I’ll preface this by saying that I don’t follow Sri Lankan politics and have no opinion about the Tamil Tigers, the Sri Lankan government, or their conflict, which at long last appears to be drawing to a close.
But damn, isn’t “Tamil Tigers” the best name ever for a rebel group? Maybe now that they’ve put [...]

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I want to emphasize this point: I was NOT looking for a job. Heck, I’m scheduled to speak at an IABC meeting this month about the joys of not having a job.
A couple of weeks ago I got an email from someone saying “we have a job opening, here’s the description, are you open to [...]

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Congratulations to Jon Carroll of the San Francisco Chronicle, who has been selected as the 2009 Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award recipient by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. I’ve been reading Jon daily since his column first caught my eye some time in the 80s with his musings along the lines of “What [...]

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We’ve been back for a week now, and I’ve finally gotten a chance to sit down, go through the many photos I took, and recap the rest of our trip.
First off, here’s a couple more views of our home base on Potrero Hill. This is the flat we stayed in…we had the upstairs:

And here’s Farley’s, [...]

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I have obviously been lax on travel tales…that’s what happen when you’re having too much fun. We sampled a wide breadth from Fort Bragg to San Jose and east to Kensington, and saw many friends, yet there were many that didn’t get a chance to connect with. I have many photos which I will post [...]

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It’s been pretty much non-stop action this week. When last you saw your intrepid travelers, I believe we had been here a mere day or two and still had two weeks yawning before us. Now we’re into the endgame, trying to figure out what we can fit in during the last couple of days, with [...]

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…to blog much. Plus, we have one minute left on the meter. Then off to Mendocino! More news/pics anon.
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Most of my computer time since we got here has been devoted to a couple of client projects that blooped up unexpectedly our first day here, and with Mr. D. at my elbow, chomping at the bit to get onto his blog, I haven’t had much of an opportunity for my own pointless blather. You [...]

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Thank goodness for free wifi. Not one but two client emergencies already, the first Monday morning of my vacation. But somehow, sitting in a cafe on 18th St. in San Francisco, downloading files while Barry reads the Chronicle, doesn’t quite seem like work.
I’m anxious to get out an exhaust myself climbing hills (in between [...]

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In the middle of the night tomorrow, we’ll be rising to go to the airport. As long as Hannah’s visit doesn’t cause too many flight delays, we’ll be in San Francisco by noon.
I’m trying really hard not to think of it as going home.
I was only a visitor in San Francisco once, in 1968, when [...]

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