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Mar.15.2012
Another welcome wet day in the Bay Area.
I spent my time attempting to send off an important piece of information to my correspondent in the East. Unfortunately, my computer kept failing just as I was about to send it off. [Do the demons of several days back still lurk about? Is...
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Mar.14.2012
In the early morning hours, my missing reply to Tom Grace was miraculously restored, and when we awoke we found several of our missing items, such as the guitar tuner and the tape measure.
The reply was soon on its way, and almost immediately a return message enquired after one "Frank...
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Mar.14.2012
This morning, I awoke from dreaming about growing hair and toe nails, and after testing the rainy air, postponed coffee with Jason. Then, I set out to complete my reply to the New York State writer who is working a book about the KSU Macedoneans. My regular check of security with my...
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Mar.13.2012
Here was a lost day. Son Jason called in the morning in hopes that Guy and would turn out for a preparatory session for the Supervisors Meeting on Re-districting, but a late night and several ailments kept us abed until too late.
We didn't do much better for the rest of the day....
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Mar.11.2012
I awoke late, refreshed, and spent my day on the computer, devoting effort to the latest installments of the Macedonean History of Kent being sent to me by the author back in New York State. I corrected and made emmendations. Tomorrow, I must call Shadow to see if he would like to...
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Mar.10.2012
Son Jason and I went for coffee across the street today, and later went down the street to see Lilianne at the Geary Club, and later still, Jerry at the Ha-Ra Club. Neither of us had seen them for months. Lilianne was trim and in good form, greeting us nicely, as did Jerry, who has...
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Mar.09.2012
Friday did not seem like Friday. No exciting events presented themselves.
We slept late, but were awakened by a gal down the street, who seems to think that when she has something better to do, she can park her dog with us. Admittedly, the dog is a cutie, and seems to help...
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Mar.09.2012
The occasion was an unusual one because Son Guy and I stayed up so late last night that we slept into the afternoon, missing our coffee date with Son Jason.
Fortunately, Guy saved the day by completing his cooking of a huge, beautiful Boeuf Bourguignon, which we ate in the early evening....
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Mar.08.2012
Modest secret preparations were afoot for Son Guy's Birthday on the morrow.
Son Jason brought us news of the Occupy the Tenderloin Movement.
One interesting piece of literature was the latest edition of the San Francisco Central City Extra, a nicely put together news...
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Mar.07.2012
Today, I was going to take part in an Occupy the Tenderloin meeting with Son Jason, but I was not feeling well, and besides, we had the wrong day! Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow . . . .
This turn gave me time to watch the Republican Super Tuesday spectacle. Every cable...
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Mar.06.2012
This evening, I watched an extraordinary political event. After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nentanyahu's address to American Israel Political Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Republican Minority Leader, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) delivered a pledge to the group that he would...
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Mar.04.2012
This was a quiet Sunday. I slept late, woke up thinking of Son Guy, Son Jason, Robin, Nellie, and the late Tabasca Cat. My Emails revealed, upon some checking, that I had neglected to actually send back Part One of Tom Grace's "narrative" about the formation of the Macedoneans, based on...
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Mar.04.2012
Son Guy and I got off a couple of late birthday presents.
I watched AMERICAN HISTORY X, starring Edward Norton, David Furlong, and Beverly D'Angelo, for the first time tonight. An uneven film but a powerful one. Seeing it makes me want to see Director Tony Kaye's DETACHMENT...
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Mar.03.2012
I slept amazingly late. The day was well advanced before I had anything done. Son Guy went out for provender, and returned with a variety of foods. He made me a salami, Swiss and lettuce half- sandwich for breakfast -- a possible first. I swallowed my meds, took my lung...
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Mar.02.2012
Today, after our experiences with Robin, Nellie and the Band at the Hotel Nikko, last night, we rested. What a marvelous experience!
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About Alex
Born in a little town east of Cleveland, Ohio, I attended Kent State, taking a degree in Political Science and History; served in the U.S. Army (Anti-Aircraft Artillery) at Lakenheath Airbase in Suffolk, East Anglia, England.
This experience was one the most...
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Causes Alex Fraser Supports
Greenpeace
Alex’s Favorite Books
Revolutionary Road, Easter Parade, Disturbing the Peace, and Eleven Kinds of Loneliness by Richard Yates; Pan by Knut Hamsun; The Dubliners by James Joyce; Dog...