in the late ’70s and early ’80s i studied voice with stewart brady, the voice teacher at the american conservatory theater (a.c.t.) in san francisco. a family friend was an opera singer who provided me with an introduction; i studied with stewart for a little over eight years. i knew that stewart had taught kathryn […]
research shows that giant container ships are a significant source of air pollution, emitting 18-30% of all nitrogen oxide and 9% of sulphur oxide pollution. one such ship can emit almost the same amount of cancer and asthma-causing chemicals as 50 million cars. given a world-wide automobile population of 760 million cars, this means that […]
out of the blue, virginia thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, left a voicemail for anita hill seeking an apology for hill’s claims of harassment by her husband 19 years prior. thanks to the digital world we live in, the voicemail was forwarded to the authorities. it has also rekindled interest in […]
a million years ago, i worked as a handyman/carpenter with my friend john. our two mottos were: ‘it’s not OUR house’ and ‘by the time we’re done with your job, we’ll have it down!’ while it was ok when we did it, it’s a bit disconcerting to think the people we are depending on to […]
adele was a freelance advertising copywriter in helsinki… until she went on maternity leave. she spent the first year of her baby’s life imagining/creating scenes around her sleeping infant. this one is called ‘up!’. very creative, very cute! adele has taken the images off of her blog because of rampant theft, uncredited use, and blatant […]
i continue to receive forwarded emails from well-intentioned and otherwise intelligent people that contain old news or recycled mis-information. yes, i understand that the power that courses through you when you forward an email to (potentially) hundreds of people . yes, i understand that joining a group of people who share a belief in something […]
i don’t even remember how i met duncan murphy… was it bmug (the berkeley macintosh users group)? the suse linux office that used to be near the grand lake theater in oakland? we called duncan ‘the dunk’. he was brilliant, tortured, and lovable. he was first and foremost a geek… a very talented programmer who […]
i used to joke that that was our family motto… until the day repressed memories of the family crest re-surfaced (i was experimenting with the therapy plug-in for photoshop):
immediately after sending my cd off to be mass-produced, i recorded two more songs (doh!). one of them has perfectly wonderful lap steel guitar throughout, played by michael fagrey. i was listening to the song the other day (‘the guy in room 7’, about a permanent resident at a sleep clinic in switzerland), and decided […]
picked up max today in zion national park. do i have a dog? or does he have a webmaster? http://www.5happy.com/max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .