A major earthquake will hit San Francisco within 30 years!
Funny, I remember hearing that when I moved there 29 years ago.
Not that I doubt it—if you live in a seismically active area, seismic activity is pretty much guaranteed. And I suppose the ‘89 quake* could be considered major…although it fell far short of movie-of-the-week levels [...]

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I know lots of people whose religious faith inspires them to dedicate their lives to helping the poor, the homeless, the sick or disabled. And although I’m not a believer, I applaud anything that inspires anyone to work selflessly to benefit those less fortunate, to strengthen communities, protect wildlife and the environment, or cultivate the [...]

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I called the downtown precinct to ascertain if one needs a permit to shout through a megaphone on a downtown street corner (you do.) In less than 10 minutes, a couple of officers showed up. They are talking to the adults in the crowd now, while a passel of kids in school uniforms gallivant around [...]

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Have a little girl shout through a megaphone on a downtown street corner telling people to repent and come to Jesus.
Just go the fuck away, will you? I’m trying to work here.
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I drove to Raleigh last night and schmoozed in a ballroom at the Ramada. There were little meatballs and everything.

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Makes me feel like I’m back in San Francisco.

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If I could choose a day to live again,
it would be any random afternoon when,
coming home from school,
I’d find you in your upstairs room,
the cat and dog gone fast asleep
and lying in the sun,
and you would let your work lie fallow
in your lap and tell me tales
of ancient kings, of artistry,
of long-forgotten trinities that flourished [...]

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An article in the New York Times states:
The United States has a long history of separating the treatment of mental and physical illnesses, dating back to the days when the severely mentally ill were put in poorhouses, jails and, later, public asylums. That ended after the deinstitutionalization movement of the 1960s, but mental health experts [...]

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One of the local dining establishments has recently redone it’s wall menu. It’s lovely, but they should have hired a proofreader for this item:
Sweat or Unsweat tea
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