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January 12, 2006

You’re Dismissed

With all the parking tickets, speeding tickets, moving violations and so on that I rack up, I had to go to court on Tuesday to try and contest one of them. Here’s what happened. Everyone waits in a holding area…

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January 12, 2006

Yellowstone National Park

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January 11, 2006

Stalkers Beware

My friend Patricia and her husband David just pointed out that given the numbers of stalkers I have, it’s probably not a good idea to put my current address on my blog. Good point! Current address now removed. I’m sure…

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January 9, 2006

The Key to My Heart 

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January 9, 2006

Time to Close the Deal

I’m giving myself one whole year. At the top of my New Year’s resolutions: find someone. I swear to God, I’m going to close the deal this year if it’s the last thing I do. I’m getting antsy. My friends…

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January 9, 2006

Me and Shaheen at the Bryant Park Ice Cafe 

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January 9, 2006

I Heart New York

Happy New Year!!! Sorry, I forgot to wish you all a Happy New Year. All of you out there. Who knows how many of you read this thing. I rang in the new year in the Big Apple, my 2nd…

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January 9, 2006

Logan, the Kid Who Doesn’t Eat 

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January 9, 2006

Everyone Thinks I’m Rich

We celebrated my aunt’s 63rd birthday two weeks ago at a Chinese restaurant in San Leandro. My nephew Logan restlessly watched us as we chowed down. Poor kid doesn’t like to eat at all. My mom tells people that we…

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January 7, 2006

My San Francisco Abodes

861 Masonic AvenueI moved to San Francisco in early 1999 after I quit my environmental consulting job. I had a sweet deal. My high school friends had gone to USF and lived in a rent-controlled apartment in the Panhandle. One…

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