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	What's New (as of March 2003) New Articles My article in the 3/1/03 edition of the S.F. Chronicle, "All Signs Point To A Top" has already generated many positive letters from readers. The piece suggests a decline in S.F. Bay Area real estate prices is at hand/inevitable. I expect a heavy-handed rebuttal from a panicked real estate industry soon.... To cover the macroeconomic forces which ultimately influence such a decline, I wrote a companion piece. New book/film reviews I've added a sorely needed new category to my film reviews: French Tough-Guy Films. If you're not familiar with the 50s-era works of Bresson, Becker and Clouzot, check it out. In Books, I've added a couple of favorites: "Tristes Tropiques" by Claude Levi-Strause, "The Autobiography of U.S. Grant" (with commentary), and the series I am currently reading "Civilization and Capitalism" by Fernand Braudel. I'm working my way through the second volume, "Wheels of Commerce"--fascinating stuff-- and will add commentaries when I'm finished. New Resources Publisher and author Skip Wenz recently launched his revamped and redesigned Online Journal of Ecological Design, Ecotecture. It's an excellent resource with a range of content on eco-related topics such as permaculture. Disclosure: while I worked on Skip's design page, the Journal is all his work. Check it out. New website designs I'm still pinching myself that I figured out how to get Mike Dakota's songs to stream on Real Player (hint: you might need a protocol other than "pnm" in your metafiles), and so please check out Mike's songs. I recently added another great tune. New Fiction I finally got around to posting the first chapter of my second novel, I-State Lines to my works of fiction page, as well as an excerpt from my most recent novel, Verona. I also added a list of the screenplays I've written and a sample of the Of Two MInds screenplay I wrote with Arrol Gellner. (If you're a literary agent, please note that all works of fiction are available for representation.) On-Going Gigs I continue to do research and/or website/writing/editing for TM Strategies, Teraitech, Atreya.com, Pillette Investment Management, and "Kitchen & Baths" Magazine out of New York. I also have several other features in the works (as usual) for the San Francisco Chronicle. "What's New: February 2003"