Al Qaeda: The Looming Terror An AC360 investigation into the formation of al Qaeda, where they are now, and their illusive leader. Tomorrow night, 10 p.m. ET -CNN.com, 11 November 2007 A little over ninety years ago, Vlad Lenin completed…
Tag: A Day in the Life
What are the Odds: a statistical analysis of the last post
Okay, so I got to thinking. And I can’t just leave the last post where it ended. You might be wondering, for example, what the statistical probability is of me making the playoffs after switching to an easier difficulty after…
Greatest Comeback Ever? (or: 7-50)
I’m well aware that I haven’t posted in a while, and this isn’t really a “real” post anyway. The holiday season is hitting full stride and people have been crazy at work and at home. It’s a three-day weekend, but…
Smells Like Grandmothers
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…
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…