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“For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.”

  — Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy, 12 August 1980, Democratic National Convention.

“There is a new wave of change all around us, and if we set our compass true, we [...]

George Carlin (1937 – 2008)

Award-winning comedian George Carlin dies

Carlin was probably best known for a routine that began, “I was thinking about the curse words and the swear words, the cuss words and the words that you can’t say.” It was a monologue, known as “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television,” that got Carlin arrested and [...]

NBC’s Tim Russert dies

NBC’s Tim Russert dead at 58

WASHINGTON – Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and the moderator of “Meet the Press,” died Friday after suffering a heart attack at the bureau. He was 58.

Russert was recording voiceovers for Sunday’s “Meet the Press” broadcast when he collapsed. He was rushed to Sibley Memorial [...]

RIP Sheldon Brown

Sheldon Brown (1944 – 2008), requiescat in pace

Tired of pharmacology …

Okay … so I’m not actually studying drugs, but I sure seem to be taking a lot of them.

I’m so tired of taking pills, and I consume at least 11, every day, for various ailments. Anti-depressants, anti-spasmodics, migraine meds, prescription analgesics (non-narcotic), vitamins, and so on.

The worst part is having to take medication [...]

RIP Sampson

Pal C. lost a dear, dear friend today. She (and he) will be in my thoughts tonight.

Requiescat in pace.

Grief (redux)

Touloue

(1989-2006)

Requiescat in pace

The best cat. Ever.

Update: Saturday Evening

Last night, we had to say good-bye to our dear friend and companion, whom I wrote about in an earlier entry in this blog.

For what it’s worth, we don’t think it was the cancer that finally go to [...]

Rider Down

It was with great sadness that I read this morning on Bicycle Retailer that Clay Mankin, owner of City Cycle of San Francisco passed away while riding his bike on Sunday, November 13, apparently of natural causes.

When I lived in San Francisco, I worked for one of Clay’s competitors, Tony Tom at A Bicycle [...]