Author Archives: Rick Gilbert
Mint Chocolate Chip
Always good to have a friendIn the Ice Cream Department. Two weeks ago, I got [...]
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Aug
Age Is Just a Number, Ha, ha, ha.
The Joys of Being 87 Old TV ad featuring a perky 50-ish woman: Age is [...]
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Aug
SF State Travel Awards
I recently made a donation to the science department at San Francisco State. The money [...]
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Jul
Song for Reid / My Psych “Intake Interview”
Song For Reid I am writing a song for my 11 month-old grandson. The inspiration [...]
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Jun
The Secret Meaning of Sports / Childhood Stories
The Secret Meaning of Sports It’s All About Sperm and Egg. The ball (sperm, penis) [...]
Listen Deeply; Be Amazed; Tell the Story / A Curmudgeon Rants
Five years ago I produced an audio book called, Sharing Our Stories. Here is the [...]
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Apr
A Video Memoir
A Video Memoir Recently I was interviewed twice by Kelly Gulbrandson for a class project [...]
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Mar
Spare Me Sh*t and F*ck.
Tell It To Me Straight! I’m sick to death of having my “delicate sensitivities” protected. [...]
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Feb
Helicopter Ride
Isabella Rowntree-Smith. 24. Female. Helicopter Pilot George Petty is working on a project that requires [...]
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Jan
My Tattoo Artist
Tattoo Boogaloo Just got a tattoo of my 6-month old grandson. Then I interviewed the [...]
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Jan
Photography and Drummer Jack DeJohnette
Dear Photographers: How to Expand Your Creativity Take Uber, Lift, or Waymo. You get to [...]
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Dec
Workers and Wheelis
Workers Our new porch project is moving along apace. Here is a video ode to [...]
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Dec
The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
In his latest book, Walter Isaacson says this honor goes to Thomas Jefferson’s opening to [...]
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Dec
Janis Joplin / Craftsmen
Janis Joplin I saw Janis Joplin just once, October 1966 in Golden Gate Park. She [...]
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Nov
A Day With the Zoppe Circus
Meet Giovanni Zoppe. I had the pleasure of interviewing the clown who runs this amazing [...]
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Nov
KG6NLW Ham Radio
KG6NLW Cloverdale, CA. Went down to a local park and met two ham radio operators. [...]
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Oct
Photos and Art Deco of the 1930s
Triptych I’ve been fooling around with photos in a three panel piece called a “triptych.” [...]
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Oct
Wordle…oh no!
Language CCS4SS The major reason I got mediocre grades is that I can’t spell. I [...]
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Oct
Elvis
After a week of horrific violence, commentators both right and left are urging us to [...]
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Sep
Celebrating Lebanon and Labor Day
Hooray for Redwood City Redwood City has a vibrant downtown.The city celebrates its diversity. There [...]
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Sep
People Will Help
People Will Help In high school Andy Nantz was into hot rods. It has lasted [...]
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Aug
AI: Tell me more about your mother.
In this brief interview, Avron Barr tells us about AI – past, present, and future. [...]
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Aug
Ordinary People With Powerful Stories
Three Listening Vignettes I continue to be amazed and inspired by what happens when I [...]
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Jul