Running in Germany: Desperately Trying to Stay in Shape on Holiday

by William Cracraft on December 27, 2010 · No Comments

I just finished a great 45-minute run through the German woods on an icy path; felt like James Bond prepping for a mission. Had on running shoes, a pair of stretch pants, sleeveless t-shirt, my O’Dowd sweatshirt, edelweiss bandanna, Jaguar ball cap and fleece gloves. [...]

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Victory Atop the Brandenburg Tor

New Year’s Eve at the Brandenburg Gate: 2001

by William Cracraft on January 5, 2011 · No Comments

Heading out the hotel door to Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on New Years Eve, we met a couple of matrons swathed in fur coats on the same mission. It was a good night. We saw a brandished handgun, an arrest, an Elvis impersonator, a drunk, ebullient [...]

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San Francisco Foil Fencing-One of My Favs

by William Cracraft on January 10, 2011 · No Comments

I’ve been video recording fencing bouts at my club, Halberstadt FC, for two years, now. Here is one from July, 2009. Go get a soda, first, because it’s nine minutes of action!

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Maxim’s of Paris, 1986

by William Cracraft on January 10, 2011 · No Comments

It was Saturday night in Paris and as my cab came to a halt outside Maxim’s a liveried doorman charged into the street to meet it. I was ushered into a warm atmosphere of rich wood paneling, cleverly placed mirrors and polished brass fixtures. The [...]

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Feasibility Study for a Mid-Peninsula Fencing Club

by William Cracraft on February 16, 2011 · No Comments

Feasibility Study (Written for a technical writing class in 2001) Executive Summary This study set out to determine if net income from a fencing club located in San Mateo County would be enough to justify actually opening a club. I define “enough” as in the [...]

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Spy Kids: Consistant and Entertaining, But That’s It

by Jane Cracraft on February 4, 2011 · No Comments

Ol’ rebel filmmaker Robert Rodriguez and badly twisted Antonio Banderas have ended up with a film that is très hollywoodien, under the aegis of Harvey & Bob Weinstein, no less. Looks like somebody grew up and had kids. Looks like somebody wanted their kids to [...]

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The Hornet Dodged Kamakazis and Bombs in WWII

by William Cracraft on May 27, 2011 · No Comments

This article was written by William Cracraft and first published in 1998 in an Oakland Tribune special adverstising supplement celebrating the opening of the Aircraft Carrier Hornet Museum. There she found Odysseus among the slaughtered dead men, spattered over with gore and battle filth, like [...]

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Hornet Recovered, Hosted Astronauts From Two Lunar Landings

by William Cracraft on May 27, 2011 · No Comments

This article was written by William Cracraft and first published in 1998 in an Oakland Tribune special adverstising supplement celebrating the opening of the Aircraft Carrier Hornet Museum. One of the Hornet’s greatest claims to fame is the flawless recovery of U.S. astronauts from the [...]

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Marines Guarded Nuclear Weapons on The Hornet

by William Cracraft on May 27, 2011 · 1 Comment

This article was written by William Cracraft and first published in 1998 in an Oakland Tribune special adverstising supplement celebrating the opening of the Aircraft Carrier Hornet Museum. Ron Bubeck worked on the flight deck of the Hornet at the start of the Cold War [...]

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Volunteers Bring the Hornet to Life

by William Cracraft on May 27, 2011 · No Comments

This article was written by William Cracraft and first published in 1998 in an Oakland Tribune special adverstising supplement celebrating the opening of the Aircraft Carrier Hornet Museum. The sheer size of the Hornet illustrates the size of her volunteers’ jobs. With thousands of square [...]

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