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A recent edition of the San Francisco Chronicle contained an article I read with interest. FINDING MY RELIGION: Nipun and Guri Mehta talk about their $1-a-day pilgrimage through India is an interview with two people I am blessed to know, although it’s been months since I’ve seen them in person.
I’ve mentioned Nipun […]

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In light of my recent post on personalized license plates, these plates, which I saw on my way to work this morning, are the best ones ever:
RAADHEY.
Raa dhey. Get it? For those who don’t, raa dhey, in various South Asian languages, translates to something like, Make way. And the driver - Desi, of course - […]

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[Riz Ahmed, Farhad Harun and Arfan Usman star as the “Tipton Three” in Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross’ THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO. Photos courtesy of Roadside Attractions.]
Everyone needs to go see The Road to Guantanamo, about the Tipton Three at Guantanamo Bay.
Special thanks to 2Scoops, who first brought the film to my attention weeks […]

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[Riz Ahmed, Farhad Harun and Arfan Usman star as the “Tipton Three” in Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross’ THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO. Photos courtesy of Roadside Attractions.]
Everyone needs to go see The Road to Guantanamo, about the Tipton Three at Guantanamo Bay.
Special thanks to 2Scoops, who first brought the film to my attention weeks […]

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It’s over, but right now I’m too exhausted (and sunburnt) to clearly reflect on the experience. A huge gratitude-filled “Thank you” to the superstar SI, who called me Friday afternoon from the East Coast to wish us good luck. Photos and lengthy descriptions coming soon. Click the photo above, or check the […]

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License plates I’ve recently seen and enjoyed while commuting:
- YWEH8N- I[HEART]GHEE- OH B 1- SOMONEY [on quite a dilapidated-looking Honda Civic]- WISEHAG- HARD2BHV
Also, I saw a freeway exit sign for a street called “Pasatiempo” on the way back from Santa Cruz a couple of weekends ago. […]

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Did I tell all y’all that my camera’s broken? I probably didn’t. I think I got saltwater and sand in it, but who knows. Not I, since I was too busy blithely taking photos in said saltwater and sand to really be careful. Right smart of me, I know.
Anyway, a few days after my beach […]

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Scattered thank-yous, mentally noted, from the past two, three weeks:
Thank you to the mailman whom I asked for directions when I got lost going to the evening of live Moroccan music in Berkeley. I don’t think you knew how to get there any more than I did, and you were suitably vague about what road […]

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Scattered thank-yous, mentally noted, from the past two, three weeks:
Thank you to the mailman whom I asked for directions when I got lost going to the evening of live Moroccan music in Berkeley. I don’t think you knew how to get there any more than I did, and you were suitably vague about what road […]

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