‘Surveillance is just shit with two eyes’
June 24, 2013Raining but warm this early Monday on California’s north coast and this whole week is forecast to be all wet. We all need the water, though. And meanwhile, the whole world has gone ape shit…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
flight of the snow bird
June 23, 2013This morning, news cycles were delightfully alighted with reports Ed Snowden had gone on the lamb, international style, a fare-thee well to Hong Kong, and after an airline flight across some vast open spaces, ended…
Urgency past
June 23, 2013Drizzling rain this Sunday morning along California’s north coast as a storm front is making its way across the region — the next couple of days we’re supposed to get almost an inch of rain,…
sexennial celebration — sort of
June 22, 2013Today is Saturday — six years ago it was a Friday: June 22, 2007. My first day on the job at the liquor store I now manage. The owner was then involved in a overwrought,…
factoid ‘west wing’
June 21, 2013Watching a TV series in continuous fashion, one episode after another without waiting a week in between — online video streaming — is really a remarkable way to enjoy stuff. Instead of a long wait…
‘Inadvertently’ Overheard
June 21, 2013Overcast and a bit warm this Friday morning as we head into another weekend — time flies when given time. Today, of course, is the first day of summer — the Summer Solstice — and…
Drones over Broadway
June 20, 2013Seemingly clear skies this Thursday morning on California’s north coast, but I can’t see any twinkling stars — must be a way-high overcast way-up yonder somewhere. Well, this is Humboldt County, we’re higher than the…
News that sticks
June 19, 2013Once again it’s already middle of the week — time flies when shit runs supreme. And a lot of it does stick to the wall. Another foggy early morning here on California’s north coast as…
Pucker up the dick
June 18, 2013Foggy and a bit on the drizzly side this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — we’ve a 30 percent chance for more rain today, but the sun will peek out sometime later, somehow it…
Spies and lies
June 17, 2013Ground fog and way-oddly quiet this here-already Monday morning along California’s north coast, and the Pacific Ocean only a mile or so away, can’t be heard at all — usually there’s at least a muted…