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Posts published in April 2015

Two Views: Another Big Skunk Train Tunnel Collapse

A Reader Writes: Almost 200 feet of the Skunk Train tunnel has collapsed! Almost a month ago! This time on the west end. A couple years ago it was on the east end. Luckily for the owners it didn't happen when a trainload of passengers was going through! This tunnel is fragile and nearing or maybe over 100 years old. Portions of this tunnel have collapsed three times.

Flirting with History

What follows is unclassified. At least as far as I know. It comes from my fading memory and the so-called "open literature." The connections, if any, are pure speculation on my part. This train of…

The Stony Lonesome: It Gets Worse?

It was a bad day. A monumentally unpleasant, seriously discommoding, entirely disagreeable sort of day. In the Bad Day annals of the Bad Day pantheon, it occupied an honored spot on a tasteful display, dramatically…

Bird’s Eye View (Apr 15, 2015)

Free Fox Terrier. 8 years old, Hateful little bastard. Bites. … Free puppies. Mother is a Kennel Club registered German shepherd; father is a Super Dog, able to leap tall fences with ease. … Cows and calves for sale: Never bred. Also 1 gay bull for sale.

Letters (Apr 15, 2015)

A campaign to end intolerable levels of nocturnal noise entered a new phase in Anderson Valley today, as a citizens group called the Anderson Valley Red Eyes announces the Campaign for Quiet Nights.

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