Kirk Israel's commonplace and blog. Quotes and links daily since 2001.

August 30, 2026

2026.08.30
All we are, are a collection of memories.
Anna, "Eternity" (the worst A24 movie i've seen)

August 29, 2026

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

August 28, 2026

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)

August 27, 2026

2026.08.27

August 26, 2026

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

August 25, 2026

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

August 24, 2026

2026.08.24

Open Photo Gallery

At the GLBT Historical Society Museum, Fe-Be's "Leather David" by Mike Caffee
Also remnants of the original Pride flag
Near Harvey Milk Square, they have what they say is the world's largest pride flag (not shown to scale well)
Castro distict
We checked out some of the street art in The Mission
Cool store "Paxton Gate" - lots of naturalist and taxidermy curiosities.
hit the bar True Laurel
and Trick Dog - they currently have a fun old school WWF theme. We also ran into "Lost Resort" where they had the Lil Wayne line "Real G's / move in silence / like lasagna" - took me a second to realize the joke is more linguistic than linguini.
Real G's / move in silence / like lasagna
Lil Wayne "6 Foot 7 Foot"
They had a billoard w/ this lyric at Last Resort bar in SF - took me a second to realize the joke is more linguistic than linguini.