Monthly Archives: December 2006

Did you feel it? – san francisco earthquake update

December 22, 2006
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That one was 3.7–but somehow, where I was standing (in my dining room in the Outer Richmond) it felt bigger. It was a quickie, a sharp jolt. See details at the US Geological Survey website. Epicenter Berkeley, where another 3.7 hit Wednesday night. The first was at 10:49, the second (2.2) at 11:11. Every time our little house near the beach shakes, I remember a line from a song we used to sing in Sunday School…”don’t build your house on sinking sand…”

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holiday hackers?

December 21, 2006
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Just went online to shop at Banana Republic, and found that the site is down. So is the Gap and Old Navy. Are these companies just luddites, or is there some anti-consumerism hacker movement afoot?

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richmond in the richmond: Gus’s Bait and Tackle

December 21, 2006
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If you’re running late on holiday shopping, here’s one spot where you won’t have to fight the crowds. Gus’s Bait & Tackle is a long, narrow space filled with odd trash-or-treasure stuff like ceramic kitty soap dishes, novelty pencils, off-brand sweatpants, potholders, coloring books, stuffed animals, and more. Cheap. It’s a great place to buy kitsch or to find stocking-stuffers for your toddler, who doesn’t realize yet that there’s a difference between Pokemon and Pookeyman, or between Calvin Klein and Kelvin Cline. Last items I bought there: *fishing line to hang big framed pics ($1.99 for more yards of...

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richmond in the richmond: everything you need to read next year

December 18, 2006
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Stock up on books for 2007 at the Green Apple Warehouse Clearance Sale, Dec. 26, San Francisco: On December 26, we will open the Apple Seed, our Warehouse Clearance Sale. We’ve rented a storefront just two blocks away from Green Apple in the old Busvan for Bargains building (248 Clement at 4th Avenue). We’re stuffing it with as many books as we can, and we’re starting prices at 50-75% off the already low used or sale price! Books will be from all subject areas…Once open, we will continually restock, as we have more books (100,000+) than will fit in...

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strange death at Ocean Beach

December 14, 2006
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Today in the Chronicle: A man who was sleeping last night on Ocean Beach died when the shifting sand buried and suffocated him. Plus, straight out of Seinfeld, this injured-dolphin-meets-good-giant news from China: The long arms of the world’s tallest man reached in and saved two dolphins by pulling out plastic from their stomachs, state media and an aquarium official said Thursday.

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