tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130751152011-04-21T16:04:57.286-07:00Michaelnoreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13075115.post-1142802004061592692006-03-19T12:58:00.000-08:002006-03-19T13:10:04.906-08:00

Michaelnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13075115.post-1131879159253559202005-11-13T02:52:00.000-08:002005-11-13T03:06:17.663-08:00

Occaisionally a good friend sends me photographs and I like this one very much. The apples are located at the newcopper-roofed de Young Museum in San Francisco.

Michaelnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13075115.post-1126495285039812052005-09-11T20:21:00.000-07:002005-09-11T20:33:01.933-07:00

The New Yorker

Michaelnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13075115.post-1123800112882303942005-08-11T15:40:00.000-07:002005-08-11T15:41:52.886-07:00

A VOLCANO IN KYSUSHUMount Aso uplandshorses, rimrock the sightseeing buses crameed, to veiw bare rock, brown grass, space, sulphrey cliffs, streakt snow. --whiffing the fumarolesa noseless, shiny,mouth-twisted middle aged man.blue jeans, check shirt, silver buckle,J. Robert Oppenheimer: twenty years ago watching the bulldozers

Michaelnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13075115.post-1123100272701738052005-08-03T12:52:00.000-07:002005-08-03T13:43:58.536-07:00

The above image is used without permission from Edhat, a local on-line daily newsletter. Subscribe to edhat.com by clicking on their logo to the left. It's free (they even have an RSS feed) and along with The Independent newspaper know how to use the web unlike the SB News-Press.Every August Fiesta (Old Spanish Days) takes place in nearby Santa Barbara here on the South Coast. Three days of

Michaelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13075115.post-1119529509541032742005-07-16T05:24:00.000-07:002005-08-03T13:45:13.580-07:00

This will be continued when I have the time to look up some more resources. Privatizing the Weather by David Bollier is a good place to start.We'll be facing many more of these issues as access to information thatwas once freely distributed by the government is privatized.

Michaelnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13075115.post-1119166437572511362005-06-19T00:33:00.000-07:002005-06-22T17:10:04.160-07:00

Referring to Referrers

Michaelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13075115.post-1117784833624585452005-06-03T00:35:00.000-07:002005-06-03T00:56:28.853-07:00

Every Spring the I Madonnari Chalk Drawing Festival takes place at the Santa Barbara Mission. If I knew the history of it or even the source of the name, I'd provide it. Some beautiful drawings are created over the three day festival.A special section for children is marked off with smaller plots where the kids do some wonderful art. Unfortunately, the accompanying adult sometimes cannot keep

Michaelnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13075115.post-1117355654696836212005-05-29T01:33:00.000-07:002005-05-29T01:42:41.876-07:00

A year ago I attended a conference of film directors. One of the panelists was Anthony Minghella, director of "Cold Mountain."When asked what he thought the job of director was, he made one of the more interesting statements of the conference. "When directing a movie based on a book, I feel that a director has the obligation to portray the essential meaning of the book as though he were the last

Michaelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13075115.post-1116895241602012442005-05-23T17:40:00.000-07:002005-05-23T17:49:06.160-07:00

The Sutro Baths in San Francisco(thanks)

Michaelnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13075115.post-1116700618475095942005-05-21T11:34:00.000-07:002005-05-22T12:32:06.963-07:00

Haven't been able to post for a couple months due to non-recognition of my password and failure to retrieve a new one.But at least the weather is beautiful.

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