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Posts Tagged ‘son’
A Long Way Down: Child Cargo on Folding Bike
Friday, October 5th, 2012Cat Burglar and Cat Woman Steal a Bubenreuth Cello from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music? Photos
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012The Reddit Community is going crazy over this one.
Is this what it would look like if Anne Hathaway / Parker Posey (on the left) and Bobby Flay (on the right) conspired to steal a little violone from San Francisco’s world-famous Conservatory of Music in Civic Center / Hayes Valley?
“Hey Reddit, my son’s very expensive cello was stolen from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music yesterday. Here are the surveillance pics from security that show a young couple making-off with my son’s primary instrument. FWIW, this instrument is one of the most expensive things I have ever owned. It was stolen around 4:05 PM on Sunday, September 16th, 2012. These people are nonchalantly making-off with a full-size cello that was purchased when my son graduated from a smaller cello when he was 12. We’ve owned it for 11 years. He’s in the collegiate division at the San Francisco Conservatory and it is not only the vehicle for his ability to obtain a classical music degree, but is also his sole source of income, as he uses it in performances and recordings. We’ll be doing a media blitz tomorrow with local stations and the SFPD, but I’m hoping the community can help. Any leads are incredibly appreciated.”
Do you have enough Clues? Who will solve this mystery?
Know Your Daily Wells Fargo Bank Mortgage Protest on the Steps of the State Building – NoJusticeZone – Day 140
Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
Google, You’re So Adorable: Art Clokey’s 90th Birthday – Google Doodle Honors Gumby, Pokey, Others
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011Now maybe it’s the four-figure check direct from Mountain View, CA what’s sitting in my wallet that’s influencing me here, but I don’t think so. I’ll just say it: Gaia Bless Google. And here’s why.
These days, the Online Axis of Evil is composed of Facebook, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) what’s currently running the People’s Republic of China, and [INSERT YOUR CHOICE HERE,] right? Well, Google’s fighting all of them, tempering them, making them behave better, all the time. Hurray! Hurray for Google.
So sure, maybe they sent a multi-hued car to your street to packet-sniff your cellie ‘n stuff like that. But they didn’t mean it or nothing.
So Google, keep on keeping on, that’s the Message of the Day.
Speaking of which, it’s Art Clokey’s 90th, so be sure to check out today’s Google Doodle:
See? Adorable!
Asawapalooza! Academy of Art University Hosts Ruth Asawa “Roots of an Artist” Film Viewing and Panel Discussion
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011It all happens Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Deets below.
Ruth Asawa: Roots of an Artist - A Film by Bob Toy
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
6:30PM Doors Open
7:00PM Screening
7:45PM Q&A Panel Discussion
Academy of Art University
Morgan Auditorium
491 Post Street
San Francisco
Special guests for Q&A Panel include:
Aiko Cuneo, daughter of Ruth Asawa
Paul Lanier, son of Ruth Asawa
Lola Fraknoi, Director of Ruth’s Table community program
Bob Toy, filmmaker
Susan Stauter, Artistic Director, SFUSD
Aiko Cuneo, daughter of Ruth Asawa
Paul Lanier, son of Ruth Asawa
Lola Fraknoi, Director of Ruth’s Table community program
Bob Toy, filmmaker
Susan Stauter, Artistic Director, SFUSD
Admission is free!
Seating is limited, come early
Sponsored by:
The School of Art Education
The Department of Liberal Arts
OMG, It’s Naughty Puppets Improvising at SHN’s Curran Theatre! Jim Henson’s Son Leads “Stuffed and Unstrung”
Friday, August 19th, 2011Stuffed and Unstrung debuted to a full house last night at our Curran Theatre on Geary in Union Square.
Don Sanchez has the mature-theme warning for you and Robert Hurwitt has The Review of yesterday’s show.
Oh, and the Stark Insider calls it Very Good. And Jean Schiffman likes it too, certainly.
Brian Henson opening the second act all by himself:
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Get all the deets right here, but hurry, this one ends August 27th, 2011.
See you there!
Straight Out of Emeryville – AMTRAK’s So-Called Train From Hell and Its Whiny Passengers
Monday, January 11th, 2010How much would you expect from Amtrak if you paid $145 to board the California Zephyr in Emeryville, CA on January 3rd, 2010 with the expectation of getting to Chicago in a day-and-a-half? Well, what if your fellow passengers called this ride the “Train From Hell” or something?
How did it get that name? Well, the train arrived in Illinois almost a day late a few days back due to it hitting a truck abandoned on the tracks(!) and encountering snowdrifts higher than an elephant’s eye in Nebraska and other typical travel issues.
The number of deaths and injuries continues to be reported as zero. So how does that earn this particular Zephyr the sobriquet “Train From Hell” or whatever?
Amtrak’s CZ on a happier day:
Perhaps Amtrak’s riders took a lesson from the whiny passengers of Flight 1549, famously piloted by CoCo County’s Captain “Sully” Sullenberger? Those particular airline passengers are getting at least $15k-$20k, plus free traumatic stress counseling sessions, plus a refund of their ticket cost, plus upgrades to first class on other flights for the past year, etc., and yet some of them are still whining.
Sometimes when you travel, Things Happen.* Please make a note of this.
Lower your expectations and you’ll never be disappointed…
*People used to die on jetliners – not Beechcrafts nor Cessnas oh no, we’re talking about your Boeings, Airbuses, Lockheeds, McDonnell Douglasseses – people would board and then die, it happened all the time. But how many passengers have died due to jetliner crashes in America since 2001 (which was a bad year, of course)? That’s a Big Fat Zero.
So count your blessings the next time a flock of birds or a pickup or a snowstorm or an Act of God or an Act of Gaia wettens your iPod and/or delays your Journey Through Life.
The Datsun Squid Pickup Pays a Visit to Twin Peaks in San Francisco
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009At first, I thought this aging Datsun* pick-em-up was affiliated with San Francisco’s famous Laughing Squid enterprise but, upon further review, these squid don’t look particularly jocular.
This vehicle shall remain a mystery.
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*It’s what we used to call Nissans, kids – it means the “son” the DAT car from Mssrs. Den, Aoyama, and Takeuchi)
