Day 4, January 29, 2010Tempted to drive by and just get a ticket in the early morning. After all, today's the only Friday of the month they're not furloughed. Maybe it would be just me in the Bs... … [Read more...] about Day 4 at the DMV
Day 3 at the DMV
Day 3, Thursday, January 29, 201011:55pm. I pass the DMV on the street, enter the illegal lot and park. (I have got this down!). I waltz in, 3 minute wait for B 210 and Im outa there.1:30pm. I return, this time, for the first time, remembering to … [Read more...] about Day 3 at the DMV
Day 2 at the DMV
Day 2, Tuesday, January 27, 20101:50pm, I cruise through the parking lot and go straight to the illegal lot next door. I run in, and take a ticket, B230. The monotonotron intones, "now serving B150 at window number 16." I go to a meeting with a … [Read more...] about Day 2 at the DMV
Day 1 at the DMV
(posted first at the Sac Bee NorCal Voices blog which forced me to remove the words "snatch" and "screw" from the piece--see if you can figure out where they might have gone.)I spent three days at the DMV on Broadway in Sacramento this week … [Read more...] about Day 1 at the DMV
Watching State of the Union with the fam…
Bill came home from work tonight with a story that studies now show that most of the younger voters who engaged in the Obama campaign/win are now completely uninvolved in the political process. To remedy this, the four of us listened on the radio to … [Read more...] about Watching State of the Union with the fam…
Gay Marriage Trial Keeps Gay Marriage on Front Page
(published concurrently on the Sac Bee NorCal Voices blog) I have been fretting a bit over the effort of gay marriage proponents to strike down Prop 8 in the current trial in federal court. Like many, I'm skeptical of the willingness of the … [Read more...] about Gay Marriage Trial Keeps Gay Marriage on Front Page
Yes to Helmets for Snowboarders
I give an emphatic yes to the proposal to require the use of helmets for skiers and snowboarders under 18 by California state Assemblymember Dave Jones and Senator Leland Yee. Many children are permanently disabled or killed from snowboarding … [Read more...] about Yes to Helmets for Snowboarders
Ibuprofen, the middle-aged drug of choice
Over the winter holidays we spent a week with my college friends. We attended Reed College, Portland, Oregon from 1979 to 1983 and let's just say that there was some experimentation that went on in those years. For example, one of the people in our … [Read more...] about Ibuprofen, the middle-aged drug of choice
Three snouts up for Avatar on Imax
(:)(:)(:) for Avatar on Imax. My expectations for this movie were mixed. On the one hand, I heard a review on public radio that said something like "this isn't a good movie, but it's enough like a good movie that you might think it is" and that … [Read more...] about Three snouts up for Avatar on Imax
Navigating by the Starbucks
(reprinted from the NorCal Voices Blog at SacBee.com)Yesterday, responding to my blog at Snicholsblog I received questions as to why Starbucks is my "second favorite corporation." I'm afraid the reasons are oftly banal: I love their coffee and their … [Read more...] about Navigating by the Starbucks
All You Need is Love, Starbucks and the Beatles
Let's see, "All you need is love" is my favorite pop affirmation. Starbucks is my second favorite gigantic corporation (after Southwest Airlines). And the Beatles are my household's composite favorite rock band (currently being obsessively played … [Read more...] about All You Need is Love, Starbucks and the Beatles
Dems need to get serious about governing and government
With the upset victory today of Republican Scott Brown in Massachusetts to fill Ted Kennedy's Senate seat comes the clear sense that Thomas Frank's latest book The Wrecking Crew is dead on. Republicans hate government and when they're in power, ala … [Read more...] about Dems need to get serious about governing and government