http://www.nezsez.com Random Ramblings on Life and Society Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:49:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Chronicle came out with yet another article on bread, sourdough -- my favorite. I get hungry just thinking about it. Check out the article here. We may need to watch our pursestrings more closely these days, but I suggest springing for some yummy sourdough once in a while! Related posts:Chronicle Article on BreadThe ... http://www.nezsez.com/sourdough-article/ I've previously written about my fondness for bread (has it really been a year?), and I just came across an article in the online version of the San Francisco Chronicle that I wanted to share: Chronicle article In my own post, I spoke about the joys of freshly baked bread, but I ... http://www.nezsez.com/chronicle-article-on-bread/ Well, in my last post I mentioned the revamped Whitehouse.gov. Well, with today's signing of the Stimulus package, Recovery.gov is now live (I checked late last week and there was only a placeholder saying it will become live once President Obama signs the bill). Whether or not you agree with the bill, ... http://www.nezsez.com/recoverygov/ Thoughts on Obama's Inauguration I must say that yesterday was the first time I ever watched a Presidential Inauguration, and if that's the case for me, then I must assume that's true for millions of other people. Being Asian, and in San Francisco, I've only experienced a little bit of bigotry growing ... http://www.nezsez.com/obama-the-44th-president/ Isn't it strange how we name different parts of our cities -- particularly when done so with cardinal directions. North Beach - one of San Francisco's neighborhoods South Beach - one of Florida's well known beaches Lower East Side - a common response for New Yorkers answering where they live South Park - the ... http://www.nezsez.com/cardinal-synthesis/ The Role of the Web in our President-Elect I must say that when I wrote my Locke and Demosthenes post, I would never have thought that Barack Obama was actually ahead of the curve -- just shows how in touch I am, eh? Here's one of the recent articles on the use ... http://www.nezsez.com/barack-obama-and-web-2-0/ Is it me, or does there seem to be enthusiasm in the air -- I've received more emails, seen more chatter online, etc., on this year's ballot than I can ever recall. Do your civic duty, and vote! http://www.nezsez.com/remember-to-vote/ It's been a while. I've been busy with...cases that didn't involve her. You know, cases of milk from Costco, cartons of cereal, and bags of vegetables -- that kind of thing. There was also the reams of paperwork, piles of junk mail -- the usual suspects. But yesterday, I came back to the ... http://www.nezsez.com/rendezvous-of-the-literary-kind/ If you've noticed that things have been quiet lately here in my little corner of the blogosphere, it's because I've just been so busy. So what have I've been up to? The kids go to schools of the SF Unified School District, and there have been several field trips, and ... http://www.nezsez.com/things-im-doing-when-im-not-blogging/ How is it that gas companies can charge nine-tenths of a cent? Does it really make that much of a difference? Take a look at the sample pricing from last week (outrageously high pricing notwithstanding): $4.17 and 9/10 for Regular $4.29 and 9/10 for Plus and $4.41 and 9/10 for "V-Power" Why can't they say $4.18, ... http://www.nezsez.com/the-one-tenth-of-a-cent-of-gas-prices/