Summer leaves and my birthday’s here And all my friends stand up and cheer And say man you’re old Getting old Old Getting old --Paul...
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As I get started on tweaking this blog so it looks like something that's not off the shelf, I'm putting up this short post to...
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For my anniversary present J bought tickets to the play "Permanent Collection" in Berkeley. Back in June I got all jazzed about seeing the play...
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The top picture is the new UC Merced campus, and the bottom picture is San Quentin prison in beautiful Marin county. UC Merced has a...
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I used to teach political science, history, and American studies at the college/university level. And while I had some wonderfully insightful and smart students, I...
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