Archive for March, 2010
Greatness, goodness and the weird
March 31st, 2010 | 
Author: Driving on Interstate 5 from Southern California, Nanook of the North Bay called to express delight at the country song on the radio: “God Is Great, Fear Is Good and People Are Weird.” Checking Google, I discovered it’s sung by Billy Currington and it’s “God…
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So the big clock on the firehouse said 6 p.m, by which it meant 7 p.m., the…
So the big clock on the firehouse said 6 p.m, by which it meant 7 p.m., the firehouse clock not having sprung forward with the rest of us. I’m sure there are clocks inside the station with the correct time, since timing is everything in the firefighting game….
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Nonfiction review: ‘Orange Sunshine’
Orange Sunshine The Brotherhood of Eternal Love and Its Quest to Spread Peace, Love, and Acid to the World By Nicholas Schou (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin’s; 306 pages; $24.99) “Don’t take the brown acid” was the famous warning issued about a bad batch of LSD from…
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So the big clock on the firehouse said 6 p.m, by which it meant 7 p.m., the…
So the big clock on the firehouse said 6 p.m, by which it meant 7 p.m., the firehouse clock not having sprung forward with the rest of us. I’m sure there are clocks inside the station with the correct time, since timing is everything in the firefighting game….
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Baby bunny wriggles way into rescuers’ hearts
Ask Marcy and Rob Schaaf where one might find a huge personality in a tiny little body and their answer is unanimous: “Try a baby Dutch bunny rescued from a schoolyard in San Jose.” The Mill Valley couple might be a tad biased, however. As the founders of…
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Abnormal pet behavior a sign something’s wrong
Q: A recent column mentioned an arthritic cocker spaniel that had taken to sleeping behind bushes, something he had never done before. This reminded me of my elderly dachshund who apparently suffered a stroke. She started hiding behind the toilet and jumping…
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Baby bunny wriggles way into rescuers’ hearts
Ask Marcy and Rob Schaaf where one might find a huge personality in a tiny little body and their answer is unanimous: “Try a baby Dutch bunny rescued from a schoolyard in San Jose.” The Mill Valley couple might be a tad biased, however. As the founders of…
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Abnormal pet behavior a sign something’s wrong
Q: A recent column mentioned an arthritic cocker spaniel that had taken to sleeping behind bushes, something he had never done before. This reminded me of my elderly dachshund who apparently suffered a stroke. She started hiding behind the toilet and jumping…
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Scale models of museums aid designers
By the time the public enters a museum exhibition, the staff involved has concealed much of the effort that produced it. “I think sometimes an exhibition is not even conceived without maquettes,” said Kent Roberts, chief preparatory and exhibition designer at…
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Scale models of museums aid designers
By the time the public enters a museum exhibition, the staff involved has concealed much of the effort that produced it. “I think sometimes an exhibition is not even conceived without maquettes,” said Kent Roberts, chief preparatory and exhibition designer at…
Popularity: unranked [?]