I find swimming to be a somewhat more tedious an exercise than say, running or hiking, but I do love it when I feel my upper body–arms and my chest–flush with blood and elevated heart rate when I pull myself up the ladder. The dip in the jacuzzi at 104, with strong jets and clean …
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Leaving on a Jet Plane
I got angry that the pool was closed at my favorite gym in October of 2020, so I moved to be closer to the beach. I moved from San Francisco to Honolulu, and spent the rest of Covid in Hawaii, the most remote island chain in the world. It’s hard not to be happy to …
Home Sweet Home
Practical and Spacious Home with a View of Buena Vista Park Describes the practicality and spaciousness of the home, along with its attractive view of Buena Vista Park, appealing to users looking for a functional and scenic living space in San Francisco. At first blush, I’d think I’d like to pick a house with rich, …
A Walk Around the City
I keep getting filled with joy when I walk around San Francisco, just as I did before I left for a staycation in Hawaii. I loved going to the beach in Waikiki during Covid lockdown restrictions because the beaches were empty and the snorkeling views were full of plentiful fish. I guess the state fish …
I Sing the Song of a Trolleyman
Song of the Trolleyman By Driver Doug “I’ve seen them all: Young and bold Appear like a spark, Then depart as I start To read the latest tag In the back rag By the half-drunk can Wrapped in a bag. The ancient ones, Full of mold and scold Or just plain old, Short and fat, …
How would you design the city of the future?
We’ve seen planned communities built such as the one in Columbia, MD–heralded in the seventies as a “garden to grow people.” James Rouse bought up undeveloped farm land between Baltimore and Washington, DC, and sixty years later, urban planners still use aspects of this template in their current design plans. We also see strip malls …
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Gratitude
My positive feelings come unexpectedly when I’m padding around my new apartment, or running into a friend in the street. Often, my atti-dude changes when I’m ordering a drink at a coffeeshop! I’m grateful it’s possible to dine-in at a coffeeshop, even if it is a chain like Starbucks. Many folks are haters on the …
How I Handle Spam
I recall an email blast which described a fascinating study on how people handled deleting, responding, and keeping up with their inbox. They didn’t link or show the entire study, but the notion that there could be patterns describing certain cohort groups got me to thinking how I clear my email inbox. I realized in …
What Bothers You and Why?
In a recent Bloomberg article about Zimbabwe, a novel idea about bringing that country’s inflation down to a manageable level was cited: backing the Zig, the Zimbabwe currency, with gold from their gold mines. What bothers me is that backing Gold with a nation state’s paper money is a time tested strategy that has worked …
A Guide to Public Transit
Bikes Pass On the Left It’s estimated that up to 80 percent of current US automobile users will drop the death monsters by 2030. Work from home doesn’t have to translate to far-flung suburbia. Cities with great transit will thrive as the car goes away. Biking, walking, and holding a fast-pass is the next awakening. …
The Dao of Doug: A Bus Driver's Perspective 