- 2020-10-14: The Blessings of Life
- 2020-10-17: Deep in the Hole
- 2020-10-17: A Sheltered Life
- 2020-10-18: Winds of Change
- 2020-10-18: An Urchin in the Desert
- 2020-10-18: Crossroads
- 2020-10-19: An Impenetrable Wall
- 2020-10-19: Bursting Her Bubble
- 2020-10-19: The End of the Moratorium
- 2020-10-19: When You Count to Ten
Sunday, October 18, 2020
Aggretsuko Run
Saturday, October 10, 2020
Kevin Voted Today (By Mail)
Federal Contests
- President of the United States: Joe Biden
- United States Representative: Jimmy Panetta
- State Senator: John Laird (17th district)
- Member of the State Assembly: Mark Stone (29th district)
- N: Authorizes Bonds Continuing Stem Cell Research. Initiative Statute
- Y: Increases Funding Sources for Public Schools, Community Colleges, and Local Government Services by Changing Tax Assessment of Commercial and Industrial Property. Initiative Constitutional Amendment
- Y: Allows Diversity as a Factor in Public Employment, Education, and Contracting Decisions. Legislative Constitutional Amendment
- Y: Restores Right to Vote After Completion of Prison Term. Legislative Constitutional Amendment
- Y: Amends California Constitution to Permit 17-Year-Olds to Vote in Primary and Special Elections if They Will Turn 18 by the Next General Election and be Otherwise Eligible to Vote. Legislative Constitutional Amendment
- N: Changes Certain Property Tax Rules. Legislative Constitutional Amendment
- N: Restricts Parole for Certain Offenses Currently Considered to be Non-Violent. Authorizes Felony Sentences for Certain “Offenses Currently Treated Only as Misdemeanors. Initiative Statute
- Y: Expands Local Governments’ Authority to Enact Rent Control on Residential Property Initiative Statute
- N: Exempts App-Based Transportation and Delivery Companies from Providing Employee Benefits to Certain Drivers. Initiative Statute
- Y: Establish State Requirements for Kidney Dialysis Clinics. Requires On-Site Medical Professional. Initiative Statute
- N: Amends Consumer Privacy Laws. Initiative Statute
- Y: Referendum on Law That Replaced Money Bail with System Based on Public Safety and Flight Risk
City
Santa Cruz - Member of City Council
- Kayla Kumar
- Kelsey Hill
- Marie Cadenas
- Martine Watkins
Judge of the Superior Court
- Nancy de la Peña
School
Santa Cruz County Board of Education - Governing Board Member Trustee Area 3
Santa Cruz County Board of Education - Governing Board Member Trustee Area 3
- Sandra Nichols
- Diana Alfaro
RESOURCES
Monday, July 13, 2020
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Run
Started watching Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series).
- 2021-05-17: Revival
- 2021-05-18: A War on Two Fronts
- 2021-05-20: Front Runners
- The Soft War
- Tipping Points
- The Gathering
- A Test of Strength
- Bound for Rescue
- A Necessary Bond
- Secret Weapons
- A Sunny Day in the Void
- Missing in Action
- Point of No Return
- Eminence
- Shades of Reason
- The Lawless
- Sabotage
- The Jedi Who Knew Too Much
- To Catch a Jedi
- The Wrong Jedi
- 2020-11-28: Water War
- 2020-11-28: Gungan Attack
- 2020-11-28: Prisoners
- 2020-11-28: Shadow Warrior
- 2020-11-28: Mercy Mission
- 2020-11-28: Nomad Droids
- 2020-11-28: Darkness on Umbara
- 2020-11-28: The General
- 2020-11-28: Plan of Dissent
- 2020-11-29: Carnage of Krell
- 2020-11-29: Kidnapped
- 2020-11-29: Slaves of the Republic
- 2020-11-29: Escape from Kadavo
- 2020-11-29: A Friend in Need
- 2020-11-29: Deception
- 2020-11-29: Friends and Enemies
- 2021-01-22: The Box
- 2021-01-22: Crisis on Naboo
- 2021-01-23: Massacre
- 2021-01-23: Bounty
- 2021-01-23: Brothers
- 2021-05-17: Revenge
- 2020-10-06: Clone Cadets
- 2020-10-06: ARC Troopers
- 2020-10-07: Supply Lines
- 2020-10-07: Sphere of Influence
- 2020-10-07: Corruption
- 2020-11-20: The Academy
- 2020-11-20: Assassin
- 2020-11-20: Evil Plans
- 2020-11-20: Hunt for Ziro
- 2020-11-20: Heroes on Both Sides
- 2020-11-20: Pursuit of Peace
- 2020-11-20: Nightsisters
- 2020-11-20: Monster
- 2020-11-27: Witches of the Mist
- 2020-11-27: Overlords
- 2020-11-27: Altar of Mortis
- 2020-11-27: Ghosts of Mortis
- 2020-11-27: The Citadel
- 2020-11-27: Counter Attack
- 2020-11-27: Citadel Rescue
- 2020-11-27: Padawan Lost
- 2020-11-27: Wookiee Hunt
- 2020-08-01: Holocron Heist
- 2020-08-01: Cargo of Doom
- 2020-08-01: Children of the Force
- 2020-08-02: Senate Spy
- 2020-08-03: Landing at Point Rain
- 2020-08-03: Weapons Factory
- 2020-08-03: Legacy of Terror
- 2020-08-05: Brain Invaders
- 2020-08-05: Grievous Intrigue
- 2020-08-05: The Deserter
- 2020-08-06: Lightsaber Lost
- 2020-08-06: The Mandalore Plot
- 2020-08-06: Voyage of Temptation
- 2020-08-18: Duchess of Mandalore
- 2020-08-18: Senate Murders
- 2020-08-18: Cat and Mouse
- 2020-08-18: Bounty Hunters
- 2020-08-22: The Zillo Beast
- 2020-08-22: The Zillo Beast Strikes Back
- 2020-08-22: Death Trap
- 2020-08-22: R2 Come Home
- 2020-10-06: Lethal Trackdown
- 2020-07-13: Ambush
- 2020-07-13: Rising Malevolence
- 2020-07-13: Shadow of Malevolence
- 2020-07-13: Destroy Malevolence
- 2020-07-14: Rookies
- 2020-07-14: Downfall of a Droid
- 2020-07-14: Duel of the Droids
- 2020-07-15: Bombad Jedi
- 2020-07-15: Cloak of Darkness
- 2020-07-15: Lair of Grievous
- 2020-07-15: Dooku Captured
- 2020-07-15: The Gungan General
- 2020-07-16: Jedi Crash
- 2020-07-16: Defenders of Peace
- 2020-07-16: Trespass
- 2020-07-28: The Hidden Enemy
- 2020-07-28: Blue Shadow Virus
- 2020-07-28: Mystery of a Thousand Moons
- 2020-07-28: Storm Over Ryloth
- 2020-08-01: Innocents of Ryloth
- 2020-08-01: Liberty on Ryloth
- 2020-08-01: Hostage Crisis
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Diluting 950mL 99% Isopropyl Alcohol to 70%
To dilute 950mL of 99% Isopropyl Alcohol to 70%, add 1 2/3 cups water (distilled, if available).
DETAILS
To determine how much water to add to a specific volume of 99% isopropyl alcohol, use the dilution formula C1·V1 = C2·V2, where;C1 = concentration before dilutionV1 = volume before dilutionC2 = concentration after dilutionV2 = volume after dilutionYou should know all variables except V2. Solve the formula for V2:V2 = C1·V1/C2The amount of solvent to add is V2 - V1.
So:
(99% * 950mL) / 70%
Results in 1344mL final volume (V2).
The amount of water to add is 1344mL - 950mL, or 394mL, which equals 1.66534 cups water, or roughly 1 and 2/3 cups water.
Wednesday, April 08, 2020
Running Journal, 2020-04-08
Resting heart rate: 80bpm ~60 minutes after running
Body Mass Index (BMI): 25.4 (Overweight = 25–29.9)
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 2,101 cal/day
Weather: slightly misty, overcast
Temp: 11.6 C (53 F) wind 2 mph gusts
Time: 7:15-8:30 p.m. (75 minutes)
Terrain: Hilly
Comments: Late twilight run into evening. Passed a few people but mostly an empty campus, heard a turkey and an owl, visited the Porter koi pond, lots of hills. Felt decent and went farther and a different route than usual. Construction crews have completely demolished the Kresge Assembly hall. By Porter, construction crews have fenced off the path from Bowls to Family Student Housing, so instead of navigating the grass in the dark, I went back through Rachel Carson College. A maintenance crew member went into the cafe area for some reason (bathroom?). Overall mostly a chance to get some exercise after staying indoors for the past few days.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): ~7.5 km (4.66 mi)
Weight (after run; clothed): 87.3 kg (192.5 lb)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Bit of ache behind left knee and in left calf, but otherwise just normal muscle fatigue
Foods eaten today: oatmeal with raspberries, blueberries, and chopped walnuts, coffee, chamomile tea, Trader Joe's gnocchi, toasted bread, mixed vegetables, chocolate covered coffee beans, fig bars, glass of red wine, shepherd's pie, toasted bagel with guacamole
Body Mass Index (BMI): 25.4 (Overweight = 25–29.9)
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 2,101 cal/day
Weather: slightly misty, overcast
Temp: 11.6 C (53 F) wind 2 mph gusts
Time: 7:15-8:30 p.m. (75 minutes)
Terrain: Hilly
Comments: Late twilight run into evening. Passed a few people but mostly an empty campus, heard a turkey and an owl, visited the Porter koi pond, lots of hills. Felt decent and went farther and a different route than usual. Construction crews have completely demolished the Kresge Assembly hall. By Porter, construction crews have fenced off the path from Bowls to Family Student Housing, so instead of navigating the grass in the dark, I went back through Rachel Carson College. A maintenance crew member went into the cafe area for some reason (bathroom?). Overall mostly a chance to get some exercise after staying indoors for the past few days.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): ~7.5 km (4.66 mi)
Weight (after run; clothed): 87.3 kg (192.5 lb)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Bit of ache behind left knee and in left calf, but otherwise just normal muscle fatigue
Foods eaten today: oatmeal with raspberries, blueberries, and chopped walnuts, coffee, chamomile tea, Trader Joe's gnocchi, toasted bread, mixed vegetables, chocolate covered coffee beans, fig bars, glass of red wine, shepherd's pie, toasted bagel with guacamole
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Running Journal, 2020-02-29
Resting heart rate: 86bpm ~5 minutes after running
Body Mass Index (BMI): 25.0 (Overweight = 25–29.9)
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 2,080 cal/day
Weather: clear
Temp: 10.6 C (51 F) wind 2 mph gusts
Time: 5:38-6:38 a.m. (60 minutes)
Terrain: Hilly
Comments: Leap year day run to OPERS and back. Two laps at OPERS field tonight, with breaks to play HPWU. Felt energized at the end although a bit lightheaded at times, probably from looking down at the phone. Lungs felt exercised. Weather was a bit chilly with some light wind while at the OPERS field. Stopped briefly to let two adolescent black-tailed deer cross the running path. A handful of people slacklining and playing volleyball and tennis and basketball. Pretty quiet. Saw a student filming a black garbage bag he had placed over a street light globe near the Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) building. On my outbound run, I had passed the guy as he unsuccessfully tried to put the bag over a different street light.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): ~6.3 km (3.9 mi)
Weight (after run; clothed): 86.1 kg (190.0 lb)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Muscles felt a bit stiff earlier from my Thursday run, but felt fine once I was running
Foods eaten today: oatmeal with raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, banana, and chopped walnuts, The Buttery chocolate cheesecake with chocolate sprinkles and chocolate graham cracker base, coffee, spring mix salad with balsamic dressing,
Body Mass Index (BMI): 25.0 (Overweight = 25–29.9)
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 2,080 cal/day
Weather: clear
Temp: 10.6 C (51 F) wind 2 mph gusts
Time: 5:38-6:38 a.m. (60 minutes)
Terrain: Hilly
Comments: Leap year day run to OPERS and back. Two laps at OPERS field tonight, with breaks to play HPWU. Felt energized at the end although a bit lightheaded at times, probably from looking down at the phone. Lungs felt exercised. Weather was a bit chilly with some light wind while at the OPERS field. Stopped briefly to let two adolescent black-tailed deer cross the running path. A handful of people slacklining and playing volleyball and tennis and basketball. Pretty quiet. Saw a student filming a black garbage bag he had placed over a street light globe near the Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) building. On my outbound run, I had passed the guy as he unsuccessfully tried to put the bag over a different street light.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): ~6.3 km (3.9 mi)
Weight (after run; clothed): 86.1 kg (190.0 lb)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Muscles felt a bit stiff earlier from my Thursday run, but felt fine once I was running
Foods eaten today: oatmeal with raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, banana, and chopped walnuts, The Buttery chocolate cheesecake with chocolate sprinkles and chocolate graham cracker base, coffee, spring mix salad with balsamic dressing,
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Running Journal, 2020-02-27
Resting heart rate: 90bpm ~5 minutes after running; 80bpm ~45 minutes after running
Body Mass Index (BMI): 25.0 (Overweight = 25–29.9)
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 2,081 cal/day
Weather: clear
Temp: 16 C (61 F) 0 mph wind
Time: 5:35-6:15 a.m. (50 minutes)
Terrain: Hilly
Comments: Beautiful dusk run to OPERS and back. People slack lining, playing spikeball, swimming, and what looked like a group doing cross fit (sprinting, jogging, and weights). Saw a student at Rachel Carson College writing on an oversized paper tablet, with "RESOLUTION:" at the top. A Humanities event was ongoing in the music buildings.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): ~5.6 km (3.46 mi)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Left knee felt a bit sore at first but went away.
Foods eaten today: banana, cereal & milk, coffee, breakfast burrito, green olives, fig bar, bagel and cream cheese, macadamia nut ice cream, apple
Body Mass Index (BMI): 25.0 (Overweight = 25–29.9)
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 2,081 cal/day
Weather: clear
Temp: 16 C (61 F) 0 mph wind
Time: 5:35-6:15 a.m. (50 minutes)
Terrain: Hilly
Comments: Beautiful dusk run to OPERS and back. People slack lining, playing spikeball, swimming, and what looked like a group doing cross fit (sprinting, jogging, and weights). Saw a student at Rachel Carson College writing on an oversized paper tablet, with "RESOLUTION:" at the top. A Humanities event was ongoing in the music buildings.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): ~5.6 km (3.46 mi)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Left knee felt a bit sore at first but went away.
Foods eaten today: banana, cereal & milk, coffee, breakfast burrito, green olives, fig bar, bagel and cream cheese, macadamia nut ice cream, apple
Kevin Voted Today (By Mail)
Federal Contests
- President of the United States: Elizabeth Warren
- United States Representative: Jimmy Panetta
- State Senator: John Laird (17th district)
- Member of the State Assembly: Mark Stone (29th district)
- Y: California Proposition 13: School and College Facilities Bond
City
- N: Glover Recall Election
- Candidate to succeed Drew Glover as Santa Cruz City Councilmember if he is recalled: Tim Fitzmaurice
- N: Krohn Recall Election
- Candidate to succeed Chris Krohn as Santa Cruz City Councilmember if he is recalled: Katherine Beiers
- Y: Measure W, City Construction Charter Amendment
- Y: Measure X, School District Trustee Charter Amendment
- Judge of the Superior Court: Annrae Angel
School
Cabrillo Community College District
Cabrillo Community College District
- Y: Measure R
- Y: Measure T
Santa Cruz City Elementary School District
- Y: Measure U
Monday, February 24, 2020
Green Apple Scavenger Hunt - UCSC Rachel Carson College Dining Hall
The green apple displayed at the entrance to the UCSC Rachel Carson College Dining Hall has gone missing!
I'm documenting the scavenger game to find it below. I am NOT affiliated with anyone involved and am doing this only to memorialize it for myself.
In Fall Quarter of 2018, the UCSC students in ARTG 129 - "Special Topics in Game Design" ran an Alternate Reality Game, Guardians of the UCSC. So I'm kind of hoping they're the same folks behind this--but maybe not! Edits will be sporadic and most likely incomplete.
SMS group conversation (presumably with everyone who signed up? Phone numbers posted to give the flavor of the conversation but redacted a bit to respect privacy):
(831) 298-9291:
Hi beautiful Slugs, I'm the apple, thank god you're the savior! Please please please find me and save me! ! ❤️
(949) 309-xxxx:
*end SMS conversation*
Notes:
SMS (780) 900-1653:
Important update to all participants, do not discard! We received inside source confirming that the RCC dining hall apple is scheduled to be exchanged by the hostage taker at Opers field at exactly 2:00 pm, 3/1/2020.
Reddit user fred29056 posts:
Rescue Rachel Carson Dining Hall Apple!
SMS to (780) 900-1653 (around mid-day) results in this exchange:
Notes:
Subject:Found outside rcc, dont call the number
It reads [sic.]:
Notes:
Unclear if mischief-moony in on this (?)
I'm documenting the scavenger game to find it below. I am NOT affiliated with anyone involved and am doing this only to memorialize it for myself.
In Fall Quarter of 2018, the UCSC students in ARTG 129 - "Special Topics in Game Design" ran an Alternate Reality Game, Guardians of the UCSC. So I'm kind of hoping they're the same folks behind this--but maybe not! Edits will be sporadic and most likely incomplete.
TIMELINE
Last updated 03/08/2020 around 8:00 p.m. (SMS communications from 03/04/2020)
03/04/2020 (Wednesday)
SMS group conversation (presumably with everyone who signed up? Phone numbers posted to give the flavor of the conversation but redacted a bit to respect privacy):
12:30–12:36 p.m.
(408) 703-xxxx:
Where’s the Apple????
(650) 933-xxxx:
bet he's fucking dead
(408) 703-xxxx:
Free it already 🤬
(831) 298-9291:
Now on sale only $49.99
(408) 703-xxxx:
You have no right to sell it 😤
(831) 298-9291:
It’s not a sell, it’s a trade
I’m not fucking dead!
Photo of the RCC dining hall green apple sitting on a table. Photo name: 2020-03-04.jpg |
A hand is shown holding the RCC dining hall green apple above a table. The apple appears to have a dent or cut near the base, revealing the white interior. Photo name: 2020-03-04.jpg |
(714) 588-xxxx:
don't touch the apple like that he doesn't like it
(408) 703-xxxx:
Why tf r there white stuff marks on it huh
5:00 p.m.
(831) 316-xxxx:
Sounds like the 03/01/2020 hostage exchange at OPERS field failed 😅
7:55 p.m.
(408) 703-xxxx:
^ditto
Y’all Bette return it to its home
Better
*end SMS conversation*
Notes:
*end SMS conversation*
Notes:
- Sender breaks character
- Apple seems damaged; unclear whether incurred recently
- Selling the apple seems ... sad
- Seems more likely this represents a non-class project (?)
02/28/2020 (Friday)
SMS group conversation (presumably with everyone who signed up? Phone numbers posted to give the flavor of the conversation but redacted a bit to respect privacy):
10:25 a.m.:
(831) 316-xxxx:
Can we get a proof of life photo please? TY!
(831) 316-xxxx:
Can we get a proof of life photo please? TY!
02/24/2020 (Monday)
12:18–12:48 p.m.
(831) 298-9291:
Hi beautiful Slugs, I'm the apple, thank god you're the savior! Please please please find me and save me! ! ❤️
(949) 309-xxxx:
let her go you monster :(
she gets scared easily
(408) 703-xxxx:
Don’t assume apple’s gender
Rude
(916) 798-xxxx: 🍏 miss u
(714) 588-xxxx:
Emphasized “Don’t assume apple’s gender”
i miss u big apple :( u made me happy everytime i saw u
(925) 980-xxxx:
I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom I can tell you I don't have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you, but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you
(714) 588-xxxx: i hope they're feeding u well
(408) 703-xxxx: :’) aww
(831) 298-9291:
love u❤️
love u❤️
they locked me up, but I don't recognize their faces. On Saturday they brought me out and took a couple of photos of me, i don't konw what for
I'm just an innocent apple
😭😭😭
(408) 703-xxxx: Dw go to sleep now,you’ll be safe in ur dreams
(831) 298-9291:
they untied me but I can’t move cause I’m an apple
Photo of the RCC dining hall green apple sitting on a chair, unrestrained by cords. Photo name: 2020-02-24.jpg |
(949) 309-xxxx:
How are you texting us then? 🤔🤔
Something fishy is going on here
This isn't the apple I know and love
This is her captivators isn't it
(831) 298-9291:
the hostage takers untied me from the chair but I can’t move cause i'm an apple
i'm using my burner phone that they didn't find
(408) 703-xxxx:
We will save you soon ☝️
Did they steal your plastic box cover too
(831) 298-9291:
Yeah it was taken
(408) 703-xxxx:
The dh is so busy
How did you get kidnapped 😮
(831) 298-9291:
They must have the key to my room in dh! It was at night and I was half conscious, they opened the glass door and knocked me out. I couldn’t see their faces but the last word I heard was Porter
I honestly have no clue, I don’t know these people! And I’m scared!
Aight I gotta run they’re coming
(949) 309-xxxx:
it was an inside job
Fire all the rcc workers 😭
*end SMS conversation*
Notes:
- I laughed out loud at "they untied me but I can’t move cause I’m an apple"
- Photos on the hosting service have datetime stamps (e.g., 2020-02-23, 2020-02-24), so presumably we get a new one each day (?)
- The SMS number is local 831 area code and different than the 730 area code (Alberta, Canada) used to sign-up ... it's a nice touch, presumably tied to the burner phone the apple hid
- First big clue: Porter!
02/23/2020 (Sunday)
3:42 p.m.
Important update to all participants, do not discard! We received inside source confirming that the RCC dining hall apple is scheduled to be exchanged by the hostage taker at Opers field at exactly 2:00 pm, 3/1/2020.
02/21/2020 (Friday)
11:43 p.m.
Rescue Rachel Carson Dining Hall Apple!
Are you tired of the strike? I'm the green apple from Rachel Carson Dining Hall! I am lost and lonely. Come find me! To rescue me, please text at (780) 900-1653. Thanks, Slugs 😘
Photo of the RCC dining hall green apple sitting on a dormitory desk, illuminated by a task light. Photo name: yl21vccxifi41.jpg |
Photo of the RCC dining hall green apple sitting on dormitory carpet (blue), next to a ruler, for proof of size. Photo name: kp4v6rvsifi41.jpg |
(780) 900-1653: Thank you for contacting Fred! May I have your first name please?
Provide name(780) 900-1653: Good morning name! Please Reply YES to accept the scavenger hunt challenge; reply STOP to opt out.
YES
(780) 900-1653: Your number is added to the list, name! You will receive update information about the scavenger hunt within the next 48 hours.
Notes:
- Photo file names (not sure if relevant):
- yl21vccxifi41.jpg
- kp4v6rvsifi41.jpg
02/20/2020 (Thursday)
Reddit user lookingskyward_ posts:Subject:Found outside rcc, dont call the number
Flyer found near RCC, with header "WANTED: RCC APPLE STOLEN" |
WANTED
RCC APPLE STOLEN
Suspect descreption:
- electric Blue hair
- red stripped shoe
Accomplice (???):
- HEINOUS personality ** residing at porter!!
- goth
- Gay
ARTIST RENDITION
- stup*d
[Images of two cartoon characters:
- Sonic the Hedgehog (in bare feet)
- Shadow the Hedgehog (with firearm)
note: A red line is drawn from "Suspect description" to the image of Sonic, and a blue line is drawn from "Accomplice" to Shadow. A red arrow also points to the red pair of shoes lying next to Sonic.]
please help us catch them they are VERY dangerous and veyr fast and so so scary please no more crime crime is evil and sinful and bad. than k you
if seen call 911 or call (575)-578-3015
(end of flyer)
The number (575)-578-3015 goes to voicemail and seems cribbed from a Car Impersonator flyer belonging to Alan Wagner, "an L.A.-based comedian who, along with creative partner Sydney Marquez, has turned absurdist, real-life memes into an art form":
Their Instagram page shows the Car Impersonator flyer and many other creations they have posted in their neighborhood:
The voicemail says something like:
Hi this is Carlton.So, edgy/weird comedy and a sort of weird/edgy flyer.
Uh, let me know if you want me to do it.
Let me know some of what your favorite cars are.
And you can fill me in on what, uh, shape they are generally and what kind of noise they make so I know what to do when I show up.
Uh, Yeah, let me know if it's for kids or nudes. Thanks.
02/15/2020 (Saturday)
10:35 p.m.
Reddit user mischief-moony posts:
It’s been a few days since someone stole the giant green apple from rc dining hall and I have not see a single post about it. y’all we need to get that apple back where it belongs.Notes:
Unclear if mischief-moony in on this (?)
Saturday, February 22, 2020
Running Journal, Saturday, 2020-02-22
Resting heart rate: 70bpm around 30 minutes after running
Body Mass Index (BMI): 25.0 (Overweight = 25–29.9)
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 2,081 cal/day
Weather: overcast
Temp: 12 C (54 F) 0 mph wind
Time: 8:15-:8:55 a.m. (38 minutes)
Terrain: Hilly
Comments: Dawn poked me into running today and it went better than I expected, as I felt a bit drained. About two dozen deer feeding on grass at the far corner of OPERS field. On the way back, assisted two speakers (maybe Lexi B?) driving to the UCSC's Womxn's Career Summit at the Stevenson Event Center. Beautiful weather for running/walking.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): ~4.8 km (3.3 mi); 7.4 km (4.6 mi) (running + walking total)
Weight (after run; workout clothes): 86.0 kg (189.5 lb)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: OK; felt a bit tired from walking a lot on Friday due to the COLA strikes
Foods eaten today: oatmeal (with banana and crushed walnuts), coffee, dark chocolate-covered espresso beans
Body Mass Index (BMI): 25.0 (Overweight = 25–29.9)
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 2,081 cal/day
Weather: overcast
Temp: 12 C (54 F) 0 mph wind
Time: 8:15-:8:55 a.m. (38 minutes)
Terrain: Hilly
Comments: Dawn poked me into running today and it went better than I expected, as I felt a bit drained. About two dozen deer feeding on grass at the far corner of OPERS field. On the way back, assisted two speakers (maybe Lexi B?) driving to the UCSC's Womxn's Career Summit at the Stevenson Event Center. Beautiful weather for running/walking.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): ~4.8 km (3.3 mi); 7.4 km (4.6 mi) (running + walking total)
Weight (after run; workout clothes): 86.0 kg (189.5 lb)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: OK; felt a bit tired from walking a lot on Friday due to the COLA strikes
Foods eaten today: oatmeal (with banana and crushed walnuts), coffee, dark chocolate-covered espresso beans
Sunday, February 16, 2020
Running Journal, Saturday, 2020-02-15
Ran with Dawn today but didn't record any details. Lovely weather. Ran twice around the OPERS field, where many people had gathered for the Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference Championships. View of Monterey Bay was obscured by mist, in part. Observed power washing of the Hahn Student Services Building, and amateur filming of a handful of mountain bikers. Tried to cut through the McHenry Library, but it did not open until 11:00 a.m. The Music Center Recital Hall was hosting an opera:
Family Opera: Massenet's "Cinderella"
The UCSC Opera presents its annual production for families with an English adaptation of Massenet's Cinderella. In partnership with the Watsonville branch of Santa Cruz County's El Sistema music education program, UCSC singers will present a 45-minute English adaptation of Massenet's Cendrillon (Cinderella). With a chorus of mice from Watsonville's Radcliffe Elementary School, and scenic design by Santa Cruz artist Dave Gardner, this production is a gift to the community. Massenet's ethereal score will delight audiences of all ages.
Come early to meet the cast and color a coloring page in the lobby.
Sanguk Kim conducts. Sheila Willey directs. Colin Hannon accompanies on piano.We noticed someone had removed a glass globe from a street lamp at the base of the Rachel Carson College stairs, in Meyer Meadow.
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Anime Run
This new anime premiered in Japan on January 5, 2020, and we have watched on the following dates, as it becomes available:
- 2020-01-30: "The Greatest World!"
- 2020-02-09: "The Eizouken Takes the Stage!"
- 2020-02-09: "Let's Accomplish Something!"
- 2020-02-09: "Hold That Machete Tight!"
- 2020-02-09: "An Iron Giant Appears!"
- 2020-02-16: "Let's Do Better Than Last Time!"
- 2020-05-31: "I Have To Do It For Myself!"
- 2020-05-31: "The Grand Shibahama Festival!"
- 2020-??-??: TBA
- 2020-??-??: TBA
- 2020-??-??: TBA
- 2020-??-??: TBA
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Running Journal, Thursday, 2020-02-13
Resting heart rate: 66bpm around 20 minutes after running
Body Mass Index (BMI): 25.2 (Overweight = 25–29.9)
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 2,085 cal/day
Weather: sunset, mostly sunny
Temp: 9 C (48 F) 0 mph wind
Time: 5:29-6:28 p.m. (59 minutes)
Terrain: Hilly
Comments: Stopped frequently to play Wizards Unite, but overall feel pleased with the level of exertion and heart rate. Felt much better than last week, despite my left knee feeling a bit sore at first (from sitting?). At OPERS field, ran past black-tailed deer feeding and (on the opposite side) a golden retriever playing catch. Beautiful sunset view of the ocean from the dining hall patio of Rachel Carson College. Bit chilly so wore long sleeve technical shirt and was fine. Heart rate low. Felt better fueled for the run this time. Also three pounds lighter than last week.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running + walking total): ~5.3 km (3.3 mi)
Weight (after run; workout clothes): 86.4 kg (190.5 lb)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Left knee felt a bit sore
Foods eaten today: oatmeal (with banana, blueberries, and crushed walnuts), coffee, green olives, Girl Scout cookies (thin mints and smores), sushi (brown rice salmon and avocado), sushi (brown rice cucumber and avocado), avocado sandwich, strawberry gummy candy, edamame, pinot noir
Body Mass Index (BMI): 25.2 (Overweight = 25–29.9)
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 2,085 cal/day
Weather: sunset, mostly sunny
Temp: 9 C (48 F) 0 mph wind
Time: 5:29-6:28 p.m. (59 minutes)
Terrain: Hilly
Comments: Stopped frequently to play Wizards Unite, but overall feel pleased with the level of exertion and heart rate. Felt much better than last week, despite my left knee feeling a bit sore at first (from sitting?). At OPERS field, ran past black-tailed deer feeding and (on the opposite side) a golden retriever playing catch. Beautiful sunset view of the ocean from the dining hall patio of Rachel Carson College. Bit chilly so wore long sleeve technical shirt and was fine. Heart rate low. Felt better fueled for the run this time. Also three pounds lighter than last week.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running + walking total): ~5.3 km (3.3 mi)
Weight (after run; workout clothes): 86.4 kg (190.5 lb)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Left knee felt a bit sore
Foods eaten today: oatmeal (with banana, blueberries, and crushed walnuts), coffee, green olives, Girl Scout cookies (thin mints and smores), sushi (brown rice salmon and avocado), sushi (brown rice cucumber and avocado), avocado sandwich, strawberry gummy candy, edamame, pinot noir
Thursday, February 06, 2020
Running Journal, Friday, 2020-02-06
Resting heart rate: 77bpm around 20 minutes after running
Body Mass Index (BMI): 25.6 (Overweight = 25–29.9)
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 2,104 cal/day
Weather: sunset, clear
Temp: 10 C (50 F) 0 mph wind
Time: 5:10-5:50 p.m. (40 minutes)
Terrain: Hilly
Comments: Sunset run around campus. Felt ok, but quite over-exerted at the end. Light-headed and breathing hard. Lot of tension in my upper shoulders/neck, plus not probably not fueling right. Wasn't as electric and strong a run as on 01/24, but more steady pace this time, so I think I ended up running farther in one go, though less overall. Lots of people out on the OPERS field. Saw a group playing roundnet (also known as spikeball; how to play), lacrosse players, people tossing a football, slacklining, and over a dozen black-tailed deer. There was someone holding clipboards with signs near Cowell Service Road (?). Ran a bit more to get up to Hahn Student Services, but then chose to walk the rest of the way home due to just feeling wiped. Weather was perfect. Nice and cool.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): ~3.5 km (2.2 mi); Total (running + walking): ~5.25 km (3.25 mi)
Weight (after run; clothed): 87.7 kg (193.5 lb)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: No pains, but felt over-exerted and lightheaded ... two much tension in shoulders plus not fueling appropriately (?)
Foods eaten today: oatmeal (with banana, raspberries, blueberries, and crushed walnuts), coffee, almonds, green olives, mixed garden salad with balsamic dressing, mini fiery Snickers, fizzy water, brown rice with four Bibigo Bulgogi Beef Mandu (Korean potstickers)
Body Mass Index (BMI): 25.6 (Overweight = 25–29.9)
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 2,104 cal/day
Weather: sunset, clear
Temp: 10 C (50 F) 0 mph wind
Time: 5:10-5:50 p.m. (40 minutes)
Terrain: Hilly
Comments: Sunset run around campus. Felt ok, but quite over-exerted at the end. Light-headed and breathing hard. Lot of tension in my upper shoulders/neck, plus not probably not fueling right. Wasn't as electric and strong a run as on 01/24, but more steady pace this time, so I think I ended up running farther in one go, though less overall. Lots of people out on the OPERS field. Saw a group playing roundnet (also known as spikeball; how to play), lacrosse players, people tossing a football, slacklining, and over a dozen black-tailed deer. There was someone holding clipboards with signs near Cowell Service Road (?). Ran a bit more to get up to Hahn Student Services, but then chose to walk the rest of the way home due to just feeling wiped. Weather was perfect. Nice and cool.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): ~3.5 km (2.2 mi); Total (running + walking): ~5.25 km (3.25 mi)
Weight (after run; clothed): 87.7 kg (193.5 lb)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: No pains, but felt over-exerted and lightheaded ... two much tension in shoulders plus not fueling appropriately (?)
Foods eaten today: oatmeal (with banana, raspberries, blueberries, and crushed walnuts), coffee, almonds, green olives, mixed garden salad with balsamic dressing, mini fiery Snickers, fizzy water, brown rice with four Bibigo Bulgogi Beef Mandu (Korean potstickers)
Friday, January 24, 2020
Running Journal, Friday, 2020-01-24
Resting heart rate: 82bpm around 30 minutes after running
Body Mass Index (BMI): 25.5 (Overweight = 25–29.9)
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 2,098 cal/day
Weather: twilight, clear
Temp: 13 C (55 F) 0 mph wind
Time: 5:50-6:25 p.m. (35 minutes)
Terrain: Hilly
Comments: Lovely twilight view from OPERS field running track overlooking the lights of Monterey Bay. Stopped to walk a few times on the way back after running to the top of a hill.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): ~3.5 miles
Weight (after run): 87.3 kg (192.5 lb)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: No
Foods eaten today: oatmeal with banana and crushed walnuts, coffee, almonds, green olives, matcha green tea, ramen noodles, curry sambosa, blood orange, fizzy water
Body Mass Index (BMI): 25.5 (Overweight = 25–29.9)
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 2,098 cal/day
Weather: twilight, clear
Temp: 13 C (55 F) 0 mph wind
Time: 5:50-6:25 p.m. (35 minutes)
Terrain: Hilly
Comments: Lovely twilight view from OPERS field running track overlooking the lights of Monterey Bay. Stopped to walk a few times on the way back after running to the top of a hill.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): ~3.5 miles
Weight (after run): 87.3 kg (192.5 lb)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: No
Foods eaten today: oatmeal with banana and crushed walnuts, coffee, almonds, green olives, matcha green tea, ramen noodles, curry sambosa, blood orange, fizzy water
Friday, January 17, 2020
Running Journal, Friday, 2020-01-17
Resting heart rate: 93bpm around 15 minutes after running
Body Mass Index (BMI): 25.4 (Overweight = 25–29.9)
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 2,092 cal/day
Weather: partly sunny
Temp: 8 C (46 F) 0 mph
Time: 5:00-5:30 p.m. (30 minutes)
Terrain: Hilly
Comments: Ran through Porter Meadow and found a makeshift meeting spot at the far corner, as well as a wooden bench and an upholstered love seat covered in graffiti (just before Kresge Gardens). Day after heavy rains and a bit slippery and muddy in spots. Felt strong despite the hills and ran across to Kerr Hall and down past the art/music buildings to Oakes Path and ended my run after running up the hill between Oakes and Rachel Carson, walking back up to the dining hall and across the bridge. Just enough to get the heart going.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): ~1.8 miles
Weight (after run): 86.9 kg (191.5 lb)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: No
Foods eaten today: Banana, quiche, coffee, almonds, dark chocolate coffee beans, green olives, green tea with ginger
Body Mass Index (BMI): 25.4 (Overweight = 25–29.9)
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 2,092 cal/day
Weather: partly sunny
Temp: 8 C (46 F) 0 mph
Time: 5:00-5:30 p.m. (30 minutes)
Terrain: Hilly
Comments: Ran through Porter Meadow and found a makeshift meeting spot at the far corner, as well as a wooden bench and an upholstered love seat covered in graffiti (just before Kresge Gardens). Day after heavy rains and a bit slippery and muddy in spots. Felt strong despite the hills and ran across to Kerr Hall and down past the art/music buildings to Oakes Path and ended my run after running up the hill between Oakes and Rachel Carson, walking back up to the dining hall and across the bridge. Just enough to get the heart going.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): ~1.8 miles
Weight (after run): 86.9 kg (191.5 lb)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: No
Foods eaten today: Banana, quiche, coffee, almonds, dark chocolate coffee beans, green olives, green tea with ginger
Monday, January 06, 2020
Book Recommendations: 2019
Out of the 144 audiobooks and 3 print books I listened to/read in 2019, these represent my favorites, in no particular order:
- The Idiot (2017) - Elif Batuman
- Everything's Trash, But It's Okay (2018) - Phoebe Robinson
- The Cooking Gene (2017) - Michael W. Twitty
- Educated: A Memoir (2018) - Tara Westover
- Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It (2016) - Christopher Voss
- Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook (2010) - Anthony Bourdain (and his first book as well, but trying to limit to one per author)
- The Last Black Unicorn (2017) - Tiffany Haddish
- As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride (2014) - Cary Elwes
- Everything Trump Touches Dies (2018) - Rick Wilson
- The House of Broken Angels (2018) - Luís Alberto Urrea
- The Island of Sea Women (2019) - Lisa See
- No Walls and the Recurring Dream: A Memoir (2019) - Ani DiFranco
- Becoming Superman: My Journey From Poverty to Hollywood (2019) - J. Michael Straczynski
- The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California (2019) - Mark Arax
- Exhalation: Stories (2019) - Ted Chiang
I would wholeheartedly recommend these and consider reading/listening to them again (in at least one case I have).
Note: a special recognition for audiobook "High School (2019) - Tegan Quin and Sara Quin", for enhancing the narrative inline with musical performances and other spoken word articulations. Brava!
Books List 2020
Ordered by most recently listened to, first.
Audiobooks
- Queue:
- The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III (1982) - Robert A. Caro
- Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III (2002) - Robert A. Caro
- The Fifth Season (2015) - N. K. Jemisin
- How Democracies Die (2018) - Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
- Me (2019) - Elton John
- Different needles between vinyl and shellac
- Soccer team
- Escaping through window for fights when Bye Bye Blackbird didn't work
- Queen Elizabeth hilarious in person vs formal in public
- Princess Diana and Richard Gere vs Sylvester Stallone
- How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (2019) - Jenny Odell
- Poswolsky writes of their initial discovery: "I think we also found the answer to the universe, which was, quite simply: just spend more time with your friends."
- Old Survivor tree: "the last remaining old-growth coastal redwood of the redwood forest that once populated the Oakland Hills in California"
- Lot: Stories (2019) - Bryan Washington
- Browns and tans
- The Sixth Man: A Memoir (2019) - Andre Iguodala
- Children fight battles parents lose
- Anyone with tee shirt tucked into their shorts will give you hell
- Overcoming cheating like a drug
- Focus on the game feel like yourself
- College athletes get homework tutors who do their work for them
- Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well (2014) - Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen
- The Hate U Give (2017) - Angie Thomas
- Incredible book
- "When it rains like that while the sun's out, Nana says the devil is beating his wife."
- Black Jesus
- Momma doesn't cuss anyone out on the freeway. She says ... "Give me strength Lord, give me strength."
- “Brave doesn't mean you're not scared. It means you go on even though you're scared.”
- Warlight (2018) - Michael Ondaatje
- Someday you might be eating with the king so mind your manners
- We Live in Water: Stories (2013) - Jess Walter
- The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't (2007) - Robert I. Sutton
- Fight as if right; listen as though wrong
- Disagree then commit
- Americanah (2013) - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Racial disorder syndrome
- Hispanic is Spanish but not from Spain
- Wolf Hall (2009) - Hilary Mantel
- Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (2017) - Robert Sapolsky
- Amygdala tumor
- Fear anxiety corresponding aggression
- Cognitive costs of empathizing with people at a distance: Statistic vs person ... put a face to it
- Gestational diabetes
- Rice (communal) vs wheat (individualist) cultures
- An American Marriage (2018) - Tayari Jones
- The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die (2017) - Keith Payne
- Egalitarian because food better in others stomachs than wasted
- Melvin Lerner's Just-World hypothesis
- Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story (2018) - Roger Daltrey
- Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle & The Chieftains - Behind Blue Eyes (50th birthday, Carnegie Hall)
- Heather Taylor was the inspiration for Jimi Hendrix's Foxy Lady
- Keith Moon's fear of stage part of alcohol abuse
- "I used to imagine myself as a duck. An acid comment here, a trashed hotel room there – they were raindrops rolling off my duck's back. A Zen duck. That was me. Quack, quack."
- Purchased equipment on hire purchase
- "Let's drive, we used to say before a gig. Drive. Drive. Drive. I used to feel like we were trying to drive our music through the audience. to the back wall. I've always done that, even at Woodstock, with no back wall and half a million people stretching over the horizon."
- The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy) (2017) - Katherine Arden
- "But she ate her porridge with wolflike intensity and asked Dunya often if she had grown any bigger."
- "Everything dies" (the rusulka)
- "She was rubbed with horrible mustard-seed, and beaten with quick, whisking birch-branches, to liven her blood. They wrapped her in wool, bandaged her skinned hand, and poured soup down her throat."
- This book feels like Dostoevsky; I'm thinking Brothers Karamazov
- The President Is Missing (2018) - Bill Clinton and James Patterson
- Easy listen; the light beer of novels
- Pretty easy to tell when President Clinton portions appear
- Dominicana: A Novel (2019) - Angie Cruz
- Light pigmented (Spanish) vs. dark pigmented (African) Latin Americans
- Lots of food references made me hungry
- Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (1959) - Alfred Lansing
- But then he added: "Hope tells a flattering tale."
- Salt water boils
- Enjoyed this one; amazing story
- Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up (The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up) (2015) - Marie Kondō
- Thought semi-seriously to myself: This book represents a "cry for help" ... then I felt bad when she bravely admitted suffering a nervous breakdown : o (
- Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism (2015) - Fumio Sasaki
- "There's only one item that I bought again after letting it go. It's a foot massager from the manufacturer Omron."
- "We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves."
- The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century (2018) - Kirk W. Johnson
- 007's name from American ornithologist James Bond
- Enjoyed this book
- Beastie Boys Book (2018) - Adam Horovitz and Michael Diamond
- Not a big fan, but now I can say I know the names and faces
- They acted poorly toward a lot of people; to their credit, they acknowledge their mistakes and what hasn't aged well
- "Boys Entering Anarchistic States Towards Inner Excellence" (note: they note adding Boys as a suffix represents a redundancy)
- Adam's Toyota Corrola mix-tape listing:
- Come Along - Lee "Scratch" Perry
- People Funny Boy - Lee "Scratch" Perry
- Croaking Lizard - Prince Jazzbo
- I Gotta Stand for Something - Professor and the Efficiency Experts
- Plantagenet - Back Door
- Sweetie Pie - Stone Alliance
- Mr. Brown - Bob Marley & the Wailers
- Fried Neck Bones and Some Home Fries - Willie Bobo
- Answer the Phone - Cheech and Chong
- New Bell - Manu Dibango
- Give It Up or Turn It Loose - Dick Hyman
- I Walk in Guilded Splinters - Dr. John
- You Are the One For Me - Charles Wright
- The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground
- Lovely Is Today - Eddie Harris
Using the Libby app (via Overdrive).
Print
E-Books
- None
- "They Say / I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (Third edition - 2014) - Gerald Graff (with Cathy Birkenstein)
- "Solutions and Other Problems" (2020) - Allie Brosh
Suggestions
- Mike Liebhold (via):
- Travels with a Tangerine: A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah
- Granada: A Pomegranate in the Hand of God
- Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East
- UCSC LIT 61U - Introduction to SF (online class):
- The Left Hand of Darkness, Book I of the Lilith's Brood Trilogy (1969) - Ursula K. Le Guin
- Dawn (1987) - Octavia E. Butler (note: not on Overdrive)
- Childhood's End (1953) - Arthur C. Clarke (note: not on Overdrive)
- "The Cold Equations" (1954) - Tom Godwin (note: not on Overdrive)
- Sail On! Sail On! (1952) - Philip José Farmer (note: not on Overdrive)
- 2018-01-08: David Finkel's The Good Soldiers (via)
- Note: ebook only (Overdrive)
- John Cole (via):
- The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic (2013) - Emily Croy Barker
- Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic (2015) - Sam Quinones
- Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World (2018) - Anand Giridharadas
- Bookshop Santa Cruz
- Winter 2020 reading list
Dominicana: A Novel (2019) - Angie CruzFurious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee (2019) - Casey CepIQ (An IQ Novel #1) (2017) - Joe IdeOur Homesick Songs (2019) - Emma HooperRough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living (2018) - Karen AuvinenThe Bear and the Nightingale: A Novel (Winternight Trilogy #1) (2017) - Katherine ArdenThe Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century (2019) - Kirk Wallace JohnsonTrinity: A Novel (2019) - Louisa Hall- President Obama's reading list
- Circa Dec 2019 (via):
- The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power () - Shoshana Zuboff
- The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company () - William Dalrymple (note: ebook only)
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee () - Casey Cep- Girl, Woman, Other () - Bernardine Evaristo
- The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present () - David Treuer
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy () - Jenny Odell- Lost Children Archive () - Valeria Luiselli
Lot: Stories () - Bryan Washington- Normal People () - Sally Rooney
- The Orphan Master's Son () - Adam Johnson
- The Yellow House () - Sarah M. Broom (note: ebook only)
- Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland () - Patrick Radden Keefe
- Solitary () - Albert Woodfox (note: ebook only)
- The Topeka School () - Ben Lerner
- Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion () - Jia Tolentino
- Trust Exercise () - Susan Choi
We Live in Water: Stories () - Jess Walter- A Different Way to Win: Dan Rooney's Story from the Super Bowl to the Rooney Rule () - Jim Rooney (note: not on Overdrive yet; published Nov 2019)
The Sixth Man () - Andre Iguodala- Circa Aug 2019 (via):
Toni Morrison: Beloved, Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye, Sula, everything elseThe Nickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadExhalation by Ted ChiangWolf Hall, Hilary Mantel- Haruki Murakami’s Men Without Women
American Spy by Lauren WilkinsonThe Shallows by Nicholas CarrLab Girl by Hope JahrenInland by Téa ObrehtHow to Read the Air, by Dinaw MengestuMaid by Stephanie Land- Circa Dec 2018:
Becoming by Michelle Obama (Overdrive)An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (Overdrive)Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Overdrive)The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die by Keith Payne (Overdrive)Educated by Tara Westover (Overdrive)- Factfulness by Hans Rosling
- Note: ebook only (Overdrive)
Futureface: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging by Alex Wagner (Overdrive)- A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong’o
- Note: ebook only (Overdrive)
A House for Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul (Overdrive: Recommended 01/01/2019)- How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt (Overdrive)
In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History by Mitch Landrieu (Overdrive)Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela (Overdrive)- The New Geography of Jobs by Enrico Moretti
- Note: recommended 01/01/2019 (Northern California Public Library)
- The Return by Hisham Matar
- Note: ebook only (Overdrive)
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (read)- Warlight by Michael Ondaatje (Overdrive)
- Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick Deneen
- Note: ebook only (Overdrive)
The World As It Is by Ben Rhodes (Overdrive)- American Prison by Shane Bauer (Overdrive)
- Arthur Ashe: A Life by Raymond Arsenault (Overdrive)
- Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday (Overdrive)
- Feel Free by Zadie Smith (Overdrive)
Florida by Lauren Groff (Overdrive)- Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight (Overdrive)
- Immigrant, Montana by Amitava Kumar (Overdrive)
- The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson (Overdrive)
- Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark (Overdrive)
There There by Tommy Orange (Overdrive)- Washington Black by Esi Edugyan (Overdrive)
- Josh Marshall 2018 Holiday recommendations:
- Eric H. Cline: Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World. Nicholas Ostler
- 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History)
- Only History of Ancient Greece available
- Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization by Paul Kriwaczek
- Note: ebook only (Overdrive)
- Barry Cunliffe: By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia
- Nothing as of 01/01/2019
- Felipe Fernandez-Armesto: Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration
- Note: ebook only (Overdrive)
- David Anthony: The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
- Recommended 12/31/2018
- Roger Crowley: Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World
- City of Fortune and Conquerers recommendable as audiobooks
- David Abulafia: The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean
- Nothing as of 07/18/2018
- James Romm: Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire
- ebook only (Overdrive) as of 07/18/2018
- Peter Heather:
- The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
- Empires and Barbarians: The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe
- The Restoration of Rome: Barbarian Popes and Imperial Pretenders
- Note: ebook only; audiobook not recommendable (Overdrive) as of 07/18/2018
- Hugh Thomas: Conquest: Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Old Mexico
- Nothing available as of 07/18/2018
- Lionel Casson: Libraries in the Ancient World
- Unavailable in any format (Overdrive)
- Life in Ancient Rome recommendable as Audiobook (Overdrive)
- Josh Marshall 1066 Norman Conquest Discussion:
- Short History of the Normans (2016) - Leonie V. Hicks
- The Norman Conquest: The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England (2013) - Marc Morris
- The Norman Conquest: England after William the Conqueror (Critical Issues in World and International History) (2007) - Hugh M. Thomas
- Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400 to 1070 (2011) - Robin Fleming
- William, King and Conqueror (2013) - Mark Hagger
- Conquest and Colonisation: The Normans in Britain, 1066-1100 (1994) - Brian Golding
- The Normans in Europe (2000) - Elisabeth van Houts
- William the Conqueror (The English Monarchs Series) (2016) - David Bates
- Bill Gates - 5 books to enjoy this winter (2019)
An American Marriage () - Tayari Jones- These Truths () - Jill Lepore
- Growth () - Vaclav Smil
- Prepared () - Diane Tavenner
Why We Sleep () - Matthew Walker- Ask A Manager 2019 recommendations
- The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust () - Diana B. Henriques
- Severance () - Ling Ma
Educated () - Tara Westover- The Awkward Age () - Francesca Segal
- The Darlings () - Cristina Alger
- Late in the Day () - Tessa Hadley
- Seven Days of Us () - Francesca Hornak
- The Banker’s Wife () - Cristina Alger
- The Age of Light () - Whitney Scharer
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