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Posts published by “Tommy Wayne Kramer”

No Game For Old Men

I’d like to say the 2022 baseball season has me all excited, as amped up and thrilled as a front page Ukiah Daily Journal headline like “Women artists at local gallery.” Or golf on TV.…

Dog, Gone

Twelve years ago we were heading north on 101 with our new doggie and Trophy said, Let’s stop a minute at the Hopland Superette. She went inside, dog and I stayed in the parking lot. …

Jack Flew Over The Retirement Nest

SCENE: Middle age couple pushing wheelchair into hospital, cranky old man (JACK NICHOLSON) aboard. At reception desk is LOUISE FLETCHER.  Jack’s children agree the “Bronze Plan” (least expensive) is sufficient for dad’s food, housing and…

Another Day, Another Protest

I think there’s some protesting over on the coast or near the coast, maybe about logging. Or drilling, or a bridge, or the name of a town over there.  You say there are no angry…

Trust Our Experts, Give Them Money

A recent column examined some of the ways we get ourselves worked up over imaginary threats to society, like the impact video games have on the fragile emotional states of our children, how GMOs destroy…

Insane Clown Posse: Threat Or Menace?

A friend has two kids in public school, so I apologized to her for the education they’ll not receive, and she went on to tell me what they do when classes let out:  Video games. …

Blank Walls Better than Murals

Is mural fever once again sweeping Ukiah?  Ukiah went a hundred years without murals, and today you can hardly spit without hitting one, hint hint. Having learned nothing from the examples that festoon city exteriors,…

Fixing the World (a Dog’s Advice)

Longtime readers may recall that when the Spousal Unit leaves the house and the dog and I are alone with our brandy, we often have conversations, mostly about me. Being a journalist I am by…

More Toys Would Only Make Things Worse

Remember those bumper stickers years ago that read “He Who Dies With the Most Toys Wins”? It was a catchy, relatable sentiment that appealed to the acquisitive, competitive beast within us all, especially at a…

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