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This is the website of Erim Foster; vagabond, boat dweller, smart-ass, and generally nice guy. Please have a look around, enjoy some photos, or drop me a line.


Recent Posts

fight the power

March 20th, 2005

Yesterday, I attended an anti-war demonstration in San Francisco, one of many around the world on the second anniversary of the Iraq war. As in my past experience, this event was attended by an eclectic mix of humanity. All shapes, sizes, ages, colors and political predilections were represented, as far as I could tell, all [...]


the democrats’ da vinci code

March 18th, 2005

For anybody interested in how the Democratic party might collectively pull its head out of its ass and effect some positive change in the future, I highly recommend this article by David Sirota. I have a lot of respect for Sirota, and I think he’s right on with this one. I guess time will tell [...]


my cheoy lee luders 30

March 17th, 2005

Aye, she’s a pretty boat, isn’t she. She’s been my home for almost eight years now. It’s a pretty good way to live, especially here in the Bay Area. Well, it’s good if you don’t have a lot of stuff, or want a lot of stuff, and you enjoy a fairly minimal life. Hopefully, I’ll [...]


pity the little caribou

March 17th, 2005

Yesterday, the senate approved drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. What does this mean? It means that our national energy policy is so misguided that we will focus on drilling in pristine wilderness in order to secure six months worth of oil, ten years from now. God forbid we should focus on conservation, higher [...]


bush nominates wolfowitz for world bank president

March 16th, 2005

In the latest example of how we are, in fact, living in bizarro world when it comes to national politics, Bush has recently nominated world renowned neo-incompetent Paul Wolfowitz for President of the World Bank. Just to recap, Wolfy is the chief architect of the fabulously successful Iraq war plan. This is sure to kick [...]