One Year Ago Today, I crossed the last state border of the AT, from New Hampshire into Maine. At this point, there was *only* 281 miles to go!
I remember the border crossing distinctly, because there was a tent right there, with a southbounder huddled in it. She wanted to get as far as New Hampshire, [...]
On this day of days, I am remembering a day back in October 2007, at a free concert in Golden Gate Park, listening to Billy Bragg introduce his song “The Space Race Is Over.” It’s a beautiful song. He was talking about the origins of the song, which was a conversation he had trying to [...]
I thought I’d take a few moments to attempt to put my many layers of feelings about this issue on paper.
When Beckham first moved to this league, I had very mixed feelings. I hate it when aging European-based players mention MLS as a way to get a last paycheck. This is old thinking, based on [...]
The fourth estate hasn’t been the same since you left. You will be missed.
I went to see the new Harry Potter movie on Wednesday, and was very pleased. You might have heard me say this before, but I’m not a big fan of over-the-top apocalyptic action movies. I’ve never seen Independence Day, or Armageddon, and probably never will. I often compare two Pierce Brosnan James Bond movies – [...]
Is happy the right word? Yes, I’m one of those geeks who likes to make the distinction between “celebrate” and “commemorate.” So what do you say about Bastille Day, the day the Parisian mob stormed a prison in order to liberate four forgers, two lunatics, and an “aristocratic deviant?” About 100 people died. Officially, in [...]
Today I revisited one of my favorite hikes: Stinson Beach to Mt. Tam’s Pantoll Ranger Station and back to Stinson Beach on a different trail. On my way back to Oakland, I decide to stop by the REI in Berkeley; I wanted to check out bear cannisters since I’m probably doing a High Sierra hike [...]
You’ve heard this from me before. The trail is an accordian. Because everybody hikes their own hike, you never know when the trail will bring you back together with someone you haven’t seen in weeks or months. And I freakin’ love that.
So there I was chilling in Williamstown, MA. I had just seen Beth Orton [...]
My dad sent me a CD of the photos he took (and other people took) with his camera. My cousin Mark was kind enough to put it online here.
