Slope of Hope Blog Posts

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PREMIUM: Here’s To Your Health

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Summertime Blues

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In Louisiana, where I grew up, the local weatherman was pretty much a celebrity. Why would that be? Because he was important, all year long. The weather changed a lot, and during hurricane season, it was particularly important to stay on top of the weather. Indeed, as a kid, one of my favorite things to do was to track, on graph paper, the various storms and hurricanes as they moved toward us. It was the first sign that I like drawings which showed dynamic change. I could longitude and latitude the hell out of that paper.

Here in Palo Alto, it’s a different story. I offer to you Exhibit A:

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