the shamptonian institute

A day to honor the fallen. I visited the San Francisco National Cemetery yesterday, later in the day as the fog rolled in. I didn’t take any pictures. The road was lined with large flags, while each of the tombstones on this quaint hill tucked away in the Presidio was decorated with a flag. The [...]

Here’s a collection of Polaroids from a Band of Horses show at the Crystal Ballroom last year. I didn’t have the best angle; was too packed to get up to the center. I had to overexpose the film, so you’d be able to see the ink more easily. Four of the songs from the ‘Cease [...]

According to officials, and officials at the SF Bike Coalition, “official” Bike to Work Day is tomorrow, May 15th. So they say it is official, do they? Well then, if this is indeed official, then I’m going to need to see some official identification. For that matter, anyone claiming an event, person, day of the [...]

I’m going to contend that the following positions do not equate to a journalist in the academic/accredited sense: Washington Correspondent, Commentator, Host, Moderator, News Anchor, Political Advisor/Analyst.
The questions posed to the candidates at the PA. debate were in poor taste, and a disgrace to Edward R. Murrow. They were delivered in a predominantly derogatory tone [...]