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24 noms for next president of Stanford (not in any particular order, nor with any methodology beyond having lived hereabouts 47 years minus four years at Dartmouth, four years in the city, a month in Brooklyn and a month in Austin)

Posted on July 26, 2023 by markweiss86

Or I nominate, Michael McFaul, former Obama security chief, an ambassador to Russia, who dated a friend of mine, his freshman and sophomore years. He took us to the Grateful Dead once although I would deny the rumor about how … Continue reading →

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Glad I’m McGurl

Posted on July 3, 2023 by markweiss86

OPEN LETTER TO McGURL: I hope this is not seen as a rant or gripe, but more like what Wendell Berry would call “another turn of the crank”. Please take it on faith or prima facie that I have some … Continue reading →

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Ten most overpaid educators at Stanford, which itself is $40b endowment and does not pay taxes

Posted on October 30, 2021 by markweiss86

Football coach David Shaw, $9m;Asset manager Robert Wallace, $4m;Heart surgeon Dr. Frank Hanley, $3.7m;Asset manager Greg Milani, $3.3m;Dr. Yi-Ping Woo, heart surgeon, $2.6m;Lloyd Minor, is he or is he not a doc, dean of meds, $2.4m – reminds me that … Continue reading →

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Mary Cain, potter vs Mary Cain, runner

Posted on November 18, 2019 by markweiss86

Mary Cain of Santa Clara Pueblo, 1915-2010, very famous potter and grandmother of, among others, Tammy Garcia (also related to Autumn Borts, James Ebelacker and Jody Naranjo, right?). Mary Cain runner, name-checked by former Stanford star Lauren Fleshman, who claims … Continue reading →

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Stanford great soccer player Catalina Macario

Posted on August 28, 2019 by markweiss86

I have not been to a Stanford Women’s soccer game in many years, but I may go this year to check out a special player named Catalina Macario. An SB sports columnist posted a vine of a great goal against … Continue reading →

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Caster Semenya on The Farm

Posted on June 27, 2019 by markweiss86

One hundred eighteen years after university founder Leland Stanford hired Eadweard Muybridge to photo document and reveal mysteries of human and horse forms in motion, champion runner Caster Semenya comes to The Farm Angell Field Prefontaine Classic (!) Sunday to … Continue reading →

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Memoir from the bygone five minutes

Posted on December 3, 2018 by markweiss86

I went to the basement of a building built in 1988, the west lobby, Littlefield, to register for a Stanford extension course. I was pleased I have chosen to come here in person ; The course is limited to 21. … Continue reading →

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Hey you 50 plastic alto readers here’s your chance to be among the first 500 in the world to watch the tape of my former concert going buddy Michael McFaul describe his new book and new audiobook last month on “the farm”

Posted on June 9, 2018 by markweiss86
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Dear Saint Patrick please drive the snakes from Santa Clara Valley thanks concerned citizens

Posted on May 27, 2018 by markweiss86

Edit to add the next day I actually heard back from Lindy Seagal the mayor of Mountain View and he tried to talk me through how to find a flyer I saw a couple years ago about he and his … Continue reading →

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Brodie Jenkins as The Cathedrals / 2 at le Poisson in NYC

Posted on June 16, 2015 by markweiss86

Hats off to Yoshi Kato for his preview of Live 105 BFD, in the Palo Alto Weekly, for focusing on Cathedrals, which is a two-person rock band electronica featuring Brodie Jenkins and Johnny Hwin. Best music news story I’ve seen … Continue reading →

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