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Fuck the County of Alameda

A few months back I got a ticket for stopping at the corner of 14th and Broadway to pick up my cousins from out of town. They were drunk, returning from a wedding reception, and knew nothing of Oakland. I couldn’t call them to say “Hey, here I am,” or anything like that, because I [...]

Marriage Celebration in SF

I went to City Hall today, hoping to find protesters to heckle. But all I found was a wonderful celebration of love and happiness. Not an evangelical in sight. I was kinda let down… Where’s Fred Phelps when you need him? Oh well, maybe I’ll drive out to Martinez. I hear there’s lots of backwards [...]

Wandering the Botanical Gardens in Tilden

Went to the Tilden botanical gardens this memorial day. I got to see and touch a Raven’s, or Presidio Manzanita. Or rather, the Presidio Manzanita. It’s the only genetic strain still existing, as it’s a cutting from a single bush in the Presidio, the last of its kind. All the hoo-hah aside, there are Manzanita’s [...]