I participated by listening to the live stream of the Appropriations Committee over the internet. It's like before horror films there was radio! It was full of all the same "suspense" but with baited breath, you get to imagine all the scenes … [Read more...] about James Saxon on the Suspense behind Clean Money
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James Saxon on the Suspense behind Clean Money
I participated by listening to the live stream of the Appropriations Committee over the internet. It's like before horror films there was radio! It was full of all the same "suspense" but with baited breath, you get to imagine all the scenes … [Read more...] about James Saxon on the Suspense behind Clean Money
Clean Elections: the suspense is killing me
If the California Appropriations Committees were a summer movie, it’d be a blockbuster. After all, they’ve got all the right ingredients: suspense, mass murders, graveyards. Unfortunately for me, I’ve never liked horror films—I can’t stand the … [Read more...] about Clean Elections: the suspense is killing me
Mersmann on Kucinich
Sara,I think it's time to vote your heart and soul and principles and comeback to Dennis. Kucinich has boldly introduced legislation callingfor the impeachment of Bush and Cheney and he is the only candidatewho has consistently voted against the … [Read more...] about Mersmann on Kucinich
Uninformed Musings on the Dem Presidential Primary
With the Democratic Convention just wrapping up in San Diego and John Edwards' face plastered in the Sacramento Bee this morning, my thoughts turn to the Democratic presidential primary. Here are my badly uninformed thoughts so far: First, as most … [Read more...] about Uninformed Musings on the Dem Presidential Primary
Believing in a Safe World
I'm interested in a return to a belief that the world is safe. When you talk with people about child-rearing, one of the fondest memories is of unfettered play in childhood--walking to and from school without an adult, playing with the kids in the … [Read more...] about Believing in a Safe World
Four Snouts up for Bridge to Teribithia
(:)(:)(:)(:) for Bridge to Teribithia the new Disney flic playing everywhere. I loved this movie. I really did. Of course, part of this is a function of low expectations. I hadn't read the book. And it's a kids film and it's Disney. But the … [Read more...] about Four Snouts up for Bridge to Teribithia
My California Day
8:00am Rise, dress, brush teeth, quickly revise flyer for Unconditional Love movie night 8:30 Drive to and attend personal recovery meeting, don't hand out flyer because may be precluded by recovery tradition 10:20am … [Read more...] about My California Day
Term-inator II
(say this in a movie announcer voice): they terrified you last summer when they teamed up to terminate real campaign finance reform. Now they're back at it again--Term-inator II: term limits extended.Okay, Sara, speak English--it's this: it made … [Read more...] about Term-inator II
Hair on DVD: Flawed Movie with Amazing Scenes & Score
(:)(:)(:) for the movie Hair on DVD, directed by Milos Forman and starring John Savage and Treat Williams (yum).(:)(:)(:)(:)(:) for the music, and the scene of Black Boys, White Boys.This is one of those movies that clearly strove for excellence and … [Read more...] about Hair on DVD: Flawed Movie with Amazing Scenes & Score
Make Mine Vanilla
Food bugaboo of the week:You see it everywhere now, vanilla milk, vanilla yogurt, vanilla creme, but not many people know that vanilla is the new codeword for sugar. In fact, if you scan the ingredient list on a "vanilla" item, there's a decent … [Read more...] about Make Mine Vanilla
Four Snouts up for Quinceanera
(:)(:)(:)(:) out of a possible five snouts up for Quinceanera on DVD. This bittersweet film captured my heart by depicting a small but completely unexplored subject for mainstream America, the latin American rite of passage for girls on their 15th … [Read more...] about Four Snouts up for Quinceanera