No wonder my allergies have been so nightmarish the past few days. I took a look at Pollen.com. A lot of the pollen here is nothing I’ve ever really been exposed to before, at least not on any prolonged basis:...
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FrankGone South
What AirBeagle would look like if he did a guest shot on South Park (No, I don’t have a goatee in real life. I just thought it looked bitchin’. And I don’t always have a pissed-off look on my face...
AirBeagleVernal Blues
That horrible sandpaper feeling in the back of the throat, endless post-nasal drip, a pseudoephedrine-induced sense of doped-up zombie lethargy all day long … yep, allergy season is definitely upon me. Yuck. This...
Compare and Contrast Time
« Here is what happens in Canada when two soldiers wish to get married »: ‘Jason Stewart has become the first member of Canada’s military to marry a same-sex partner, exchanging vows...
The Truth is Dawning
The light of day is dawning and the rats are scurrying. The truth will have a way of coming out. Just ask Richard Nixon and his aides, one of whom, « John Dean, this week judged the Bush presidency as...
“Academic Bill of Rights”
Meanwhile, on the home front, David Horowitz continues to storm around the country shouting that the halls of academe are actually Marxist-Leninist think-tanks in disguise (as though we don’t already have enough...
Cuba Clamps Down on Internet Use
Another Amnesty International Report, released in January, says that the Castro regime on January 10 put into effect a law which forbids access to the Internet except “to those, such as officially recognised...
Supercomputer Flash Mob
A gigaflop flash mob at the University of San Francisco’s Koret Gym yesterday. My time in 503 has demonstrated that I’m no computer science natural, but I still think this is pretty darn cool.
Cuban Librarians
Last March and April, 79 dissidents in Cuba were rounded up and tried on charges of treason for conspiring with the United States to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro. Most of the dissidents were sentenced to...
A Michigan Day
What a Michigan day ….. a nice warm sunlit morning and early afternoon (I wiggled my toes in amazement in the doorway, almost astonished to see sunlight bathing the threshold) followed in quick succession by an...
Rainy Day Thoughts
• Attack of the killer allergy eyeball reddeners today. Got so bad I had to make a run to CVS in the rain to get eyedrops … • Love the rain, but am missing the sunshine. Looked at my very white arms last...
Traffic Nightmare
I get homesick for the Bay Area every now and then, but not on days like this: Officials are continuing their negotiations with a man who has been standing on a railing on the westbound side of the Bay Bridge near...
Scheduling Nightmare
Next term doesn’t begin for almost five months but registration is already under way. I’ve registered for most of my classes already, but nobody has been able to explain why SI has decided that it’s...
Is That a Spine I Spy Underneath That Pink Tutu?!
Well, for goodness’ sake! « Has Dashle FINALLY grown a spine?! »: ‘Mr. President, last week I spoke about the White House’s reaction to Richard Clarke’s testimony before the...
The Unclothed Emperor and His Flip-Flopping
Even as the mighty rightwing fascist talking points organizations try to paint John Kerry as a ‘flip-flopper,’ « CNN takes note (amazingly) of the Boy Emperor’s notable flip...
Institutionalized Bigotry
« Here’s why it’s a matter of civil rights »: ‘Prudential Financial has been accused of discrimination after refusing to provide benefits to the legally married spouse of lesbian...
Air America Radio
Listening to the debut this afternoon of « Air America Radio » (the only alternative to the massive fascist domination of the airwaves) on XM167. So far, mildly entertaining. My first listen to Ed...
Oozing From Every Pore
Many people noticed yesterday a report on a « Houston man who was injured in a crash and lay paralyzed on a freeway for 36 hours before he was found »: ‘A motorist injured in a crash lay...
First They Came For Our Cocks …
Meanwhile, just down the road from Muskogee in Henryetta, an Okie ‘democrat’ (in the same vein that Zell Miller is a ‘democrat’) is spitting mad because the « Oklahoma Supreme Court...
Under Pressure
I’m struggling valiantly to get back in the swim of things here. Between « substitute teaching and preparing for grad school » and working for « clients » and dealing with the increasing...
GrUncle Again
Found out today I’ll be a great-uncle for the second time. Kid is due sometime around Nov. 22. I need a rocker, cane and front porch.
First Day of Spring
It was a little chilly and blustery, but not bad. The best part was all the bright sunshine, which came after early morning thunderstorms which woke me up around 4:30 a.m. with two big loud thunderclaps. We took the dog...
11-Marzo-04
Because I was in the middle of a bunch of things, I’m belatedly posting this:
«We are all Madrileños» …
Redesign Pretty Much Done
The site redesign, which took me two laborious weeks, is for all intents and purposes finished. How I’m gonna keep up all these ‘blogs, I dunno, but it’s a nice concept and let’s me do some...
Redesigned Rants
The redesign is finally pretty much finished, with just minor tweaking to go. Like it? Let’s see what’s happening in our glorious empire today, shall we? Looks like the assault on the last minority it is...
Artemis Comes Home
Artemis is to be cremated today and finally gets to come home to rest. Hard to believe she’s gone. I still get kinda weepy whenever I think about her and I know the pain that Don and Jean and Linda must be feeling...
Cough Getting Better
The cough is finally better today. I think the key must be the inhaler. Is my asthma actually going to be this much worse up here? If so, gonna be a long year-and-a-half. Also helping is Actifed and cough syrup. But...
Dreamworld
I had a vivid dream this morning. We lived in Palm Springs and so did my parents. Frank and I went out for our anniversary dinner and I asked him if he was having fun. He said, ‘Eh,’ and I got upset and left...
Farewell, Artemis the Sweet
The rainy weather here in Ann Arbor is appropriately weepy this morning. It is with a very heavy heart that I have to note the passing of Artemis, the sweetest, most wonderful black lab in the world. Artemis’ dad...
Some Sad News
Just got an extremely sad e-mail from Donpy … Artie-moose isn’t doing well. Sudden tumor growth, bad cancer. Should know on Wednesday whether she’s going to make it. But since she’s approaching...
Your Travel Guide to Baghdad-By-The-Bay (2002)
‘I sat in the Delhi airport and watched the big electric clock in the departure hall that tells passengers when to board. I thought I imagined that time was moving in fits and starts: 1:12 a.m. for fifteen...
A Eulogy for Brooksie Belle Ketchum Booth, My Grandmother (2001)
I wrote the following passages in two separate sections over two separate days. Part I – 2:00 a.m. San Francisco Time, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001 The call I was dreading came just ten minutes ago – an unhappy...
The Mark Morford and The Morning Fix Saga (2001)
1-Apr-01 (but no, it’s no April Fool’s joke) The Article That Set Me Off: « SFGate.com Suspends Three Staffers Over Column » My E-Mail to the offender and many other Bay Area Media...
A Memory of My Grandfather (2001)
I am inordinately proud of all my grandparents, proud of their heritage and what they did and gave to us. All of them worked extremely hard under difficult circumstances to bring, in their own way, the basics of life...
Post-2000-Election Rant (Dec. 2000)
Original Message From: Doe, John Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 6:54 AM To: airbeagle Subject: Palm Beach Video Funny, slightly mean: « Confused Palm Beach Voters » AirBeagle’s Rant: Says...
A Rant on the 2000 Election Season (Nov. 2000)
In the current election season, and following revelations of Shrub’s DUI in Maine, here’s the latest rant. The following is an e-mail that is currently circulating around the internet. Following this is...
Letter to Santa (1981)
Dear Kris, As you may or may not be aware of, that wonderful time of year is upon us, or rather, you. Yes, that’s right, dear Claus, the time for you to finally earn your keep and work off some of those extra...
The Energy Crisis and Its Effect on America (1981)
The American Energy Crisis has had profound effects on us all. Past, present, and, most assuredly, future American presidents have shaped, and will continue to shape, the energy policies of this nation in a direction so...
Tomorrow Today Yesterday (c. 1978)
Dreams, trials, memories Hopes, fears, memories Desires, defeats, memories Isn’t yesterday anything but memories? No, tomorrow is always a memory a scent a taste a touch Why then is...
