The first bad sign is Tuesday before the game. Speaking before a tangle of sweaty flesh and Japanese electronics plastered with the corporate logos of “news outlets” 49er receiver Randy Moss says: “Now that I'm…
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Dan White’s Twinkie Defense spurred my decision to move to California. I'd vacationed in Berkeley and had headed home to Iowa. I boarded at SFO while the jury was still in deliberation over White’s future.…
The Military-Football Complex becomes more sinister every year. One should never be fooled into thinking the apogee of cynicism has been reached when the first Sunday in February rolls around and the beast’s infernal machinations…
When I lived in Seattle in 1977, I played basketball almost every day in a gym at Seattle University, the alma mater of the great Lakers star Elgin Baylor who took the Seattle Chieftains (now the Redhawks) all the way to the NCAA championship game in 1958 before turning pro that same year. As a resident of Seattle, I was invited to use the gym and swimming pool of that esteemed university for a small annual fee, which made me feel like the luckiest guy in the world.
I have been doing Toxic Trespass radio for many years, focused on how toxins become cancer and other maladies. Cancer has just gotten too prevalent in our relatively pristine rural environment. In fact many of…
I think every sports fan knows by now that the underdog Baltimore Ravens beat the favored SF 49ers in this year’s Superbowl on Sunday, February 3rd by a 34-31 score. The Vegas oddsmakers originally had…
1. What does CPA stand for? a. Can't Pull Attorneys b. Certified Public Accountant c. Certified Professional Adder-upper d. Certified Public Annoyance 2. What should you ask a CPA before you hire him? a.…