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Blogs, Books, Dean Weissmann presents, Featured January 14, 2022

Sureveillance Pelicana Chapter 23: ‘Barbecue Parties and Lost Subjects Past’

SURVEILLANCE PELICANA BY DAN WEISMAN The entire book appears at this link with chapters added after appearing online: Chapters 1-10: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-full-book-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/.) Chapters 11-20: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-part-ii-chapters-11-to-20-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/) Chapters 21-30: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-part-iii-chapters-21-to-30-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/ CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE A wild barbecue party ensues at MacLand. Collaborative art activity takes place with great success. Tyger goes to the bank and embarks on a detailed discussion concerning the Savings and Loan scandals under the Reagan Administration,…

Blogs, Books, Dean Weissmann presents, Featured January 14, 2022

Surveillance Pelicana Chapter 24: ‘O, Excellent Air Bag’

SURVEILLANCE PELICANA BY DAN WEISMAN The entire book appears at this link with chapters added after appearing online: Chapters 1-10: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-full-book-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/.) Chapters 11-20: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-part-ii-chapters-11-to-20-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/) Chapters 21-30: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-part-iii-chapters-21-to-30-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/ CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Mac and Tyger go shopping for nitrous at the supermarket. Tyger proceeds with in depth surveillance at Mildred Baker’s apartment during late June. Boredom gives way to confusion as the most amazing events transpire. Tyger joins…

Blogs, Books, Dean Weissmann presents, Featured January 14, 2022

Surveillance Pelicana Chapter 25: ‘Igor Comes to Town’

SURVEILLANCE PELICANA BY DAN WEISMAN The entire book appears at this link with chapters added after appearing online: Chapters 1-10: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-full-book-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/.) Chapters 11-20: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-part-ii-chapters-11-to-20-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/) Chapters 21-30: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-part-iii-chapters-21-to-30-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/ CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Igor, a startling performance artist from New York, visits the gang. Igor makes the usual splash upon arrival and his story is told. He supervises the creation of Snack Rack, a discarded postcard tree filled with…

Blogs, Books, Columns/Blogs, Dean Weissmann presents, Featured January 14, 2022

Surveillance Pelicana Chapter 26: ‘Moriarty on a Hot Tin Roof’

SURVEILLANCE PELICANA BY DAN WEISMAN The entire book appears at this link with chapters added after appearing online: Chapters 1-10: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-full-book-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/.) Chapters 11-20: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-part-ii-chapters-11-to-20-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/) Chapters 21-30: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-part-iii-chapters-21-to-30-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/ CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Tyger investigates a prisoner in Picayune, Mississippi; as well as the strange behavior of indigenous yahoos. Then, Tyger links up with Joe and Lana on a complicated Vietnam style mission near Hammond in pursuit of Joe’s…

Blogs, Books, Dean Weissmann presents, Featured January 14, 2022

Surveillance Pelicana Chapter 27: ‘Savior of Suriname’

SURVEILLANCE PELICANA BY DAN WEISMAN The entire book appears at this link with chapters added after appearing online: Chapters 1-10: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-full-book-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/.) Chapters 11-20: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-part-ii-chapters-11-to-20-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/) Chapters 21-30: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-part-iii-chapters-21-to-30-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/ CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Mac discusses his visit to the beach. Tyger and Armor’s talk about environmentalism and abortion rights. Tyger investigates a topless club owner and others in Morgan City. Then, the most amazing revelations concerning the Mildred Baker…

Blogs, Books, Dean Weissmann presents, Featured January 14, 2022

Surveillance Pelicana Chapter 28: ‘Covering (Up) the 1988 Republican National Convention’

SURVEILLANCE PELICANA BY DAN WEISMAN The entire book appears at this link with chapters added after appearing online: Chapters 1-10: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-full-book-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/.) Chapters 11-20: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-part-ii-chapters-11-to-20-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/) Chapters 21-30: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-part-iii-chapters-21-to-30-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/ CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT IRS Inc. temporarily suspends operations. Tyger turns  attention to the Republican National Convention taking  place in August 1988 at the Louisiana Super home dome Discussion of Republican tactics, strategies, and activities taking place within the context…

Blogs, Books, Dean Weissmann presents, Featured January 14, 2022

Surveillance Pelicana Chapter 30: ‘Final Thoughts: Postmortems or Postmasters’

SURVEILLANCE PELICANA BY DAN WEISMAN The entire book appears at this link with chapters added after appearing online: Chapters 1-10: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-full-book-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/.) Chapters 11-20: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-part-ii-chapters-11-to-20-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/) Chapters 21-30: https://www.escondidograpevine.com/surveillance-pelicana-part-iii-chapters-21-to-30-chapters-added-as-they-appear-online/ CHAPTER THIRTY Considering the philosophical underpinnings of the story and events  of the surveillance between Christmas Day 1987 and the Republican National Convention in August 1988. Also, a story concerning the odd notions of a Fourth Form English…

Baseball, Community, Dean Weissmann presents, Food, Rancho Santa Fe, Restaurants September 22, 2021

Holy Cow! Harry Caray’s Pantry ghost

Choices for “Take out” in downtown Rancho Santa Fe. The Bistro…Owner / Chef Mozy Jahanguiri, who has run restaurants in Chicago, Minneapolis, and Dallas, has opened The Rancho Santa Fe Bistro in the space formerly occupied by The Pantry on Paseo Delicias. Mozy has prepared a menu that offers a wide variety of healthy smoothies and juices, along with bistro favorites including grass fed sirloin burgers,…

Blogs, Columns/Blogs, Dean Weissmann presents, San Diego, The World May 9, 2021

Ride, Sally Ride

Editor’s Note: Last May represented a great month for Americans in space. SpaceX became the first private corporation to launch people in space as Dragon capsule blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center, carrying two NASA astronauts up, up and away from United States soil for the first time in nearly a decade. As it hurtled towards the International Space Center, the day’s hurrahs extended to…

Blogs, Columns/Blogs, Dean Weissmann presents, Editorial, Opinion, Public Policy April 29, 2021

Why can’t I get that damn stimulus payment?

Despite trying to receive my economic stimulus payment since March 12 and about 25+ hours of efforts including dozens of phone calls to your agency and other agencies and more numerous online attempts than I can count, I have not received anything. The distribution of this payment to myself and some others is completely broken and unresponsive. The “where is my stimulus” website simply said…