Note the SFGate’s 7th most emailed story today:

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Signs that you are in Northern California:

• Cars halt for pedestrians, even without crosswalks or stop signs.
• The restaurant at your inn serves only vegetarian food.
• Peace flags are proudly displayed outside local businesses.
• The pizza parlor has a clock permanently stopped at 4:20.
• The tie-dyed-clothing-sold-out-of-Volkswagon-vans industry is booming.
• You pass the Peace, Love, and Grilled Cheeses Hair Salon.
• Your subpar canoe skills prompt a good natured “Are you high?”

This is what happens when you define your gender and relationship status on an unnamed social networking site:

I know some people think being in a relationship is synonymous with insanity, but those people don’t need to be so snotty.

Welcome to the remix. If anyone still reads my woefully neglected blog, please let me know so I’ll be motivated to post again. Until then, get your fix on the spiffed up About page.

The perils of living in Never Never Land:

If you are concerned that this may happen to you, click here.

A weighty metaphor from The New York Times :

Under an Iron Hand, Rebirth of a Republic
Russia’s Proxy Is a Fearsome Midwife In the Revival of the Chechen Capital

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