My heart is in the East. For the past three weeks, I, like so many of my friends, have been glued to some kind of screen, watching events in Israel and Gaza shift and grow, from conflict to conflagration. I scroll through the news feeds,...
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Have you ever heard of “Denial of Service agents?” Neither had I until just a few days ago, but here’s the answer. Hackers can covertly install “self-operating” software called “Denial of Service agents” which sends out a huge number of requests all at once until...
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There was a jumper on the freeway last Friday night. Read that again. THERE WAS A JUMPER ON THE FREEWAY LAST FRIDAY NIGHT. A man was going to jump off of a freeway overpass into on coming traffic in hopes of dying. HOPES OF DYING!...
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Whoever thought up the latest deus ex machina for saving the SFPD – with less than a month before the start of Kathy Yount, Individually And In Her Capacity As v. City And County Of San Francisco Et Al – must have been severely affected by...
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I admit I have a problem. I love my iPad Mini with retina display. I’m not ashamed to admit that I refer to it as “my baby” and I carry her around with me in a murse. At night I’m on her until the wee...
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Firstly, what’s up with Robin Thicke?  His songs are mostly about sex, raunchy sex; he cheats on his wife, and then decides to try to get his wife back not only through groveling but by also naming his new album after her. I believe he...
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Dear Blueberry, Greetings and salutations! Welcome to the start of becoming a person! We are busting out the tea cups, baking the crumpets and icing the cupcakes. We will throw open the sashes and beat the mattresses in anticipation of your arrival! Please allow me...
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Who doesn’t love a little magic? Today, I’ll share some with you — a magic word to make your life infinitely more pleasant, particularly on Facebook. That word is: Whatever. “Whatever” gives you permission to not react. It teaches you that you don’t have to...
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According to the first-hand account of the AP reporter/witness of Arizona’s state-sanctioned killing of convicted murderer Joseph Rudolph Wood this afternoon: Officials administered the lethal drugs at 1:52 p.m. Wood’s eyes closed.About 10 minutes later, the gasping began. Wood’s jaw dropped, his chest expanded, and he let...
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