I have found Robyn Hitchcock again. The last time I saw him was in DC. Over 15 years ago. Jeremy Kaller, my good buddy JK, and I had decided we were going to take the Metro in and wing it on how to get home. If worse came to worst and we didn’t find a [...]
from http://www.zeit.de/2009/08/KJ-Luchs-Nathan DIE ZEIT and the Radio Bremen jury present: Mirjam Pressler’s Novel “Nathan and his Children” – adapted from Lessing’s great poetic drama Reviewed by: Siggi Seuss [Translation by: Allan Dorr] Date: 10/9/2009 January 2009. In front of running cameras, a Palestinian doctor working in an Israeli hospital is given the news that a [...]
Dorr interview by NewsFlash Anthony Myers, from NewsFlash, thrust a microphone into my face to interview me about my Adobe Flash experiences for the past 12 years. For anyone else who’s been with it this long, you’ll remember the original Macromedia product that you had to fool around with for days in order to do [...]
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Dear Presidio, I wanted to take this opportunity to send a few comments about the recent road closings in the Presidio. Specifically regarding Presidio Boulevard. My bike ride home from work is usually along the Marina, over Fort Mason, along Crissy Field, and up Presidio Avenue to Masonic. For the majority of the way this [...]
So far the upgrading has been pretty smooth. There have been a few little nasties, though. 1. My HP Deskjet 3740 disappeared. No, really. The OS made it invisible. Even the paper was all gone. It came back a little though, when I installed the Ghostscript drivers. Everything was a little faded, not quite on [...]
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I spotted a new vegan snack today: a dark chocolate-coated, peanut-butter rice/soy crisp protein bar. When I took it up to the register, this is what the guy said, “I’m sorry, sir but this item I can not sell you.” I gave him a very puzzled look, at least partially because I wasn’t sure if [...]
These days these things are illegal, but it wasn’t too long ago that Fred and Barney were sneaking a smoke break in the back of the house and Lucy and Ricky were lighting each other’s cigs. We’ve come a long way since then…
With a sigh of both regret and relief, I bid farewell to the ever joyful and delicious treats at the Sunset location of the Bay area’s superlative raw food restaurant, Cafe Gratitude.
