Kirk Israel's commonplace and blog. Quotes and links daily since 2001.
2026.08.31
Three missiles that struck the southern city of Lamerd on Feb. 28 killed civilians as far as 50 meters (164 feet) from where they detonated, and caused damage more than three times farther away, Airwars found. The missiles detonated above a sports complex and two residential neighborhoods, Airwars found. The blasts killed at least 21 civilians, including seven children, according to Iranian officials

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man that got to be common.
Satchel Paige via "Ted Lasso"
2026.08.30
All we are, are a collection of memories.
Anna, "Eternity" (the worst A24 movie i've seen)
2026.08.29
On the final legs of a rocking trip to San Francisco with Lynette...

Open Photo Gallery

I do like photo glitch art. #nofilter
Where the Fortune Cookies are made in Chinatown
Tin How Temple, oldest in SF
Riding the famous cable cars!
Lynette thinks I am obsessed with photos of birds.
I think I just try to make interesting photos in general. and birds are kinda interesting
bad photo of the sea lions near pier 39
Oracle Park, right across from our host Judy's place
Crazy with the uber rides
Beer Flight at Schroeder's
with Jeff and Judy at Tadich Grill, one of SF's oldest
Amazon has a pilot program of weird square vehicles called Zoox - with Anna
Statue in Golden Gate park
Bridge at the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park
glitch art
View of the Golden Gate bridge from Land's End park
Land's End
The ruined Sutro baths
birds and crest poll
lots of birds in formation
crab at Thanh Long
Cracking in
Interval Cafe is a part of the interesting Long Now Project
The Palace of the Arts is beautiful and breathtaking
So's Lynette!
Palace of the Arts was made with SF literally rebuilding itself after the quake
gulls and golden gate near Crissy Field
Pelicans!
Roofdeck near Oracle Park
Oracle Park is really well designed, our seats had a great view
It was Pokemon night - the Pokemon Wolrd Championships are in town by chance.
with a drone show
Visiting Judy at Pinterest offices
Feeling crabby
An auto race at the Musee Mechanique
Climbing Nob Hill was a hike
2026.08.28
"Don't be that way. Soon we'll be old and ugly. Life is short, you know? Die young and leave a beautiful corpse. Who said that?"
"Someone who liked fucking corpses."
Ottessa Moshfegh, "My Year of Rest and Relaxation"

And that was exactly what I wanted--my emotions passing like headlights that shine softly through a window, sweep past me, illuminate something vaguely familiar, then fade and leave me in the dark again.
Ottessa Moshfegh, "My Year of Rest and Relaxation"

Every act of creation is an act of destruction.
Pablo Picasso (also from "My Year of Rest and Relaxation though the narrator claims it's the corniest quotation she's ever read)
2026.08.27
2026.08.26
Listen: what this means is that in honor of Tim Curry and Dolly Parton we have to be gaudier and kinder than ever before. That's what the world needs most of all. Get out there and be yourself.
Persephoning
2026.08.25
RIP Dolly Parton! She did so many interesting and generous things with her life, and sang some absolute bangers.

The song with her I most recently found for myself: her duet and girlish giggle with Chet Akins is just so heartwarming:
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind