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TRON Costume: 2025 Edition
For Halloween this year, I decided to bring back my TRON costume, that I first debuted way back in 2020, and then improved in 2022. This time, I wanted to wear it for the San Francisco Friday Night Skate, which involved adding a new safety feature — a helmet! I also added a new LED…
The Quaker Testimonies in a Digital World
If I were to show George Fox a silly TikTok dance, I imagine this would be his response: All ye poets, jesters, rhymers, makers of verses and ballads, who bend your wits to please novelties, light minds, who delight in jests and toys, more than in the simple naked truth which you should be united…
Buffalo Soldiers Enroute to Philippines, 1900
I saw this remarkable image at Fort Point today in San Francisco and have been thinking about it ever since. The caption: After the Spanish-American War, the United States remained in Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. In February 1899, Filipino nationalists (Insurectos) led by Emilio Aguinaldo resisted American domination and began attacking U.S. troops….
Hearing the Spreckels Organ at the Legion of Honor for the first time
Today was such a thrill! I got to hear the 1924 “Spreckels Organ” played at the San Francisco Legion of Honor! This historic pipe organ boasts 4,526 pipes hidden throughout the Legion of Honor behind fake walls and ceilings. Designed by the famous Ernest M. Skinner Organ Company to pipe music throughout the many galleries,…
Gratitude as a Subversive Act
I’ve been enjoying Braiding Sweetgrass by native American botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer. This quote about gratitude as a radical act has been bouncing around my brain: And, while expressing gratitude seems innocent enough, it is a revolutionary idea. In a consumer society, contentment is a radical proposition. Recognizing abundance rather than scarcity undermines an economy…
Cancelled my Disney Plus account
I’m a lifelong Disney / Star Wars/ Marvel fan. But I can’t let my precious dollars support the cowardly acquiescence to the Administration’s demand that all media be in support of their agenda. That’s not America. That’s not what the founding fathers wanted. That’s one step closer to a fascist state. Time to head to…
Promotional Photo for Sally Phipps, Silent Film Star, 1923
Unknown who the other subject is of what film this was for. And of course I had to make a meme of this…
What objects would tell the story of your life?
I’ve been ruminating on this question for awhile now after visiting the amazing San Francisco Columbarium earlier this week with my friend Lainie. Unlike other columbariums that I have visited, this one has niches with transparent walls that the family of the deceased can use however they wish. Of course the main focus is typically…
Storming the Kingdom (poem)
I recently came across this while looking through old writings of mine. I wrote it at the end of a month long volunteer training led by the Brethren Volunteer Service in Chicago in the summer of 1992. During those four weeks, I was sequestered with a diverse group of twenty-some volunteers from all over the…