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May.16.2013
A Nova program last night on PBS questioned if humans and Neanderthals might have ever mated in Europe, oh, some 40,000 years ago. Several anthropologists said it was doubtful. I said, to the television screen, ``Are you kidding?'' Sex is powerful, and someone having a different shaped brow is not...
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May.03.2013
A professional basketball player (Jason Collins) coming out that he is gay has, if not rocked, then shaken the athletic world. It has also disturbed feminists because when a star female college player (Brittney Griner) recently said she was gay, there was not much of a to do about it, the inference...
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Apr.02.2013
She's had a love affair with Cannery Row since the 1960s and actor and environmentalist Leonardo Di Caprio says of Eva Lothar's film ``Street of the Sardine,'' ``This poignant depiction of the delicate balance between man and nature still resonates today.''
The late marine biologist Ed Ricketts ``...
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Mar.23.2013
Came across it on a sunny morning. A seagull, dead, appearing peaceful, its pose crucifixian like, balanced on a curb, in a red zone, I guess denoting danger, yet no visible wounds, it's graceful wings folded over its abdomen. I snapped the photograph on this page and moved on, not wanting to be...
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Feb.27.2013
John was born Feb. 27, 1902, Salinas, California.
All blue collar and agricultural workers owe him a debt. Harvest Gypsies, In Dubious Battle, The Grapes of Wrath.
Call from New York and Eliane Steinbeck years ago. "Could you please pick up the telephone book, Mr. Hauk, and tell me how many times...
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Feb.24.2013
It happened some years ago. A yard sale in Pacific Grove, California. Several hangers. Strong, sloping shoulders. Handsome pants holder. Made of, I don't know, oak or elm (pictured right, detail). The woman hosting the sale gave me a look then moved closer.
``Those belonged to Gable,'' she said...
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Feb.12.2013
Tony Kushner is a superb playwright (``Angels in America,'' ``Homebody/Kabul'', among many), but he's wrong in his argument with Connecticutt congressman Joe Courtney over the film ``Lincoln.''
Courtney, viewing the Steven Spielberg film, screenplay by Kushner, was thrown by a scene that indicates...
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Jan.29.2013
Barack Obama – a Red Room member, by the way – has expressed concern about the damage football causes to its participants. If the violence in the game is reduced, thus also reducing the damage to bodies and brains, then ``those of us who are fans maybe won't have to examine our consciences quite as...
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Jan.23.2013
If, as some claim, violent video games and films have contributed to the desentsitization that has led to our killing culture, then certainly football can also be blamed. We have been trained to continue to cheer the game even though we now know there is ongoing brain damage in every contest. If...
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Jan.05.2013
It was found under several layers of wall behind the bar at the La Ida Cafe on Monterey, California's Cannery Row, a mural from the old days – a man with large ears and startled eyes enjoying a drink it seems, someone nearby hoisting a martini glass.
Is it John Steinbeck? He is without moustache,...
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Dec.24.2012
A painting by Leland Curtis came into the gallery the other day. That figured because Curtis was an artist of the Antarctic – I believe in patterns, not coincidences – and a few days later international news was that the Western Antarctica is melting at twice its previous rate. That can only mean...
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Nov.09.2012
Happened across, in a ``junk'' store, always among the best places to find unexpected literature as well as unxpected anything, Russell Freedman's 1987 book ``Lincoln: A Photobiography.'' Winner of the Newberry in the category of literatre for young adults. Alas, not a young adult but sped through...
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Nov.03.2012
Photo on front page of NY Times today: Long Island residents gathering to guard against looters wanting to profit from the tragedy of Sandy.
Classic looters situation. Disaster ties the hands of the law, with other, more critical matters to deal with. Time to get that free TV or computer. Sort of...
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Oct.28.2012
Let's see. The debates.
The president said, `Global warming is a huge threat to man's continued existence.'
Romney replied, `Yes, and when I am elected I will save us.'
`Oh? What's your plan?' said Obama, eyebrow raised.
`Air conditioning,'' said Romney.
`Not bad,' conceded the president. `But don'...
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Sep.29.2012
I just went into the internet to search Morgan Stock and got mainly Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley ``stocks.'' I thought, ``Wow, can't get much more contrast than Morgan Stock and Morgan Stanley stocks.''
Morgan Stock, after all, was an actor, director and compelling theater figure. They held a...
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About Steve
Born and raised in St. Louis. In fourth grade at Mary Queen of Peace, a Catholic school in the suburb of Webster Groves, a Mrs. Vanderbrook gave me a 5 (equivalent to an A in public schools) in English; made me feel good about myself. Wrestled at Kirkwood...
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Causes Steve Hauk Supports
City of Pacific Grove Public Library, Pacific Grove, California; Animal Friends Rescue Project, Pacific Grove; Animal Welfare Information and Assistance,...