Yes, it’s true – none other than yours truly came close to doing hard time recently.
What’s that, you say?  A nice boy like me, running afoul of the law?  Impossible! 
A bit of background info is in order. 
As most of you know, I recently moved to San Francisco from New York, where turnstile “jumping”on the subway […]

Posted on January 31st, 2008 by Thomas
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I recently went to the San Francisco Symphony for the first time for a performance of Beethoven’s 4th Symphony.  Before I can comment on the music, I have to address the matter of the conductor, San Francisco’s much-beloved Michael Tilson Thomas.  At the risk of sounding like a jaded old queen (an accusation that’s been leveled […]

Posted on January 15th, 2008 by Thomas
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I’ve been living in the Richmond for the past few months, and I’ve driven away most of my friends with my whining:  I spend half my life commuting, WHY does it take to *(#@ long for me to get anywhere?!, I live in the middle of nowhere, blah, blah, blah.  True enough, the Richmond is remote […]

Posted on January 12th, 2008 by Thomas
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I saw the movie Juno last night, and I have question for those are more insightful than me:  What’s the deal with the title? 
And no, I’m not a complete dummy — I know the mythological ’story’ behind the name, and yes, I heard the title character’s explanation in the movie; but I can’t help but […]

Posted on January 4th, 2008 by Thomas
Filed under: San Francisco | 4 Comments »