Kombucha SCOBY, Uke on the Beach, Shadow Puppets, Hot Dog Stand

Shut Up Little Man

Recorded secretly in an apartment in Lower Haight in 1987:
http://www.nationalradio.cc/Home/index.php?q=f&f=%2FComedy%2FRaymond%20And%20Peter%20-%20Shut%20Up%20Little%20Man

When will World War III start?

Every Tuesday at noon sirens go off in the streets in San Francisco and a voice says over the loudspeakers, “This is a test of the Emergency Alert System.” I hear it from in the house. 
I often wonder what the next emergency to be broadcast will be. Earthquake? Bombs? Riots? 
So Israel is killing what appears [...]

Lake Tahoe…. It doesn’t get any better than this.

Me, Alexa, Lars and Rudyard at Homewood ski resort in Lake Tahoe.

Hot Dogger, Hatter and Frisco Slang

I’m working as a hot dog vendor on the weekends. Franks, Brats and Spicy Brats, all made with grass-fed beef/pork, all delicious. Plus the view from Crissy Field, with Golden Gate Bridge to one side and the city to other, is spectacular. On my way to Home Sausage today I saw a dead pigeon on [...]

PREPARE FOR THE UNEXPECTED

plague, ARE YOU READY?
Prepare for the unexpected:
avoid crowds
wear a mask in public
don’t share personal items
avoid touching Wild Animals.
Touching, eating or drinking, breathing, or getting bitten by
dirt, water, countertops, our skin, our intestines, and many other places around us
will likely cause more illness and a larger number of deaths. 
By preparing now, we can slow the spread [...]

There’s a Fly on your Wall

That’s not a fly, that’s a chalk board.
All you need is a pencil, masking tape, an xacto knife, and chalk board spray paint. Draw the stencil on the wall. Cover the lines you drawed with masking tape. Cut along the lines, which you should be able to see through the masking tape, with an xacto [...]

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A good reason to eat food off the floor.

Being a traveler, and being the type who needs to eat about every hour, I end up eating in some strange places. I often get looks, because eating on the bus or train is “dirty.” Well, I have a good reason for why it’s not only okay for me to eat on the bus, but [...]

Best in Animal

A brief list of the best of the best, the most of the most, in all the Animal Kingdom:
Best Long Distance Eyesight: Hawk/Falcon
Best Color Vision: Human
Best Night Vision: Owl
Will win in a land race, given it’s long enough: Human
Will win in a land race, given it’s short enough: Cheetah
Loudest: Blue Whale
Largest on Land: Savannah Elephant
Largest [...]