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All of my spiritual training tells me to focus on me. All of it. I'm the only person I can change. I'm the only person whose behavior I can affect. Only me. That's the bad news. Here's the worse news: not only can I only affect me, but everything … [Continue reading] about It’s Not Me, It’s You
Today's California papers report on a field poll that shows we have soured on the new Congress. Democrats and decline-to-states are fed up with the failure of Speaker Pelosi and the new majority to even begin to get us out of Iraq. The poll shows … [Continue reading] about Why do Californians like DiFi so much?
Four Snouts Up for Blue Bottle Coffee at 315 Linden Street (tucked in a sort of alley between Gough and Octavia off Hayes in Hayes Valley), San Francisco. This little gem is hardly a secret. At 10:30am on a weekday there's a line into the … [Continue reading] about (:)(:)(:)(:) for Blue Bottle Coffee in Hayes Valley
Under the heading of "oh, snap," one of the biggest insults one Sacramento insider can dish out to another Sacramento insider is "she has an agenda." I know, because I have one.Apparently, the top goal of many people in public service in California … [Continue reading] about The Evils of Having an “Agenda”
Five Snouts Up for Clerks 2 on DVD. Five snouts for Clerks 2???? You heard me. Faithful readers know I only give 5 snouts for the movies that I consider are in the top 100 movies of all times. This is one of the funniest movies I've ever ever seen. I … [Continue reading] about (:)(:)(:)(:)(:) for Clerks 2 on DVD
This article is reprinted with permission from Rudolf's Diner online 'zine, where Sara writes the Eye on the Pie column.Biden, Dodd, Kucinich, Gravel and Richardson, any one alone of these “lesser" Democratic presidential candidates has spent more … [Continue reading] about The Five Presidential Candidates You Never Hear About
Are you on the lists I'm on? I get email from John Kerry, Harry Reid, DCCC, DSCC, DNC--if you get an email from any Democrat in Congress or national Democratic party, email them back that you want them to act like Democrats!Tell them to impeach … [Continue reading] about Spam the Democratic Party
Five Snouts up for The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor. This "children's" book is the imaginative, mesmerizing "true story" of Alice in Wonderland where we learn that Alyss is a visitor in our world, rather than Alice being a tourist from our … [Continue reading] about (:)(:)(:)(:)(:) for The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
Tonight's Dinner? Central Valley Senator Jeff Denham (R-Modesto).In the ongoing budget stalemate in the California State Senate, Denham is the closest to low-hanging fruit that the 14 (white male) Republicans have to offer the Democratic majority. … [Continue reading] about Republicans Eat Their Own in California
I recently returned from Washington, DC, where, as I expected, I got an earful from public interest advocates about what a disappointment Nancy Pelosi is as Speaker of the House. This almost always happens. Democrats get into power, we have a brief … [Continue reading] about Hang up on the “d-trip”
Republicans won’t vote for schools & hospitals without the promise of dirty(er) air Sacramento – That’s the headline all the papers should have written today. Instead they wrote about the slugfest between Democrats and Republicans. It’s … [Continue reading] about 14 White Men Hold CA Budget Hostage
This is an inspiring clip on Youtube (short, 3 minutes?) of John Edwards speaking to the Yearly Kos Convention of bloggers in Chicago. Watch it and let me know what you think. … [Continue reading] about Watch John Edwards at the Yearly Kos Convention