Glide has several buildings in the Tenderloin, and while I primarily work at one (the Family, Youth and Childcare Center), I often have occasion to visit the others, especially the “main” building at 330 Ellis. This building is the home…
Category: A Day in the Life
Bipolar Schizophrenia
I change my mind about everything so often these days that I feel like I’m seven different people. At least I’m not alone. I was going to write a post all weekend. I know, I still haven’t managed one on…
At the Zoo
Early this morning, we posted a new video for The Mep Report, my former podcast with which I still interact from time to time: Most of the material is old, but it’s repackaged in a nifty new way intended to…
This is Where the Summer Ends
…in a flash of pure destruction no one wins. Go nuclear. Nuclear… The calm the beach and the remains… -Ryan Adams, “Nuclear” Trick or treat. It’s Halloween, in many ways my favorite day of the year. I am blessed to…
At the ER
Someone told me it’s all happening at the ER. A day ago at this time, I was still holed up in the charming waiting room of Kaiser’s Oakland Emergency Room. I was waiting for Emily, as I had been for…
School of Hotel Management
On my walk home from Glide each day, I pass by the back end of the Hilton. The Hilton on the edge of San Francisco’s Tenderloin is a gargantuan 46-story hotel that Wikipedia tells me is the largest lodging facility…
Getting Through Sunday Somehow
It’s a bit of a cliche in my family (both families, I suppose – that which I share with my parents and that which I share with Emily) that Sunday night is a dreadful time to be conscious. I expect…
5-36
It’s in the game. MVP 2005 is widely recognized by those who are obsessed with baseball video games (most of my friends) as the best baseball video game ever made. The only reason that we have not gone on to…
Drawing Blanks
But the bacteria are coming to take us down that’s my prediction it’s the answer to this culture of the quick-fix prescription. -Ani DiFranco, “Garden of Simple” I think I have a staff infection. No, not a staph infection. I’m…
I’m Feeling Lucky
I have spent the better part of the last 2.5 hours finally updating the list for OMBFP. (This stands for One Million Blogs for Peace, but I really only call it OMBFP. That’s how I roll.) Anyway, updating this list…