Lots to Give Thanks For

I found this at Ashby Bart in 2002. I always wondered who this kid was and why his mom or dad sat him on the table next to the paper turkey.

Dear Virgil

I was walking out to my car to go to work and noticed a postcard lying in the street with a nicely rendered image of a ketch-style sailboat plying through a foamy ocean wave. I turned the card over to discover this romantic missive.

Vacation Photo from Long Ago

I found it lying on the street in Berkeley. It looks like the changing of the guard in Colonial Williamsburg (although I’ve never seen that in person, so I’m not sure). This is an old-style photo print, maybe from the 50s or 60s, guessing from what the prints in my family’s albums look like, plus … Continued

Nihilism

I work at the UC Berkeley engineering library and one of my tasks is to sort through and condense the suggestions provided for improving classes taught by librarians. Each student is asked to answer the same questions: 1. What was the most important thing you learned? and 2. What are any questions or suggestions you … Continued

Keep Up The Good Work, Dre

Found in a pile of beer bottles and trash alongside the railroad tracks. I hope the beer bottles and trash were part of Dre’s old life, and not his way of adjusting to his new life.

You Look A Lot Like Love

I found this while hungover one morning, stuck loosely on the side of a building on Dwight St. at San Pablo. A group of us were headed to the car when I spotted it. Quite a glorious find!

Splenda User

I found this in a bathroom on campus. There was no pencil attached but there were other similar postings around the walls of the bathroom with Splenda packets taped to them.

Someone’s Gotta Do It

Found on the sidewalk near my office in Berkeley. The man appears to be taste-testing various cat foods.

The Smirk

I was cleaning out a box of old stuff and found this photo in amongst a rubber stamp kit, fitness manuals, and various plastic clips. Neither of the women look familiar, but the one on the right has a great expression. Looks like a fun day on the farm (maybe Carmel?).