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Stories I Tell Myself: June 2013
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Stories I Tell Myself. Essays, Politics and. Wednesday, June 19, 2013. On Angel Island people asked me how I got such a great assignment. Well it wasn’t hard, between the isolation of living on Angel Island itself, totally unattractive to anyone with a family, and the Superintendent's reputation for being a micromanager, there weren’t many takers. A few Rangers were interested but as soon as they looked into it, they backed off. Richard Dana in his book Two Years Before the Mast,. Law enforcement was ver...
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Stories I Tell Myself: A Poem of sorts
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Stories I Tell Myself. Essays, Politics and. Monday, December 23, 2013. A Poem of sorts. December 13, 2013. A fictional persona of course, because if I were in AA I'd be anonymous). Today I have 30 years. Of sobriety in AA. 30 years ago December 13th. In 1983 I drank a beer, my second or third and went home. And skipped a nightcap. The next day I wrote myself sober. I used to think on paper. Yeah I should, I wrote, why not? And I went home and. I didn't drink and the next day. I called a counselor. My ot...
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Stories I Tell Myself: August 2014
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Stories I Tell Myself. Essays, Politics and. Monday, August 11, 2014. Last week was the 69. Last week in a discussion about Israel Gaza with Jewish friends, men of moderation I respect and like, the argument was made that killing Palestinian civilians while not intended, collateral to killing Hamas leaders, would convince the Palestinians to give up Hamas and terrorism. My belief is that the death of three Israeli civilians does not justify an invasion that killed 1800 people mostly civilians. Things I k...
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Stories I Tell Myself: Essays, Politics and
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Stories I Tell Myself. Essays, Politics and. Essays, Politics and. This section for now is what I don't share on Facebook, thoughts, opinion and politics. I think of it as less formal and polished than the essays I post on my blog's home page. July 9, 2016. Dallas 2 days later. No, not really. Even something like the Los Angeles Civil Disturbance sputters out. In the United States Commandante Marcos would be a drug kinpin. In the United States there are 300 million people. Do the math. We insist that eve...
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Stories I Tell Myself: February 2014
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Stories I Tell Myself. Essays, Politics and. Wednesday, February 19, 2014. The Angel Island Fire. On October the 12. I walked back up to my truck and as I got close to it, I saw a column of white smoke rising up beside the reservoir nearby. My heart jumped with a shot of adrenalin and I hurried to my truck and called in a fire and requested assistance from dispatch. I knew Tiburon Fire would be moving immediately and they would be there soon. That alone made me feel better. Maggie McDonogh, captain and o...
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Stories I Tell Myself: Books
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Stories I Tell Myself. Essays, Politics and. NAMA Mia by Paul Howard - A very contemporary story about a not so sensitive getting middle aged lady's man, father, brother, and son in the post Celtic Tiger collapse. Ross O'Carrol-Kelly is doing the best he can and it's not very good. Funny and current. NAMA in Ireland is the National Asset Management Agency, the bailout receiver of Ireland's real estate developers. The Red House by Mark Haddon - A brother and sister come together with their families at a v...
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Stories I Tell Myself: April 2013
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Stories I Tell Myself. Essays, Politics and. Thursday, April 18, 2013. In the Academy when I made my visit to Mount Diablo, it was a beautiful spring day with light fog on the south side, hanging between the blue oaks which were just beginning to bud. It was magical and a beautiful place. When I began working there, I came to appreciate what a gem Mount Diablo was. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). My other blog site. Comments and Views from East Oakland Flats. The books I'm currently reading. An Echo of Heave...
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Stories I Tell Myself
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Stories I Tell Myself. Essays, Politics and. Tuesday, July 7, 2015. I like churches. I love the variety of architecture and I love the variety of churches. It seems in Richmond we have more churches than any other place I've ever been. The Latter Rain Church of God in Christ is one of my favorites. I think if Jesus were here today or if he came back he would preach in a church like this. Latter Rain Church of God in Christ. Iglesia Apostolica Nuevo Plumaje. Mt Olive Church of God in Christ. Four Hands by...
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Stories I Tell Myself: Random Thoughts December 15th
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Stories I Tell Myself. Essays, Politics and. Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Random Thoughts December 15th. I know cops don't go out looking for people to shoot and they don't shoot people because of their race. But I do know that there are some cops that make bad decisions out there. Sometimes they don't know when to back off or they don't know how to approach a suspect without jacking them up or getting jacked up themselves. Maybe they stereotype too much forget that everyone is an individual. And I thin...
