Blog Master G

I didn’t write anything on September 11 this year, as I did on each of the previous two anniversaries of that terrible day (2002 | 2003). It’s hard to find the right words or words that mean enough, but every year I take a moment to pause and reflect on those who were killed that […]

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It’s easy to forget in these heated times that life truly is beautiful. Mark Morford, as always, has a brilliant and moving and reflective commentary today on connecting with art and dogs and the one universal thing that we all share, despite our politics or race or religion or sexual preference: Love. Below are selected […]

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Demands unmet, Swedish militants decapitate fiberglass cow: “A shadowy group of militant Stockholmers carried out their threat to ‘execute’ a fiberglass life-size cow after their demand that ‘Cow Parade,’ an outdoor art exhibit, be dismantled was not met, organizers said. “‘We have received the cow cut into pieces in a bag. It’s really sad. There’s […]

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Kurt Vonnegut is one of my favorite authors. He has an excellent and eye-opening commentary on the scary, power-hungry time and country in which we live. But his message is clear: Despite corrupt leadership, each of us can and should make a difference, however small, while we’re on this planet, to work toward effecting change. […]

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Reading about this year’s Bay to Breakers, which was Sunday in San Francisco, definitely makes me homesick for SF and all the great times we had there. I especially love this photo (from last year’s B2B) of Ben, James, Enoch, and me. I miss partying regularly with you guys. Reading the story about this year’s […]

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New Zealand Herald – Tyco mistrial bid fails despite juror’s hand signals: “Defence lawyers sought a mistrial after two news outlets – the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal’s website – identified one of the jurors who on Friday gave Kozlowski what the media reported as an ‘okay’ sign.” Poor, poor defense lawyers. […]

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Dan writes about the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition and asks which of the designs is most striking. For the most part, I agree with him that all of the designs seem too similar to Vietnam memorials. But if I had to pick the most striking design, it would be Passages of Light: Memorial […]

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Update 1.20.2005: Suicide Documentary New Yorker: “Studies reveal ‘a commonly held attitude that romanticizes suicide from the Golden Gate Bridge in such terms as aesthetically pleasing and beautiful, while regarding a Bay Bridge suicide as tacky.’” I read the (print version of) this fascinating New Yorker article tonight about the most popular and effective place […]

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As Hurricane Isabel engulfs the East Coast, we sit here in sunny California, a stark contrast to the turmoil of the tropical storm. I heard on the radio this morning that stubborn Virginians who won’t evacuate are being asked to write their names and social security numbers on their arms in waterproof, permanent markers in […]

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My wife and I enjoyed espresso together this morning before she headed out to work. We kissed and she left for the bus. It was really a perfect moment. As Jen said not too long ago, “We should be making perfect moments all the time.” How true that is. Life is too short and we […]

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