Archives for 2012
Menopausal Moments in Obamacare
This week a consultant stood up in the California Health Benefit Exchange Board (the governance structure charged with implementing a key piece of Obamacare in California) and joked about her hot flashes before a crowded room of health care policy … [Read more...] about Menopausal Moments in Obamacare
Apples and Cackling in Sebastopol Today
5 enthusiastic snouts up for my trip to visit my friends in Sebastopol. Despite trying to fill every minute of my weekend with purposeful activity, the fates conspired to ground me at my friends' extraordinary estate in Sebastopol with "nothing … [Read more...] about Apples and Cackling in Sebastopol Today
(:)(:)(:)(:)(:) for The Rock in San Diego
5 snouts up for The Rock, a mega church in San Diego, CA. Now I hesitate to do this. What does it say about me that my first post in months (on my birthday, no less) is to rave about a gigantic Christian church? Well you can draw your own … [Read more...] about (:)(:)(:)(:)(:) for The Rock in San Diego
My Weekend with Marilyn and The Artist
(:)(:)(:) for The Artist(:)(:)(:)(:) for My Week with Marilyn This weekend I saw The Artist and My Week With Marilyn. I was eager to see one of the films. The other I was willing to see but had zero expectations--guess which … [Read more...] about My Weekend with Marilyn and The Artist
See In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play Now!
(:)(:)(:)(:) for In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play at Capital Stage in Sacramento Now!I haven't had much time to blog lately, but this play only runs through February 26th so I want you have an opportunity to see it. It's a funny, … [Read more...] about See In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play Now!
Whither the Tower Theater?
My recent experience of watching Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in a freezing Tower Theater made me wonder what's up with Tower these days. A few years ago, I was sympathetic to a push to save Tower Theater because the City Council was proposing to … [Read more...] about Whither the Tower Theater?
5 Snouts up for Black Swan on DVD
(:)(:)(:)(:)(:) for Black Swan starring Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers as experienced on DVD on my Mac months after everyone else in the world has seen it. I'm in good company thinking it was brilliant. I should start off by … [Read more...] about 5 Snouts up for Black Swan on DVD
4 snouts up for Tinker Tailor, 2 snouts up for freezing Tower theater
(:)(:)(:)(:) for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy but sadly only (:)(:) for the extremely cold Tower movie theater. Look, I was so cold, I almost can't tell you how many snouts Tinker Tailor should have. I have long defended the Tower (located … [Read more...] about 4 snouts up for Tinker Tailor, 2 snouts up for freezing Tower theater
How to get your kids to like a college
Reed CollegeMost people who know me know that I am an enthusiastic member of the Reed College graduating class of 1983. Reed, a small liberal arts college nestled in a quiet residential neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, is known for its quirky … [Read more...] about How to get your kids to like a college
The Rip van Winkle Effect
Since I've been back working in and around the state Capitol, I'm experiencing the Rip van Winkle effect. Remember the Washington Irving story of Rip van Winkle? He falls asleep and wakes up some 70 years later after the American … [Read more...] about The Rip van Winkle Effect
Can I take MLK’s legacy seriously?
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. day--the day every year when millions of American do laundry and take down Christmas cards. Seriously, why isn't this day more important to me? Every year I resolve to organize something around it and … [Read more...] about Can I take MLK’s legacy seriously?