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Ten most overpaid educators at Stanford, which itself is $40b endowment and does not pay taxes
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
Mary Cain, potter vs Mary Cain, runner
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
Posted in art, sex, Uncategorized
Tagged andrea fisher, lauren fleshman, mary cain, stanford
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Stanford great soccer player Catalina Macario
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
Caster Semenya on The Farm
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
Posted in sex, sports, this blue marble
Tagged caster semenya, Edwaerd muybridge, Prefontaine Classic, stanford, sylvia brownrigg
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Memoir from the bygone five minutes
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
Dear Saint Patrick please drive the snakes from Santa Clara Valley thanks concerned citizens
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
Posted in filthy lucre, Plato's Republic
Tagged 1769, 3am, adobe abode, costanoan, gaspar de Portola, junipers serra, Lennie siegel, ohlione, stanford
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Brodie Jenkins as The Cathedrals / 2 at le Poisson in NYC
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
Posted in media, music, sex, sf moma
Tagged brodie jenkins, cathedrals, johnny hwin, le poisson rouge, new york times, stanford, the new yorker, yoshi kato
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Faking hipness with AlunaGeorge shout re FrostFest
Four of the acts I punched up from this flyer seem to not have this on their schedule, yet from where I sit at Oak Creek I can hear some loud music as if they are sound checking at nearby … Continue reading
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Tagged arunaGeorge, diplo, frost, grateful dead, siberian front, stanford
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Richard Sherman, 25, Rayden Sherman 2/5
Mazel tov to Richard Sherman and Ashley Moss, proud parents of Rayden Sherman, born today I guess February 5, 2015, also abbreviated to 2/5/15. Sherman in his social media feed noted that he wears football uniform (for Seattle Seahawks) #25, … Continue reading