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Posts published in January 2015

Irresistible Force Meets Immovable Object

A Mendocino County Superior Court judge, once seated, becomes almost impossible to dislodge. The inertia of incumbency ossifies, as it were, into an immovable object. Or so it was thought until last week, when District…

Bird’s Eye View (Jan 14, 2014)

Several 3-Dot regulars remain disappointed, and a little hungry, because three Valley restaurants remain “closed for the holidays.” Aquarelle, Stone and Embers, and Libby’s. However, The Buckhorn is open everyday except Tuesday, while Lauren’s is closed on Sunday and Monday only. The Hotel is open for dinner at the weekend and Coq au Vin Thursday thru Monday from 6pm each day.

Stall and Delay Tactics

The December meeting of the Mendocino County Mental Health Board provided some good news, some old news, and evidence of delaying tactics within the county's bureaucracy. Perhaps the best news was the announcement that an…

Satire

Reading about the murder of twelve people and the wounding of eight others at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, and the continuing violence as the murderers have taken hostages in two locations in Paris, I recall Satan in Mark Twain’s The Mysterious Stranger saying, “No sane man can be happy, for to him life is real, and he sees what a fearful thing it is.”

Into the Woods

The first live stage performance of Into the Woods that I ever saw was a production by the Davis Musical Theatre Company during the summer of 1990. My two sons (then ages 7 and 10)…

Off the Record (Jan 14, 2014)

THE FOLLOWING is an Instagram message sent by a Mendocino High School student to a Boonville high school kid. The names of the recipient and his disturbed assailant have been removed on the dubious assumption…

Mendocino County Mock Trial Competition

January 31 & February 7, 2015 UKIAH, CA - Six local high school teams will compete in semi-final competition at the annual County Mock Trials at the Mendocino County Courthouse in downtown Ukiah on Saturday,…

Top 5 Masturbation Injuries

http://www.alternet.org/top-5-strangest-masturbation-related-injuries Ever hurt yourself while flogging the dolphin? I mean, beyond the emotional damage? [text]

Shrinky Dinks! Weads! Hope! Perplexing!

Gallery Route One Exhibitions Andrew Romanoff, Reenie Charriere and George-Ann Bowers, and Sheri Park. Feb 6 - March 15 Point Reyes Station, CA WHO: Andrew Romanoff "Looking Back, Going Forward" Mixed media WEAD, Women Environmental…

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