Category Archives: California

unions piss me off

Posted on Thursday, 2002 July 25 by Anton

Saw a union picket today with a sign saying Catbert Corporation is Enron II. If you thought your employer was a house of cards, would you spend your time agitating to increase its labor costs, or look for a new … Continue reading →

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my favorite mint

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 July 24 by Anton

Learned today: catnip has tiny white flowers.

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no, but I play him on t.v.

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 July 10 by Anton

Warm enough, eh? For the second time ever, someone told me today that I look like Jerry Garcia. Both of them were peddling Street Sheet (the beggars’ monthly) at the time. Coincidence? Later: Mike Linksvayer – who has angular features, … Continue reading →

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fond memories

Posted on Sunday, 2002 June 30 by Anton

Chicago’s key contribution to civilization.

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the fragile infrastructure

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 June 25 by Anton

BART was stuck for about half an hour this morning when its master computer crashed. If the crash were unrecoverable, I wonder how long they’d have waited before cobbling up a way to run a limited schedule by hand (or, … Continue reading →

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whiz, pop

Posted on Monday, 2002 June 24 by Anton

Someone’s having fun a little early: I just heard the unique sound of a display rocket.

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fire up the zegnatron!

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 June 18 by Anton

This morning, Zegnatronic Man and I must have come in on the same train. For those who just tuned in, for about four years now Frank Chiu has been seen marching about the Financial District with a protest sign. At … Continue reading →

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