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Posts published in December 2013

Father Christmas

“It is a wise father that knows his own child.” — William Shakespeare My father was extremely neurotic. A psychiatrist by profession, one of his more pronounced neuroses was the inability to complete anything, which…

Mendocino County Today: December 24, 2013

ONE MAN’S PLUMBER: AN HOMAGE TO BRIAN BLUMBERG by Thom Elkjer Economists use the phrase “essential utility” to describe something so important to a community that it must be owned or regulated by the community.…

May Auspiciousness Be Upon You

Getting to the balloon festival was quite a trial. The traffic jam rivaled anything I've endured in LA. It even tried the patience of the stalwart May Maung Tun. But the general mood was festive…

Homage to Brian Blumberg

Economists use the phrase “essential utility” to describe something so important to a community that it must be owned or regulated by the community. For Anderson Valley, Brian Blumberg was an essential utility who regulated…

Muy Malo En Punta Arena

My neighbor sued me on the advice of our local deputy. She wanted to retrieve what looked like a broken down replica of a pistol — a black metal pellet pistol with a CO2 charge…

Christmas In Prison

It’s no longer news that the career outlaw Walter ‘Kris’ Miller will be spending the rest of his days in prison for the attempted murder of a peace officer. But some of the details of…

Mendocino County Today: December 23, 2013

CORRECTION: JOHN BARTLETT of Hopland is not responsible for the controversial Christmas display we incorrectly attributed to him. We deeply regret the error. Apologies to Chief Bartlett. ============================= THE KALEIDOSCOPIC TONES OF CHRISTMAS Heinrich Schütz’s "Christmas…

Mendocino County Today: December 22, 2013

FISHING THE NIGHT DEPOSIT BOX. An arrest has been made in a series of thefts involving bank deposits being fished out of banks, the Fort Bragg Police Department said Friday. According to the FBPD, a…

Mendocino County Today: December 21, 2013

KZYX MANAGER John Coate has announced that Paul Lambert will stop doing the local news as of December 24. Between December 25 and January 2, KZYX won't run local news apart from travel advisories and…

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