Tag Archives: john paye

Mad bombers in the 650

Posted on October 25, 2021 by markweiss86

There was a kid about halfway, chronologically, between John Paye and Heneghan who also put up huge numbers. But they were against very weak schedule, like Bay 6 not PAL — school of the deaf, and the like. He was … Continue reading →

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Weiss on Weekly cache: Berman sucks

Posted on January 9, 2015 by markweiss86

might run.
I would spend $100.000 of my own money on this, and like my three Palo Alto races ( or strolls) would not accept your money or that of special interests,
I could probably garner 500 endorsements, mostly average 650 folks, … Continue reading →

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Kiss Me Kate

Posted on December 22, 2014 by markweiss86

Sorry, but those landlords wanted to remodel or tear down the building PRECISELY because there’s no more office space here for them to buy and you won’t let them build more. In fact, most of the Peninsula won’t let them … Continue reading →

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Paye to play

Posted on December 19, 2014 by markweiss86

If history recalls John Paye as a political leader who prepped as an NFL quarterback like Jack Kemp, you will have read it here first, in Plastic Alto, the blog with 500,000 words but no readers. Towards the end of … Continue reading →

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Two minute warning or warming to or of Steve Almond Against Football

Posted on November 3, 2014 by markweiss86

http://www.amazon.com/Against-Football-Fans-Reluctant-Manifesto-ebook/dp/B00IW4DOWM This has 45 reviews on major web portal compared to 3 for the compilation I bought and mentioned above, with Namath and Red Smith and Dwight Clark the catch on cover, but 500 for Nate Jackson: Steve Almond who … Continue reading →

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The Wizard of Churchill Street

Posted on October 28, 2013 by markweiss86

Peter Diepenbrock, most famously, coached Jeremy Lin and the Palo Alto Vikings to the 2006 California State Championship in basketball. Although he has moved on from Paly, he still pops up around town now and again, for instance, he and … Continue reading →

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Thirty-three things I (might) write about on “Plastic Alto”

Posted on April 8, 2012 by markweiss86

1. Laurel Nakadate ‘The Wolf Knife”, free in Believer; 2. Andrew Bogut, and Kent Lockhart: Kent told me he once coached Bogut, who worked out with Dandenong, Kent’s old team, in 1997 as a teenager and guard; 3. A Passover … Continue reading →

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