April 18, 2009 Roll Out the Red Carpet written by Steven Barrymore I walked into the lobby of the Bankhead Theater in Livermore, California with Charlie Chaplin. Mr. Chaplin is alive and well, portrayed by Robert Martin. Robert has been performing the Chaplin character for over 10 15 years in San Francisco for visitors from [...]

May 23, 2010 Would Tesla Be Proud? written by Steven Barrymore Society is turning green and not with envy — with environmental conservation devices and systems shrinking in size, offering a bigger bang for the buck. Solar Aero, a New Hampshire based alternative-energy organization has developed a wind turbine generator. And this is not a [...]

November 18, 2007 Are You Being Happy? written by Steven Barrymore THE BUZZ Motivational speakers are now talking of being happy. Being happy will solve your life issues and create a blissful state of mind. Remember when you were a baby how happy you were (you may have to look at your family baby pictures [...]

January 13, 2008 written by Steven Barrymore photographs by Steven Barrymore FROM THE FILM COLLECTION Taking some time off. The Being of Life articles will return next month. Below are some favorite images from a collection of slides, photographed circa 1980′s in San Francisco. These scenes were photographed with Leica equipment (Reflex and rangefinder). Image [...]

45th Anniversary John F. Kennedy (JFK) Nov. 22, 1963 – 2008 November 22, 2008 will mark the 45th year since the loss of our thirty-fifth President – John F. Kennedy – a war hero, civil rights advocate, a leader in the commitment to the space program. November 22, 1963 John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in [...]

September 27, 2008 Brother Can You Spare $700 Billion? written by Steven Barrymore My friend and I were discussing America’s economic issues while watching the first 2008 presidential debate between Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama, and he asked me if I thought that America is still a world power. I thought for a moment and [...]