Death of a legendary colleague Steve Thompson died early this morning as a result of an advanced cancer of the liver; he was 62. As the lobbyist for the California Nurses Association, I worked closely with Steve, who was, for the past 12 years, the … [Read more...] about
Archives for 2004
One more thing... When you get to the Prairie Home Companion site, you have to scroll down to segment 2 and click on it to listen to Bush v. Kerry--I forgot that part. … [Read more...] about
Political Humor These two bit(e)s of political humor really tickled me so much that I'm taking the liberty of posting them on the blog. One you may have seen--I certainly heard about it, but hadn't been sent it--it's the Will Farrell as Bush … [Read more...] about
Craig v. Kerry This week I have been avoiding blogging a bit because all I want to talk about is Craig's List at www.craigslist.org. I knew about Craig's List (you probably do too) but I didn't know they had it in Sacramento--I thought it was just in … [Read more...] about
Origin of Snouts Up (:) Faithful reader David Allgood writes to ask where the snout concept comes from, so I answer: It comes from the fact that I used to be obsessed with pigs and a lot of my old friends know that. I wanted to do something other … [Read more...] about
3 Snouts Up for Crow Lake (:)(:)(:)* for Crow Lake by Canadian author Mary Lawson. Billed as the "best novel he read this year" by one of my brothers-in-law, I dove heartily into this self-proclaimed "shimmering tale of love, death and redemption" … [Read more...] about
Cultural Losers Probably most of you have been aware for some time of the crucial glue that the culture wars form to bond working class voters to the Republican party. But do you know about the book What's the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank? I … [Read more...] about
According to good friends at Arnoldwatch.org Weblog August 6, 2004 2:00 pm: Questions Jay Leno Should Ask Arnold Tonight Jay Leno has a tradition of using viewer-contributed material on the air. In honor of Governor Schwarzenegger's return to Leno … [Read more...] about
Bill and his children in the news today It's a busy day in the Magavern household--trying to handle all the press calls. Here's what the fuss is about: Both kids made all local evening news and online sources today by appearing at a press … [Read more...] about
Why Kerry will Win Okay, this'll be one of those little headlines I stand a decent chance of wincing about next year, but here's what comes to me like a flash when I watch these candidates on the trail: Kerry wants to win and Bush doesn't. Really. … [Read more...] about
4 Snouts Up for NYC I can attest that New York has still got it. While everyone else in the world was in Boston this week, Bill and I were in Manhattan. Among many other diversions, we saw two plays: Bug and Caroline, or Change. (:)(:)(:)(:) 4 … [Read more...] about
President Kerry! Hey, I'm trying to say this before every blogger and pundit in the nation does: Kerry's nomination acceptance speech tonight at the Democratic Convention was masterful in content and delivery (and he only used the word values … [Read more...] about