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Local Book Store Demises
As nice as Borders on University and Kepler's in Menlo Park are for a book reader and buyer, I suspect neither operation nor others elsewhere are long for this world.
Keple... |
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on Jul 30, 2012 at 11:53 am by face to face, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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College Graduation Season
I graduated from college more years ago than I care to admit. I was fortunate to move on to business school from there, and life for me has had its twists and turns since the... |
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on Apr 25, 2012 at 11:36 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Shopping "Local"
I had occasion earlier this month to attend meetings of locally- owned business, where the conversation was largely around how to boost their sales this holiday season, with a... |
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on Nov 26, 2011 at 5:38 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Let Us Now Praise Hewlett Packard
Silicon Valley is great at inventing companies, questionable when it comes to running companies.
Here are some companies here that appear to have what it takes to transform... |
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on Oct 1, 2011 at 3:18 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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CalTrain and High Speed Rail
It would be ironic if it weren't so tragic.
At the same time we have Don Quixotes attempting to garner more federal funds for an ill-conceived High Speed Rail system in thi... |
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on Apr 11, 2011 at 5:44 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Some Thoughts About Recent Events
World Event: What is going on in the Middle East reminds me of what transpired in Eastern Europe when Communist regimes fell 20+ years ago. This drama is far from over.
N... |
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on Feb 16, 2011 at 9:34 am by Geez, a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood |
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Half Life of Stewart and Beck DC Mall Rallies
I watched most of the Stewart show on the Mall, and I only saw excerpts of the Beck show. So I will not attempt to compare and contrast the two, other than to observe that St... |
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on Nov 1, 2010 at 12:42 pm by anonymous, a resident of another community |
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John Lennon
Today would have been former Beatle John Lennon’s 70th birthday.
He was shot and killed by someone crazy 30 years ago this December.
I grew up in the 60’s when the Beatles w... |
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on Oct 10, 2010 at 6:51 pm by Sam, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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Supporting Small Businesses in the US?
Am I the only one who is totally confused about what it takes and who supports at a policy level initiatives to support the success of small businesses in this country?
“W”... |
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on Sep 18, 2010 at 12:10 pm by Small Business Admin, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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Stanford Sierra Camp
I am feeling a bit melancholy this week, and it is because I am not able to experience this summer a sublime vacation that I did for more than a dozen years.
I refer to Sta... |
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on Aug 13, 2010 at 5:44 am by Perspective, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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A Different College Spring Break
My daughter, a PALY grad who now is attending a fine college in New England, related to me her Spring Break plans for later this month.
Cancun? Florida? Other places know... |
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on Mar 10, 2010 at 9:28 pm by MadamHooch, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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GOP State Primary Races Already Are Bizarre
Watch the video imbedded in this link by folks behind the Carly Fiorina Senate campaign
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl1112
Read this article from the SJ Merc a... |
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on Feb 10, 2010 at 3:55 pm by Paul, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Aligning Public Objectives with Public Solutions
There are too many sacred cows.
There are too many things that take on a life of their own once they are instituted, and they don't have Sarah Palin's "death panels" to pas... |
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on Aug 26, 2009 at 9:09 am by pat, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Storm Drain Work
Upgrading the storm drains is essential, and to our community's credit, we passed a measure a few years back to make it happen. Aged infrastructure, leading to flooded street... |
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on Dec 9, 2012 at 1:28 pm by whine, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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More HSR Nonsense
US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, formerly a Republican Congress Member from Illnois, is in California this week, promoting the High Speed Rail project in this state.... |
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on Feb 9, 2012 at 10:31 am by Craig Laughton, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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High Speed Rasputin
It took a great deal of effort by certain Russians to kill Rasputin, the minion of the final Czar of Russia. The guy did not go down easily or peacefully, nor does that appe... |
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on Dec 2, 2011 at 10:52 am by Robert, a resident of Stanford |
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Thanksgiving Reflections—Around PA Dinner Tables
Thanksgiving is the best holiday we have in the United States.
What follow are not necessarily my opinions, just a pulse taking around these parts.
Here are some crypt... |
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on Nov 17, 2011 at 3:58 pm by Ronald L., a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Local or Regional Solutions?
I tend to have a bias toward local problem solving.
And there are instances when local problem solving does not make sense.
This Byxbee Park composting project is the cu... |
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on Mar 27, 2011 at 10:17 pm by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Chili Cook Off July 4th at Mitchell Park
This has to be one of the most fun events we have annually in Palo Alto.
In my capacity as a Palo Alto Parks and Recreation Commissioner, I put in my time with the satisfac... |
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on Jul 7, 2010 at 10:43 am by Hmm.., a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Enjoy Your Pre-Primary Weekend and Monday
I have lost count of the number of canned pre-recorded phone calls I have gotten in the last few days around next Tuesday's California Primary Election.
I have stopped ans... |
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on Jun 6, 2010 at 12:31 pm by Kate, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Willie Mays, Local Baseball Hero
I love baseball.
Willie Mays played for the Giants when I was a Bay Area kid, and he was rightly an icon.
There is a new biography about him that just has come out. I h... |
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on May 4, 2010 at 8:43 pm by Bambi, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Boomer's Entertainers Are Starting to Die
I am not describing an epidemic. It's just that some folks that I saw on TV and heard on radio in the '60s and 70's are reaching the end of life.
Mary Travers, of Peter Pa... |
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on Sep 17, 2009 at 7:04 pm by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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"Cash For Clunkers" Car Buying
I fervently hope that this program is having the purported positive impact on car sales and the general economy that led Congress to add $2 billion before they all went home t... |
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on Aug 9, 2009 at 7:01 pm by anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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World Music Sunday In Downtown PA
Did you have a chance to go downtown on Father's Day Sunday afternoon?
World Music was out in force this weekend, not only in Palo Alto, but worldwide. This was the first ... |
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on Jun 22, 2009 at 4:16 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Facebook IPO
I admit I don't entirely get Facebook.
Some of it is generational, some of it is how I choose to use my time, some of it is a matter of personal privacy, and likely some ot... |
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on May 31, 2012 at 8:02 pm by musical, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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