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I can’t stand Sit/Lie.

On 12 October 2010, in Blog, by Jax
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With election day approaching, there are signs and flyers and stickers all over the place.  One of the hot-button issues in San Francisco is Prop L, the so-called Sit/Lie law.  Designed as a deterrent to aggressive panhandling in the Haight in particular, it would make it a jailable crime to sit down on any public [...]

Inside Looking Out

On 7 September 2010, in Blog, by Jax
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I received a request recently from the Community Housing Partnership, whose work I very much admire, to post their video here.  I’m delighted to do so.  Won’t you join me in supporting them?

The message

On 22 July 2010, in Blog, by Jax
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Browsing back through my old, defunct blog, I ran across a draft that I never published.  It’s not a post really, just a fragment of  stream-of-consciousness, just a thing that happened.  The original date is from late November last year, in the final few weeks of writing/drawing my master’s thesis. Hopped on the bus. Got [...]

Head gasket

On 29 May 2010, in Blog, by Jax
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The rear end of a car stuck out onto the sidewalk, protruding from the door of an auto shop on 17th Street here in the Mission.  It was producing a massive quantity of stinking white smoke.  The smoke billowed across the sidewalk, and I stopped, hoping that it would abate long enough for me to [...]

Amazing Grace

On 22 April 2010, in Blog, by Jax
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I had the privilege last night of lighting a talent show. Doesn’t sound like much.  But it was the talent show of the Community Housing Partnership, who have in the past 20 years done extraordinary things here in San Francisco.  They run buildings across the city, getting people off the street and into job training. [...]