Tuesday, January 29, 1974 0400 I’m standing at the open window looking out at the weird fog,making the city look like a smokey bar. My fireplace is crackling, and I’m getting drunk. I don’t get the concept that if you … Continue reading
Category Archives: At work
Fire in the Night BLOG 15
Monday, January 21, 1974 The sound of sirens woke me this morning at 0302. Sat up in bed and looked out the window, shocked to see a huge wall of flames and a towering column of smoke rising straight up … Continue reading
Body Parts Wash up at Ocean Beach BLOG 14
Monday, December 24, 1973 A little after 7 this morning I saw the grossest thing I’ve seen since I’ve been in the business: A bundle with body parts inside washed up on Ocean Beach at the foot of Pacheco Street … Continue reading
They Can’t Fire Me, Now BLOG 12
Tuesday, September 11, 1973 I’m off probation, so they can’t fire me. I like that! All I’ve got to do now is show up to work — for the next 28 years. But, at times, I wonder if I’ll make … Continue reading
Stuff is getting expensive, but I want to make sense of it all
Wednesday, March 21, 1973 Went down to Brook’s Stationery store at 20th and Irving Street today. Bought this journal. $3.50. Stuff is getting expensive! Wanna write down all the crazy shit happening every night in the Haight-Ashbury and Fillmore… so … Continue reading