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Archives for 2022

e bikes, knees and pure joy

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riding my e-bike, especially living in downtown sacramento’s flat easy-to-navigate grid with increasing bike paths, combines relatively easy transportation with knee rehab, actual exercise and pure joy.  i’ve had a high end e-bike for years. i … [Read more...] about e bikes, knees and pure joy

everyone everywhere was wrong 3 snouts up (:)(:)(:) for everywhere everything all at once

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everything everywhere all at once promised, by its very title, to be all of these. not to mention that it was recommended to me but literally everyone. they know i go in for this stuff. i love all the crazy films charlie kaufman wrote being john … [Read more...] about everyone everywhere was wrong 3 snouts up (:)(:)(:) for everywhere everything all at once

(:)(:)(:)(:)  four snouts up for thanksgiving at the movies with spielberg’s the fabelmans. 

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does anybody besides us remember going to the movies with your family on holidays?  it's been a tradition of ours for some time. in fact, we saw another spielberg film, west side story, in a theater last year (although certainly not in 2020). this … [Read more...] about (:)(:)(:)(:)  four snouts up for thanksgiving at the movies with spielberg’s the fabelmans. 

Gavin Newsom squandered his good name in this election

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Gavin Newsom’s abuse of his good name in this election will slow the pace of climate action in California and make environmental leaders less likely to trust him. I left the country on Nov. 7, 2022, the day before the US national election.  As I … [Read more...] about Gavin Newsom squandered his good name in this election

bill’s california and sacramento ballot measure recommendations

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By guest columnist Bill Magavern These opinions are my own. Please feel free to forward them, or to send me comments of a civil  nature (no rants, please).  STATEWIDE PROPOSITIONS  PROP 1, REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM — YES  Put on the ballot by … [Read more...] about bill’s california and sacramento ballot measure recommendations

overdue review: five snouts up for caste: the origins of our discontents by isabel wilkerson

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(:)(:)(:)(:)(:) first, an acknowledgment that when i recently re-started posting regularly i completely forgot to use my snout-based rating system. i have been doing this since our children were little (which was a pretty long time ago). i … [Read more...] about overdue review: five snouts up for caste: the origins of our discontents by isabel wilkerson

overdue review of the netflix documentary: 13th

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that highlighted clause in the image is the focus of the documentary 13th.  i wish we could say we are canceling our netflix subscription to read or exercise more, but it’s really to stream on other platforms for a while.  because we are doing so, … [Read more...] about overdue review of the netflix documentary: 13th

living in community as an example of the abundance of the universe

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whether i’m aware of it or not, i live in an abundant universe. as a spiritual being having a spiritual experience in a human body on a human plane, i am capable of experiencing that all my needs–both individually and collectively–are met.  but at … [Read more...] about living in community as an example of the abundance of the universe

biden should run but so should others

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the mainstream press seems to be assuming president biden won’t run, while i’m assuming he will.  and the conventional wisdom of the ages is that you don’t challenge an incumbent president of your own party; you don’t force them to defend in a … [Read more...] about biden should run but so should others

the liquid protein diet and me

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in yesterday’s post, the end of overeating and me, referenced some of the many diets i used to diet my way up to a size 24--one of them was the liquid protein diet which actually was called “the last chance diet" here’s why i went on the diet and … [Read more...] about the liquid protein diet and me

The End of Overeating and me

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Reading  The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite by Dr. David Kessler changed my life.  David Kessler, best known as the former head of the Food and Drug Administration (appointed by Bush the first but serving … [Read more...] about The End of Overeating and me