June 2008
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Gender Thread
Bernie and I spent the past few months looking into schools for our daughter Isa. Most of these schools were for “highly gifted” students and any one of them would have been thrilled to have her. Because they are overrun with boys. Last time I checked, college students were something like fifty-seven percent female. Law […]
Traffic cone: important new findings
During Bernie and Isa’s visit this weekend, Bernie and I took a stroll through the neighborhood that took us past the now well-known traffic cone. Close inspection revealed that the cone was, at one time, the property of St. Peter’s Hospital, a half-mile to the east. While we now know that the cone was not […]
Albany Shadow Store
Today I was driving in Albany and I noticed a shadow store. Here he was, the same leaning cowboy I saw back in California. In fact, the whole yard display filled with the same shapes. My sister in law suggested that there are online templates one can buy. Sure enough, she was right.
Oh, Those Connor Girls!
I’ll admit it: For the past five years, I have been obsessed with social networking. First it was Friendster, and then MySpace, and now Facebook. And somewhere along the way, through overseas friends, I’ve signed up for hi5 and Bebo. Some of these sites have been infiltrated with fictional women, perhaps connected to porn websites […]
Faking Suicide
Samuel Israel III is missing. He may have jumped off a bridge or faked his own suicide. His car was found on the bridge, keys still inside. He wrote “suicide is painless” on the windshield. He left a bottle of pills in the car. This is complete overkill. I think the removal of any two […]
Another Salt in Wound Mystery
Bernie and I got married at the Bellagio Hotel. There was a big party with a lot of logistics that my wife is unaware of to this day. This is a picture of me arriving with some of Bernie’s family to the pre-party in our suite. Why am I arriving to my own party? Because […]
TV Show Memorabilia
Frank’s Proscar post reminded me of this thing, hanging in John’s office. There’s still have a few A.D. things lying around here, like a Bluth jacket, and yes, Zanotab.
One in the Loss Column for Team Silbert
Ah, that exquisite moment. You’ve waited all day for an e-mail you hoped would arrive, and it didn’t arrive. But just to be sure, you check the spam filter. And it’s not there either. And then—oh, this is lovely—just to add insult to injury, several of the collected spam messages bear the subject line:You look […]
Topanga Traffic Cone
Frank’s traffic cone post inspired me to show him how it’s done in Topanga. This neighbor has a GREEN traffic cone, at the ready, for any situation that might come his way:
Jack Silbert, curator