Tag: mirthday
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March 13, 2009 12:19 PM EDT --
Dame Ruth is allowing us to vent about something we hate...Here's my entry.
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Some of you who have followed what I write . . .
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July 20, 2009 04:20 PM EDT --
My fake flowers are dead. That should tell you all you need to know about my green thumb.
Still, I decided to rent space and plant my first garden this year. It made sense to me because I . . .
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October 18, 2009 11:57 PM EDT --
Living next to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area has advantages: beautiful views, pristine nature and an opportunity to interact with the local fauna. When the Park Service sent out the . . .
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November 02, 2009 08:09 AM EST --
Everyone dislikes lawyers, even other lawyers. I used to think lawyers were below Bush in popularity because they were sniveling, money-grubbing heartless scavengers who feed off the baser instincts . . .
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October 25, 2009 11:46 PM EDT --
History is replete with stories of brave men and women taking up arms and rebelling when government oversteps its bounds. I believe it is time to do that again; this time it's about . . .
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March 11, 2009 05:42 PM EDT --
Evidently, there are a lot of pissed off people on the Big G. Some of these misanthropists are bubbling over with wrath and can hardly contain themselves. . . .
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March 12, 2009 05:59 AM EDT --
I'm a pretty calm person most of the time, or so I'm told (which is why when I show mock anger, people cower) (I'm not saying that's bad ). But there are several things, all of them completely . . .
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April 13, 2009 12:15 AM EDT --
You may read this column only if you promise to shred and burn it immediately afterward — and then completely destroy it. I do not want my name falling into the hands of a certain government agency . . .
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April 19, 2009 11:53 PM EDT --
In my other job, facilitating innovation meetings, we encourage people to be wishful and suspend feasibility temporarily, an approach that often leads us to genuinely new thinking, but also results . . .
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May 11, 2009 11:04 AM EDT --
First, I checked all the upstairs and downstairs closets for a pair of summer, dressy sandals, one that I could wear to weddings and garden parties, something with . . .
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May 11, 2009 12:06 AM EDT --
I woke up this morning to a disturbing realization. Magazine writers and television reporters have stopped using the term millions and started talking about billions . I must . . .
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June 22, 2009 12:07 AM EDT --
Did you ever wonder how life would be different if we named things using the first name of the inventor instead of using last name? The Earl of Sandwich reportedly was the first person who put meat . . .
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July 12, 2009 11:57 PM EDT --
Irwin Savodnik, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and a practicing psychiatrist, pointed out that you, dear reader, are probably mentally ill — at least according to the American . . .
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July 26, 2009 11:53 PM EDT --
"This is not your father's recession."
With a major recession well under way it's time to take action to protect your own personal economy while at the same time maintaining Marin County's . . .
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August 23, 2009 08:00 PM EDT --
Before any trip to an art gallery or museum, it is wise to bone up on your art knowledge.
At some point in our education almost all of us took a course in art appreciation, usually at the . . .
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September 27, 2009 11:53 PM EDT --
These are difficult economic times. People are losing their jobs, their houses and that good feeling that comes when you charge a big-screen TV on your credit card in time for the Super Bowl and . . .
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October 05, 2009 12:04 AM EDT --
Periodically I write a column with questions for you to ponder. I do this as a public service, my small part in reducing the stress and angst in modern-day America.
Philipp's Dictionary . . .
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October 11, 2009 11:47 PM EDT --
Everyone has problems. It's part of the human condition. Life is not designed to be fair (why is another column). So, we do our best to cope with life and yet, as with many other endeavors, we . . .
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March 07, 2009 02:34 PM EST --
Sorry for the delay in posting this, gang...I'm having major crises IRL which may or may not become an entry here in the not-too-distant (I hope) future. Meantime, I'd like you to take a . . .
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July 05, 2009 11:54 PM EDT --
Last week, Diane and I vacationed at her daughter’s house at Stinson beach, a beautiful, three-bedroom home, overlooking a waterway, overlooking Bolinas Lagoon, and underlooking the Marin Headlands. . . .
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