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Posts published by “Tommy Wayne Kramer”

Swearing, Language Of Morons

A couple years ago I was melting my brains while adding to future melanoma woes at Spring Training in Phoenix. It was scorching hot, or did I already say Phoenix? I was a few rows…

Old Libraries, Off-Ramps & Outlets

We are in the midst of a lengthy tailspin into incompetence and mediocrity. We are unable to do anything, or at least not well. Look around Mendocino County. See the decline. Where once local citizens…

Raised By (Laughing) Hyenas

Graduation season is everywhere, and be happy if you needn’t sit through yawn-inducing ceremonies celebrating the most recent students bumped from the educational assembly line. School administrators permit speakers to address graduates only if they…

A Place to Throw a Pot, and Up

Ukiah was among California cities hardest hit by the pottery craze of the 1970s.  Ukiah suffered crippling waves of pottery fevers until they lessened and broke circa 1985. Smaller, less toxic crafts-borne plagues were reported…

More Trees than Grains of Sand

The biggest favor Mendocino County could do for itself is revive the long dormant logging industry.  A well thought-out program to utilize our abundance of trees makes as much sense as growing and harvesting corn…

It’s in the Oakland A’s DNA

Disturbing news suggests baseball has grown delirious from ill-considered changes made by owners unfamiliar with the game’s history and traditions.  Alarmed, son Lucas and I launched a 250-mile roundtrip journey to Oakland to assess baseball’s…

Quiz: Choose A, B, 3 Or D

There are no wrong answers but most are less correct than others. All responses evaluated by licensed officials, scores published, attitudes analyzed, consequences likely.  1) Would you rather A) Be suffering from a serious wound…

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