Friday mail

What drives success? - Jerry sent this article regarding ethnic mobility and achievement over from the New York Times.

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Renée offers this one: How To Be Alone In Our Techno-Consumer Culture: A Conversation With Jonathan Franzen

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Jerry sends a picture of his nephew skating the roofs at UCLA.

Karate and calligraphy - Wheary sends a video.

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KJ informs us that heroin is now being sold in some happy meals.

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Letter from Drew - Hello Robert: Having vodka tonics on the veranda with Lena and Ron in Louangphrabang… Want to talk to you about Mickey Hart coming to MainlyMozart Festival on May 17th....for a Mozart & the Mind demo that will be open to the public free!...at Scripps Research Institute....will we need a Dead Village for this one???

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Kiss my ass baby - DeGoff

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Wired - photos on glass

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Dave in Japan sends us a Delancey Place about "the burglary."

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Fallbrook nurse reportedly fired by CHS in retaliation for speaking out.



Frank Donadee from Collector Magazine sends this photo of yours truly at a past Santa Barbara show. Thanks Frank.

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Shawn in Thailand offers this: "Clean streets, clean air, no traffic jams, free entertainment, Bangkok has never had it so good, apart from the odd hand grenade", says Voranai. (Bangkok Post)

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Hudg - Economic Times - why 85 people have half the world's wealth...

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Robert from Fallbrook saw this - Christie hires former aide to run the state's watchdog/ethics commission. Hmmm.

Terry and Jan just had an incredible vacation in Maui and Kauai. They saw lots of whales. some very close on their trip to Lanai. Wish I was in Hawaii...

Jerry sent this picture of epic indonesian style surf at blacks this week.

Damien Hobgood - photo : DJ Struntz