Finally the 49ers won a football game last Sunday after five straight losses. Even though the game versus the Raiders was ugly and sloppy, the 49ers prevailed in Candlestick Park l7-9 to post a 1…
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Following the season’s disappointing first league defeat, 4-5 to Calistoga the previous Wednesday, and the unfulfilling forfeit made by Tomales in the next game, the Panthers were certainly ready to play and get back on…
California has been depicted as a “failed state”: leading the nation in unemployment, adult illiteracy, lowest bond ratings, the near lowest school scores, most people on welfare, highest number of homes underwater. With most of…
A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.” — Raymond Chandler Before the advent of the interweb, I frequented libraries and secondhand bookstores in search of good short stories, my appetite for…
Dear President Obama, It seems that the theme emanating from the White House is “Eat, Pray, Be Disappointed.” And yet, whenever I do feel disappointed, I always realize that the alternative was John McCain, with…
In the Anderson Valley, there's futbol and there's football.
The football people think their football isn't get ting a fair shake.
Today was our day to do nothing. No school for him. No work for me. No important errands to run. No play-dates to be on time for. So we were busy. He was up early…