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Sunset Dunes Park - Ocean Beach - Saturday, April 12, 2025
Rants and More Rants - Everyone is a Customer
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life - A Review
The Quarterly Report - News From San Francisco -March 2025
Valencia Bike Lane Closed for Construction
The Fifth Risk - Ignorance
"James" the Novel - A Review
The Explosion of Deferred Dreams - A Review
FEATURED ESSAY:
"Romney A Reckoning" by McKay Coppins - A Review and Quotes
Even though people refused to take heed, Mitt Romney warns that Republicans vote in step with Trump for fear of their and their family's safety. Welcome to totalitarianism. Mitt Romney was from a prior era of Republicans.
Cheap Trills in San Francisco
Golden Gate Park Bison Paddock
Fort Funston - Fantastic Views of the Pacific Ocean
JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park
Vesuvio Cafe
Aquatic Park Pier - Is Now Closed Due to Safety Concerns
Crane Cove Park in San Francisco is Awesome!
Riding "The Wiggle" on a Bike in San Francisco
Swimming in Aquatic Park Cove
McLaren Park - It's Bigger Than You Think
Photos of Ocean Beach from the Cliff House
San Francisco Carnaval 2019
Grand View Park
Books & Book Reviews
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life - A Review
"James" the Novel - A Review
The Explosion of Deferred Dreams - A Review
What Kind of Bird Can’t Fly: A Memoir of Resilience and Resurrection - A Review
"Romney A Reckoning" by McKay Coppins - A Review and Quotes
Discovering Blindness "Ensaio sobre a cegueira" by José Saramago
In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist - Great Summer Reading
Reflections on Thomas Szasz and The Manufacture of Madness
Thomas Merton, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, And The Protection Of All Beings - A Review
Barbara Ehrenreich - Legacies and Book Recommendations
The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer - A Review
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World - 90 Years Later
Kurt Vonnegut - A Man Without a Country - The Review
"Stamped from the Beginning: A Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America" - The Definitive Review
Review of Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative Class by Scott Timberg
Harry Belafonte - My Song: A Memoir of Art, Race, and Defiance - A Review
Thoughts on the New APA Guidelines for Men
"The Knowledge Illusion" - Some Quotes
John O. Lyons (3 September 1927 - 7 September 2003) - The Wiki
Where is Janice Raymond?
Gloria Steinem Quotes - From My Life on the Road (2015)
"Saving Capitalism" - Robert Reich is Looking Up
Cuba and its Music - Thoughts on Ned Sublette's Amazing Book about American Music
“Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer - Alexander Supertramp - The Real Deal
Movie Reviews
Buried - The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche - A Review
Discovering Blindness "Ensaio sobre a cegueira" by José Saramago
Rediscovering Dick Gregory - The One and Only Dick Gregory (2021) - A Review
Review: Country Music | A Film by Ken Burns
3 Best Music Documentaries on Netflix Streaming - November 2017
4 Best Documentaries on Netflix Streaming
"Smoke" (1995) by Wayne Wang - Auggie Wren and his Philosophy of Time
“Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer - Alexander Supertramp - The Real Deal