http://labs.daylife.com/journalist/steve_rubensteinArticles by STEVE RUBENSTEIN, aggregated by daylife.comen-usTue, 24 Nov 2009 02:26:06 GMTTue, 24 Nov 2009 02:26:06 GMTDaylife Betaken@daylife.comken@daylife.comhttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=20c78f491f295324e52676a961bf2eb3But many nonchain bookstores won't handle it. "Our customers are thinking people," said Nathan Embretson, a bookseller at Pendragon Books in Oakland. "They're not into reading drivel." There's not a single copy on the shelf. Embretson said no one has ...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:21:54 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=20c78f491f295324e52676a961bf2eb3U.S. Democratic PartyJohn McCainStephen KingJames Pattersonhttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=ceeef3df277de2febe7e9f5dfc6147e6This happened in the middle of noplace, 4 miles down a wooded trail at Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. There is a lot of peace at Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, at least until you get to the U.S. border. The quaking aspens are ...Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:11:38 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=ceeef3df277de2febe7e9f5dfc6147e6U.S. Department of Homeland Securityhttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=67e6e12ecf0db6005dea6cab550de92dIt's called the Peanut Butter Plan. Like many of the best plans, it's simple: Strangers get together, make peanut butter sandwiches and immediately pass them out to homeless people. No federal subsidy, no foundation, no vouchers. No official sanction ...Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=67e6e12ecf0db6005dea6cab550de92dFacebook Inc.http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=f837e6d2303a8e66aed2f75af3673cd9It used to be called dropping your kid off at college. Here's how it works. Two of you go there. One of you stays and the other comes home, disoriented. Northern Ohio is a straight shot down Interstate 80 from the Bay Area. You can't get lost getting ...Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:00:00 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=f837e6d2303a8e66aed2f75af3673cd9http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=59813f373c4c502864e632f0e969f7c6It's called "therapeutic flying," according to the handout at the yoga studio on Hayes Street, and it's one of the more time-honored things you can do at a yoga studio, along with having your legs burn up. Yogis have been flying for millennia. But in ...Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:01:04 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=59813f373c4c502864e632f0e969f7c6http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=c661adba64ff957d49bd1fc91182571dHe is waiting for the tide to turn. He is waiting for the yo-yo to do what he knows that any yo-yo is capable of doing - to lift itself up off the floor, put a new spin on its static state and once again travel around the world. "We're in a dry spell," ...Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:00:00 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=c661adba64ff957d49bd1fc91182571dJerry GarciaRoy RogersTom SmothersJohnny Appleseedhttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=5e76e1a4475dedb769814a73b632e173It's amazing how many important-sounding words can be made up by grabbing letters out of the bag and playing around with them. TiVo, for instance. When "tivo" came of the bag 10 years ago, it didn't mean anything. Now it means nothing less than the ...Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:48:55 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=5e76e1a4475dedb769814a73b632e173TiVo Inc.AIGAUniversity of California BerkeleyNATOhttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=3e9615482a36910f93f305981f95ab15"We're not allowed to have green," whispered one student, in a low, conspiratorial voice. "We call it the g-word. We could get in trouble." At the botanical art class at the Hall of Flowers, there is no green. That's the rule. Instructor Mary Harden ...Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:19:15 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=3e9615482a36910f93f305981f95ab15http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=189b2faeed653d0e080a03a93e91c6efSome say crystals are just rocks. Some say that rocks just sit there and do nothing, because that's what rocks do best. Those are not the kind of people or rocks that tend to gather at the great San Francisco Crystal Fair. At the crystal fair, which ...Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:32:16 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=189b2faeed653d0e080a03a93e91c6efLeonardo da Vincihttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=ab67ad1831edee992061ae9a8cd4b68dFor centuries, this has eluded the greatest minds in the game. Lucky for golf that it has, because it costs $500 to play a single round at a place like Pebble Beach. Only someone without a great mind - the average golfer, for instance - pays so much to ...Fri, 15 May 2009 07:00:00 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=ab67ad1831edee992061ae9a8cd4b68dJimmy RobertsGreg NormanJack NicklausJustin RosePhil Mickelson