esoteric and funky like … Continue reading →

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Dartmouth legends Swede Oberlander and Ray Truncellito

Posted on December 23, 2014 by markweiss86

Ray Truncellito from Manchester, New Hampshire, a Dartmouth legend for playing and coaching football, returned my call and we yakked like good ol’ boys for about an hour until my stupid smart phone, which does not have the granite of … Continue reading →

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