Everyone knows the quotation, right? “There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” Yes, yes, Kenneth Graham, Wind in the […]

photo by Christy Schultz Okay, now for something a little less heavy. Sun is just now coming up. I like this time of year, when I’m typically up just a […]

It’s when you don’t want to write, that you should really be writing. Like right now. I don’t want to write because I don’t know how to tell this story, […]

Quick update – remember how we were talking about how “probable” and “improbable” seem to have slightly different semantics in the Pabloverse? Well, it’s happening again: a couple of rather […]

I keep trying to write up the Chuck Yeager story, and it’s just not working. Remember? That’s one of those not-nearly-as-good-as-I-can-make-it-sound stories I love telling. Telling it is fun, but […]

I’m dancing “Hava Nagilah” with the Catholic mother of my ex-girlfriend. At a Bat Mitzvah in a Buddhist temple. I’m having the time of my life, and I know that […]

Okay – in the interest of journalistic integrity, I need to correct myself: Contrary to popular belief and prior assertion, the Center of the Universe is not at the base of […]

Damn, I love this place. Sitting at waterside in the shade of late summer grapevines, watching kayakers ply their way up the ship canal and under the Fremont Bridge. Overhead, […]

The story about Chuck Yeager isn’t as good as I’ve made it sound, of course, but that’s going to have to wait. I’m on the road again, and will try […]