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Panicsville

Posted in Academics, Age, Computers, Current Events, Education, Human Nature, Politics, Surviving on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday evening, a woman I hadn’t seen in a year or more  dropped by much to my dismay. This woman is known for her tendency to drop-in unexpectedly, feigning sincerity and gushing over my wife and I.
Then she got down to business. She wondered if I would do something for her. Just a little thing. [...]

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Not So Olden Days

Posted in Communities, Current Events, History and Recollections, War on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

On February 23, 1942, a Japanese submarine surfaced off the coast of Santa Barbara, fired several shells in the direction of some oil fields about 15 miles north of Santa Barbara, and then returned to sea unscathed.
The sub was the Imperial Japanese Navy Submarine I-17 captained by Commander Nishino Kozo. Before the war, Kozo had [...]

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Yee Haw!!!

Posted in Celebrities, Current Events, History and Recollections, Humor, Politics, Romance on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Did I read Willie Brown right? I think he wrote that the G&J wedding rehearsal dinner was held in a barn on a horse ranch with 200 guests sitting around the dinner table on hay bales.
I was somewhat taken aback by the scene Willie described because I just couldn’t picture the movers and shakers of [...]

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Let the Games Begin

Posted in Blogs, Boozing, Current Events, History and Recollections, Humor, News Media, Politics, Sex, Television, Travel on July 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The 2008 Olympics will kick off in Beijing, China, on August 8. The airwaves will probably be saturated with wall to wall television coverage, and the big boys like CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, and MSNBC will add to the mix with a plethora of special reports about China. If non-stop repetitive “breaking news” were an [...]

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I Now Pronounce You Man and Wife

Posted in Celebrities, Communities, Current Events, Humor, Love, Romance, Travel on July 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »

This is the weekend that el Gavo and la Gavette will be united in the bonds of holy matrimony. Matier & Ross have the complete run down here.
Who cares?
Paparazzi maybe.
But then again, the average Bay Area denizen might hunger for more information than M&R have provided.
Like, for example, where the heck is the Bitterroot Springs [...]

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Mayornator Off and Running?

Posted in Communities, Current Events, Humor, Politics on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Well, golly, if he ever makes up his mind, he’s sure to carry Napa County.
He spread it on pretty thick at a speech before Napa County’s movers and shakers at the Silverado Resort a few Thursdays ago.
Among other platitudes, he called Napa County a model for San Francisco. He was talking about the county’s health [...]

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Back to the Basics of Electoral Politics

Posted in Current Events, Demographics, History and Recollections, Politics, Power on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The media is filled with numerous polls which purport to demonstrate that Obama is ahead here, McCain there, Obama leads among Latino voters, and so on.
Perhaps it’s time to refresh our memories about the Constitutional system for selecting a President of the United States.
The President is not elected by a direct popular vote. Rather, individuals [...]

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