Someone posted a link to Everything You Need To Know About Genetically Modified Salmon to a mailing list I'm on. I can only offer this paraphrase ( Read more... )

At this very moment there is a big angry pro-gay-marriage protest at the center of 18th and Castro, right next to my apartment. They're loud, blocking traffic, and assaulting cars that try to squeeze past. Full of self-righteous indignation and causing as much trouble as they can... for all the people who live in the Castro ( Read more... )

Monday, April 13th

I'm writing this on the morning that I leave for a monthlong ride to Alaska. Sigh.

Our goal: The tiny beach town of San Evaristo.


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Saturday, April 11th

We woke up to cold, howling wind.


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Friday, April 10th

We woke up early. Well, most of us woke up early:


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Thursday, April 9th

Jon's wrist and Nicole's ankle were still recovering, so we stuck to fairly mild roads on the way to Bahía de Los Angeles.


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Limping along, we set the modest goal of reaching Alfonsina's at Bahía de Gonzaga. This follows a nicely graded, pleasant coastal dirt road.


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