Comments on: Yeah! Listen, gotta dash. Things happening. Well… four things. Well, four things and a lizard. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Jessica-Dillon/yeah-listen-gotta-dash-things-happening-well%e2%80%a6-four-things-well-four-things-and-a-lizard.html First time around the world Mon, 8 Sep 2008 01:27:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: jwdmeow http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Jessica-Dillon/yeah-listen-gotta-dash-things-happening-well%e2%80%a6-four-things-well-four-things-and-a-lizard.html#comment-4119 jwdmeow Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:50:03 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Jessica-Dillon/yeah-listen-gotta-dash-things-happening-well%e2%80%a6-four-things-well-four-things-and-a-lizard.html#comment-4119 Besides, practically every baseball stadium is sold these days. Only a couple of really old ones have kept their names, I think. Although I still think of candlestick as candlestick. Besides, practically every baseball stadium is sold these days. Only a couple of really old ones have kept their names, I think. Although I still think of candlestick as candlestick.

]]> By: jwdmeow http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Jessica-Dillon/yeah-listen-gotta-dash-things-happening-well%e2%80%a6-four-things-well-four-things-and-a-lizard.html#comment-4118 jwdmeow Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:48:06 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Jessica-Dillon/yeah-listen-gotta-dash-things-happening-well%e2%80%a6-four-things-well-four-things-and-a-lizard.html#comment-4118 Alice Eastwood. I think she was a character in the California Pageant every year. Cool lady, though not quite as cool as Julia Morgan. Alice Eastwood. I think she was a character in the California Pageant every year. Cool lady, though not quite as cool as Julia Morgan.

]]> By: Karen http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Jessica-Dillon/yeah-listen-gotta-dash-things-happening-well%e2%80%a6-four-things-well-four-things-and-a-lizard.html#comment-4117 Karen Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:21:23 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Jessica-Dillon/yeah-listen-gotta-dash-things-happening-well%e2%80%a6-four-things-well-four-things-and-a-lizard.html#comment-4117 OK, as long as it's a) someone worthy; and b) wasn't just sold, cynically, like Jim Lazarus did with Candlestick; and c) it's not the whole Academy. I thought they were re-naming the entire Academy. The worthiest person would have been that woman who saved all the exhibits when it was burning down. Now that's a heroine! OK, as long as it’s a) someone worthy; and b) wasn’t just sold, cynically, like Jim Lazarus did with Candlestick; and c) it’s not the whole Academy. I thought they were re-naming the entire Academy.

The worthiest person would have been that woman who saved all the exhibits when it was burning down. Now that’s a heroine!

]]> By: jwdmeow http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Jessica-Dillon/yeah-listen-gotta-dash-things-happening-well%e2%80%a6-four-things-well-four-things-and-a-lizard.html#comment-4116 jwdmeow Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:17:09 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Jessica-Dillon/yeah-listen-gotta-dash-things-happening-well%e2%80%a6-four-things-well-four-things-and-a-lizard.html#comment-4116 Who the f was Steinhart? It'll still be called the Academy of Sciences, just the natural history museum section will have a name like the aquarium wing does. Also - SF just voted not to allow advertising on the golden gate walk ways, despite the fact that I guess the bridge is running a deficit or something. As for the Kimballs, I swear that name is familiar. Maybe a kid at Burkes or Cathedral? There's a restaurant called Kimballs on Grove. And the CEO of Qube learning is named Kimball. Charles P Kimball was an early pioneer who moved to SF in 1849. There was a major bay area philanthropist named William Kimball, founder of Kimball Manufacturing Corp, who served on the boards of Stanford, Levis, and clorox. Oh - it looks like him - in addition to being a board member for the Fine Arts Museum of SF, SFMOMA, ACT, the Symphony, the Marine Mammal Centre (yay!), he was chairman emeritus of the CA Academy of Science's board of trustees. There are 4 endowed professorships bearing his name at Stanford. His grandfather was involved in the building of the Hoover dam and the bay bridge. Yup - the hall is named after him: http://news-service.stanford.edu/pr/2005/pr-kimball-obit-071305.html He died in 2005. Who the f was Steinhart? It’ll still be called the Academy of Sciences, just the natural history museum section will have a name like the aquarium wing does.

Also - SF just voted not to allow advertising on the golden gate walk ways, despite the fact that I guess the bridge is running a deficit or something.

As for the Kimballs, I swear that name is familiar. Maybe a kid at Burkes or Cathedral? There’s a restaurant called Kimballs on Grove. And the CEO of Qube learning is named Kimball. Charles P Kimball was an early pioneer who moved to SF in 1849. There was a major bay area philanthropist named William Kimball, founder of Kimball Manufacturing Corp, who served on the boards of Stanford, Levis, and clorox. Oh - it looks like him - in addition to being a board member for the Fine Arts Museum of SF, SFMOMA, ACT, the Symphony, the Marine Mammal Centre (yay!), he was chairman emeritus of the CA Academy of Science’s board of trustees. There are 4 endowed professorships bearing his name at Stanford. His grandfather was involved in the building of the Hoover dam and the bay bridge. Yup - the hall is named after him: http://news-service.stanford.edu/pr/2005/pr-kimball-obit-071305.html He died in 2005.

]]> By: Karen http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Jessica-Dillon/yeah-listen-gotta-dash-things-happening-well%e2%80%a6-four-things-well-four-things-and-a-lizard.html#comment-4112 Karen Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:45:14 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Jessica-Dillon/yeah-listen-gotta-dash-things-happening-well%e2%80%a6-four-things-well-four-things-and-a-lizard.html#comment-4112 Kimball Natural History Museum? What the F happened to the California Academy of Sciences? Surely an old and revered name? How much money did the Kimballs put up, and is EVERYTHING for sale? And who the F are the Kimballs, anyway? Grrrrrr..... Kimball Natural History Museum? What the F happened to the California Academy of Sciences? Surely an old and revered name? How much money did the Kimballs put up, and is EVERYTHING for sale? And who the F are the Kimballs, anyway?

Grrrrrr…..

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