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Chasing the Rubik's Cube
When I was kid we had a Rubik’s Cube laying around the house. If you grew up in the 80’s you probably remember the Rubik’s Cube. First exported from Hungary in 1980, it has 43 quintillion...
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Swimming Upstream
Like any self respecting San Francisco artist, if I’m up at 6am on Sunday morning, I probably never went to bed. So climbing up the hill at Alamo Square, with 15 pounds of carpet in my arms, just...
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24 Hours on Muni Part 1
On Friday, June 8th, I left my house with the goal of riding Muni for 24 hours straight. I wanted to get lost at home, to find hidden pockets of the City, and to take my mind off the daily...
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24 Hours on Muni Part 2
If you haven't done so already, you may wish to read 24 Hours on Muni Part 1 first. The link can be found in the box to your right. Or, if you just want to know what happens on Muni in the wee hours,...
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The 10 most annoying things about San Francisco
Disclaimer: This post is not for kids.I left my heart in San Francisco. How many times have you heard that? Yeah, yeah, culture, diversity, food, blah blah blah. Sure, San Francisco is great, but...
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Sneaking into Outside Lands
“Most of them flicks I can’t recommend, but back then half the fun was sneaking in”--Boots RileyPreparation "Are you a construction worker or something?" The guy was asking too many questions, and I...
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A Curmudgeon's Guide to Burning Man
Are you sick of new age hula hoopers rambling about theme camps and playa dust? Rolling your eyes at all those EPIC Burning Man posts? Recently, my favorite grumpy lesbian asked me to explain the...
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Periodic Update #1
Welcome to the JDH Blog. A blog written by a chronically underemployed circus performer who dreams of writing in his old age. An old age you can almost see from here. It sends the occasional...
View Article6 Black Power songs (and one bonus video) for MLK Day
In his lectures at City College and SF State, music historian and author Ricky Vincent likes to point out that, "you can learn about the ideas and arguments of black identity by listening to the...
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An Obituary for CELLspace
CELLspace, community arts center, closed its doors at the end of 2012.During the late 90s and early aughts, there was no better place to see the Mission District’s artistic, multicultural vibe than...
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Dia de los Muertos, Weeping for the Mission and Don Cooksey
The word on Mission streets this year was that Dia de los Muertos is officially played out. The Mexican holiday/arts and culture celebration used to be one of the few times that people in the Mission...
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Throwback Thursday (or We Read Everything)
A biased guide to what's been going in the last week or three.Finally, a non tech-related story from San Francisco makes national news, and, of course, it has to involve a Chinatown gangster. The saga...
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Two weeks in Thailand
Every time I poop I pray it goes down the tubes. Few things are more embarrassing than clogging the toilet at your girlfriend’s parents’ house. The plumbing in this part of Thailand isn’t too bad, but...
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Dia de los Muertos, Weeping for the Mission and Don Cooksey
The word on Mission streets this year was that Dia de los Muertos is officially played out. The Mexican holiday/arts and culture celebration used to be one of the few times that people in the Mission...
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Go See Ghostbusters This Weekend or the Terrorists Win: Why White Dudes...
A sad-face emoticon popped up on my phone recently. It came with a text from my girlfriend, who wanted to know if I could step out of work to talk. When I called, she answered the phone crying. “It was...
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