Sobering, is it not, to realize that the possible survival of a huge oil company, of several billion shrimp, assorted species of fish and birds, not to mention avoidance of a near lethal lurch in…
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Usually, when you mix drinks with sex, you get more pricks than kicks. But this year’s beer-fueled debauchery was pretty sane.
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Let’s start off with a few “Many Happy Returns” to our seniors who celebrate a birthday in May: Walter ‘Shine’ Tuttle, Joan…
Each week during the spring along the shores of San Pablo Bay, tanker trucks hired by the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) deliver thousands of Chinook salmon smolts, born in hatcheries upstream, to strategic…
I first heard the expression “My Bad” used on a basketball court circa 1975. The expression most likely came into being among jazz musicians, for many of the most popular expressions emanating from black America…
The soils dried up enough last week that we could work a few spots and spread manure on others, while some land was still sporting standing water, tadpoles, and mosquito larvae. Evidently the mosquitos have…
I never had a pet. I guess I just never bonded with animals. I didn't even like taking my son Mateo to the zoo when he was little. When Mateo was about a year or…
While we're at it, here's another question for your holiness. How many Sister Jane Kellys does it take to right the wrongs of the Catholic Church? That was the question racing through my mind the…