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I never knew Marla Ruzicka. Reading about the incredible things she’s accomplished in her short 28 years on this planet has to move even the most jaded anti-warrior and war supporter alike. Marla committed her life to bringing some semblance of justice to those civilian causalities (“collateral damage”) caught in the war zones of Afghanistan [...]

Pitching Machine has a face Originally uploaded by ekai. Finally put my photos up from LA. They’re mostly pre and post show as I was otherwise occupied trying not to get fried in the frenzy. Also, some pix from Tuesday night’s protest of the Shar-Pei skinned Governator‘s plan to privatize pensions for nurses, firefighters, police [...]

The Gav’ signing a Gonzales shirt Originally uploaded by kodama. Trolling Flickr, I found this. It’s Gavin Newsom signing a Matt Gonzalez campaign shirt on a student at Lowell High in San Francisco during a recent photo-op.

SF City Hall Originally uploaded by ekai. This is what San Francisco’s City Hall looks like today. Red for Valentine’s day and I imagine the first anniversary of our mayor’s now world famous action. UPDATE: I was so wrong. The reason City Hall was really red was the Go Red for Women campaign by the [...]

Beauty in clay Originally uploaded by ekai. This is one of several amazing beautiful ceramic sculptures created by my good friend Sharon. She’s raising money through the sale of these pieces to fund an arts center in Mozambique. If you’re in San Francisco, check out her show at Ruby’s Clay Studio, 552A Noe Street @ [...]

It’s been just over a year since the runoff mayoral election last year in which Matt Gonzalez almost pulled one off against the machine. I can still recall vividly, the Dems scared at the prospect of losing a major city election to a Green, calling on Bill Clinton AND Al Gore to swoop in and [...]