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The Forth Bin
by Bryan Costales
 posted 2010/07/23
(1 of 7) The sight of green compost bins has become almost commonplace here in San Francisco. They have appeared in food courts, street fairs, and now in movie theaters. All this effort towards composting is... view more
The Clock Ticks
by Bryan Costales
 posted 2006/04/22
(2 of 7) A middle aged man emails his neglected mother for the first time in seven years. A retired nurse telephones an old flame after twenty years of no contact. A grumpy father writes his son in prison,... view more
Migrating For Health
by Bryan Costales
 posted 2006/03/21
(3 of 7) During the dust bowl of the 1930's, thousands of families migrated from the mid-west to California in hope of finding jobs. Dust storms, drought, and economic hardship destroyed small farms in... view more
Memories of God
by Bryan Costales
 posted 2005/11/21
(4 of 7) On a low grassy hill I came upon a washer woman hanging laundry on an outdoor clothes line. The sky was misty with a pancake yellow sun. The air was neither warm nor cold. The ground crunched as I... view more
What's In A Label?
by Bryan Costales
 posted 2005/11/15
(5 of 7) You examine the label in a tee shirt to determine who made it. Some search for designer labels. Other look at the labels for cleaning instructions or to see what material was used to construct the... view more
Second Guessing A Penny
by Bryan Costales
 posted 2005/11/10
(6 of 7) Much angst surrounded a recent debate about whether or not 2005's should be the very last leap second ever. But why so much to-do about nothing? Take a moment to wander around your home. Look at all... view more
Requiem For A Leap Second
by Bryan Costales
 posted 2005/11/05
(7 of 7) The world time standard changed in 1972, when Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) was replaced with UTC, which stands for Coordinated Universal Time (yes the C is on the wrong end). GMT was based on Earth's... view more

 


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