Friday, November 4, 2011

Boycott Chase Bank

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I've never been harassed quite in this way by a bank before. My address changed six months ago and during those six months Chase has sen...
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

My Dentist's Advice: Eat Ice Cream and All the Halloween Candy You Can (and Exercise, Eating Right, and Brushing are Optional)

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I went to my new dentist on Halloween. Yeah, I thought that was funny too. I bought and ate a doughnut afterwards but didn't eat any Hal...
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Fixing Prop 13

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I've always tried to think of ways to bring down housing costs. Houses should be places to live, not investments. Just like high gold pr...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Getting to Know the Local Environmentalists, Part 1: Under One Sky

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Last week I attended "Under One Sky: Climate Change and Your Back Yard." It was a climate change discussion sponsored by the Envir...
Monday, August 29, 2011

Fall Colors... in July

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The fall colors start on the coast in July. This year, I first noticed poison oak turning red on July 25th. Not a lot, but individual leaves...
Sunday, July 24, 2011

Tiptoeing up a mountain

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The most careful mountaineers are the ones that wear sandals. I realized this two weeks ago when I was on my way up Mt. Warren, in the Inyo ...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

Rising Air

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This is the wettest place I've ever lived--over 44 inches of rainfall per year on average. Even a year with only half of average rainfal...