I was doing some hiking in San Francisquito Canyon, exploring an area of local historical significance as it is the site of a 1928 dam collapse.  After exploring the ruins in the canyon and getting back to my truck, I noticed a path leading up to what was referred to as a “wing wall” which […]

In the late ’90s I found myself in an unusual employment situation. Working for Pacific Bell, I was assigned to a project in Los Angeles that was expectantly terminated, and I was offered a position in the Bay Area, with all travel and living expenses paid for one year. A coworker named Mike received the […]

The airplane was stuffed. Everyone was already seated when some guy, obviously late and sweating profusely, comes clambering onto the plane lugging a couple of bags. He scrambles up right next to me in my aisle seat, drops his bags and pulls out a ticket from his shirt pocket and checks it, his eyes darting […]

This is a story that is set back in the mid ’80s. I was working for GTE California at the time, and was on a business trip in Tampa, FL. I don’t recall the particular purpose, but I do remember travelling there with a coworker named Frank. First off, the weather in Florida was not […]