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Hanging with the Spitster (of Spitty Speaks!)

Spitty, of Spitty Speaks fame.

First, let me say that I don’t think this kitty has a white streak across his brow (or whatever you call that area on a cat). I think it must be a sunbeam.

I don’t normally blog about cats but there’s always the exception to the rule, and Spitty is certainly an exception to many rules.

He is the first cat to link his cat blog (Spitty Speaks) to mine, and for that I am so so grateful. Spitty is also the pet of my cousin, Mary Cerutti, who I suspect has some say in his blog posts, though one can never be too sure about such things.

Spitty started his life as a feral park cat up in San Francisco – from the freezing cold wilds of Golden Gate Park to the warmth, peace and quiet of an apartment nearby: one lucky feline indeed.

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Not to let that sweet exterior fool you, however. Spitty retains much of his wild heritage – untrustful, cautious, suspicious and lurking all describe this pet at various times I’ve observed him.

Of course, he’s not overly fond of me. I’ve stayed with my cousin numerous times on visits to San Francisco and it’s only been the last year or so where he’s made an appearance at all. So, of course I was shocked when I learned he had blogged about me and referred to me as “The Introodur.” Ha!

I also have been led to understand that he patiently sits there and watches me in the dark while I sleep on the airbed. Just waiting . . . but waiting for what? I’m not an infant, so I’m not sure he wants to suck the life breath right out of me, but I don’t entirely trust Spitty, I have to say.

Maybe writing about the cat will help our fractured relationship. Then again, maybe it’s just one more quiver in Spitty’s arsenal, about to be shot back at me when I least suspect it. For now, shall we have an understanding?

Please see the link to Spitty Speaks in the roll to the right of this post.

 

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Moto Bellissima! Italian motorbikes!

The Blogger at the Exhibit

While in San Francisco over the weekend, we (the fab cousin and I) went to see the Moto Bellissima, which is actually on display at the airport (SFO Museum). Many of the 1950s-60s Italian motorbikes were on loan from my friend Stewart Ingram, who is a collector extraordinaire of these kinds of classic motorcycles.

Even for someone as mechanically un-inclined as I am, the visual pleasure of these machines is palpable, even under glass. Makes me want to go out and buy a Vespa or something! Anyway, if you’re flying in or out of SFO before July (when the exhibit goes down), the bikes are in the International Terminal.

Ciao bella!

Moto Bellissima!

Bikes on Display

Bikes on Display

Bikes on Display

Moto Bellissima!

Bikes on Display

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Bikes on Display

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Kudos: Gold’s Gym Franchises Splitting With Parent Company Over CEO’s Donation To American Crossroads

link to: Gold’s Gym Franchises Splitting With Parent Company Over CEO’s Donation To American Crossroads.

Did he get your attention? Thought So.

I wanted to acknowledge Don Dickerson and Gold’s in San Francisco for doing this, to cutting their ties with the franchiser over this action. It’s going to be a giant – and expensive – headache for them, I’m sure, but the ethical solution requires making the switch.

Most things like this get hot for a split second and then fizzle (gay boycott of Target, anyone?) so I hope Gold’s SF sticks to their decision. I was a member of those gyms when I lived there, and went to the SOMA location on Brannan Street almost every work day (conveniently, I worked right across the street!). On weekends I’d go to the Castro location closer to my home. I never got bored at Gold’s – there was so much equipment at the Brannan Street location in particular – that I could always do something different and the workouts never got stale.
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I also want to qualify my statements about San Francisco from an earlier snarkier post, where I mentioned that it was the most provincial place in the world and that I didn’t like living there.

It’s true, those years were not the happiest in my life but the City is certainly not responsible for that, I am. I always just think of two things – Cold and Cancer. I was always cold there, and I got cancer there. Again, not the City’s fault.

Things I did love about SF (besides my wonderful cousin Mary!): you don’t need a car. There’s bountiful public transport options, it’s fairly good for bikes (except the hills) and it’s basically so small you can probably walk wherever you’re going anyway. It’s got a real downtown where everyone works and that people dress up for and go down to on weekend nights. It’s a hot center of tech innovation and is filled with really, really smart people. It’s also close to Sonoma County (woods and wine country!).

So there. I’ve said some nice things about San Francisco. Oh, and congratulations, I understand you won a game of some kind.

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Benediction snippet for a sunny Sunday morning

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A Different Light Reading

Thanks again so much to Oscar Raymundo and the staff at A Different Light in SF. The reading on Saturday went great and it was wonderful to be in such an iconic space, too! Short post as I’m on the road for Thanksgiving, in the winter wonderland that is Salt Lake City this morning.

Oscar Raymundo introduces Jim Arnold (right)

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Bay Area Reporter Benediction review

JIm Provenzano reviews Benediction ahead of the reading in San Francisco this Saturday (7:30 pm, A Different Light, Castro near 18th):

“Arnold’s writing style is straightforward with occasional bursts of dry wit, through post-operative appointments with a hunky doctor whom he eventually beds, and even when Ben ends up locked in a cell post-blackout at a police station. His various encounters with backstabbing coworkers, flirtatious festival presenters, and perhaps the novel’s largest symbolic object, his bulging apartment wall, gradually build to a breaking point.”

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Podcast for Benediction

Here’s the link to the podcast ReaderViews did earlier this week for Benediction.

http://insidescooplive.com/author-pages/Arnold-Jim-interview_Benediction.html
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Thought it went well, though it was first thing in the morning after an evening flight back from New Orleans, the usual 45 minute wait for the Union Station FlyAway bus, the Redline back to Los Feliz and then the gravelly walk past the Cheetahs bar (which is right across the street from Goodwill, and a short block from the Fire Station) – there’s a plot there somewhere. But I digress. It’s Friday and I’m looking forward to the weekend.

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Weekend in San Francisco

Alamo Square shot

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On my way to San Francisco later this morning to shoot stills for the Benediction trailer, which I plan to compose using Keynote. Certainly, an added bonus is getting out of the smoky LA basin for a couple of days!

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