I am all about diversity and learning about other cultures. My whole life I’ve worked hard to be open-minded and continue to broaden my perspective. In terms of movies, I’ve loved Precious, Brokeback Mountain, City of God, The Help, Slumdog…
Honoring Nia Wilson: What to Read and Watch Now
Last week, 18-year-old Nia Wilson was brutally murdered at the MacArthur Oakland BART station. A recent graduate of Oakland High School, she was a beautiful girl with so much promise. Why do Black citizens continue to be killed for no…
When Breathe Becomes Air
Now that I’m reading Noah Trevor’s biography, I’m reminded that I read Paul Kalanithi’s biography “When Breathe Becomes Air” last year and thoroughly enjoyed that as well. A prominent neurosurgeon, Kalanithi died at the age of 37 while writing his…
Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime
I am listening to Trevor Noah’s biography Born a Crime which documents his life as an interracial child growing up in South Africa. Frankly, all I know about Trevor Noah is that he’s a late night show comedian. Did I…
Alumni Ventures Group
People, I am all over the place. I normally don’t have a long commute, but today I was in Redwood Shores for a conference. Then I’ll be back that way again tomorrow morning for a meeting in Palo Alto. Last…
What to do when you have too many Audible credits
I currently have 4 credits on Audible and I don’t expect to use them anytime soon. I’m still working through several books including Hillary Clinton’s never-ending What Happened. I don’t want to cancel my Audible membership because then I’ll lose…
Link Between Essential Oils and Male Breasts
I saw this headline on the BBC today and had a complete freakout: More evidence essential oils ‘make male breasts develop.’ Essential oils seem to be all the rage and I use them myself. I make an inhaler of my favorite…
What Do You Have Memorized?
I have the following memorized: Current credit card number Phone numbers: mine, Dean’s, my parent’s home phone Social security numbers: mine, Dean’s Cal student ID number (still remember it even though I graduated 20 years ago) The 50 states (sung…
Cal Bear Twinsies
What do you think? Does Franco look like me?
2018 Best Lent Ever: Day 13: Cal Legacy
Yesterday was Cal day for me. I had a play date with two friends from college and our children, who range in age from 2 to 6 years old. Future Cal Bears! I dressed Franco up in Cal gear just…