Upon learning that funding for National Public Radio will be sliced from the federal budget I danced a little jig in celebration, cracked open a quart of Schlitz Malt Liquor and said “Whee.” Next I…
Posts published by “Tommy Wayne Kramer”
If you retain sentimental notions of local government being responsive to local citizens, and if you believe your voice and opinions are taken seriously by Ukiah’s leaders, I want to smile and pat you on…
Sooo, didja hear I’ll probably be taking off early? Friday, maybe around 10? Or might be even earlier because we’ve got a long drive down to Drixel. It’s not too far from Bakersfield if you…
Denny’s restaurant, longtime cornerstone of Highway 101 and Ukiah’s busiest road into town, closed a couple years ago. Nothing was done to prevent it being destroyed by various vagrants, criminals and druggies who infest the…
We were standing in the lobby waiting in the popcorn line, and we noticed a smartly dressed black teenager in front of us. She wore familiar teen couture: distressed jeans so tight she’ll need a…
News that Dick’s Bar in the very quaint Village of Mendocino has closed down surprised me only because I had assumed it had disappeared a decade or more ago, transformed into an art gallery, a…
It’s not easy being you and me, especially when we look around and see what a breeze of a bowl of cherries life is for rich cats and poor dudes. And their wives and old…
In California ‘foodies’ are snooty sorts who browse their tiny plates of wild-sourced, shade grown servings of French herbs with Peruvian potatoes on the side and a delicate sauce applied with an eyedropper. They sip…