So not that I can imagine anyone’s paying any attention to this here thing any more, as it’s been so long since I updated, but I thought I should post something up again at last.
As will probably have been apparent when I was last posting way back last Autumn, I wasn’t in a very positive [...]
Here we are on another birthday, a year on from the one I described as “my suckiest ever”, and I’m pondering on the changes of the last year, and whether things are better or worse.
On the upside from then, The Mrs is now here in SF with me, which is a huge bonus over last [...]
Further to my previous post on the ‘debate’; The last couple of weeks I’ve finally had direct contact with this “finest healthcare system in the world, what do you mean it’s broken and needs fixing, you unAmerican, you?” healthcare system. And speaking obviously as an outsider, I’d just like to say;
“This system is broken and [...]
This week has been, in various different ways, a living hell.
The signs were never propitious: two separate trips to two different parts of the country spanning three days and six flights (including connections). The first trip involved driving down to San Jose to catch a flight, then back up from there late the same day; [...]
Strictly speaking, though I tend to count our time in SF from the point when The Mrs joined me in late September, I’ll have officially have been a permanent resident of San Francisco for a year next week. But I have to confess that I don’t really feel as though I’m ‘of’ San Francisco.
Fair enough, [...]
Sorry - quiet week last week; much going on in various directions, including work and a rather unpleasant “falling out among friends” which got The Mrs (and me to a slightly lesser extent) quite upset. I may revisit the latter at some point soon.
Anyway, picking up briefly on some recent topics:
The Hate Crimes bill passed [...]
Just a quick beg: Sunday 19th July I’ll be taking part in San Francisco’s AIDS Walk. All in a good cause, please think about sponsoring me here. (Apologies that the site’s so grim).
Minimum for online donations is $25 I’m afraid, but let me know if you’d like to give less and we can work out [...]
For all the very many years I’ve been coming to the US, the total number of States I’ve visited is relatively small, and is mostly comprised of states close to or on one coast or the other. By My reckoning, it’s thirteen all told.
But today added to that as I’m briefly in Missouri, and if [...]
Well! It’s frankly astonishing that I’ve spent so much time in San Francisco over the years and never been here for Pride before, but it’s true.
That sad ommission has now been rectified with a fabulous day of Parade-watching and event-going in brilliant sunshine and wonderfully high spirits.
The Parade, I have to say, is long. It [...]
Had a couple of days much-needed break at the weekend, driving with The Mrs and a friend of his who’s visiting down the coast to Big Sur. We took Highway One south from the city via Half Moon Bay, round Monterey and stopping for lunch in Carmel before heading on to our stopping place for the [...]
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