Oral O — ‘Scratch That’
January 28, 2014In a long, detailed interview/feature last week by David Remnick in the New Yorker, was this on President Obama’s historical perspective: “I have no desire to be one of those Presidents who are just on…
Category Archives: Health
Ferocious Frenzy in ‘Public Settings’
January 26, 2014In light of yet another shooting yesterday at the Columbia Mall in Maryland and the intense, accelerated pace in which these horrific events operate — earlier this month, a study on “active shootings in public…
Rich Rulers
January 10, 2014Drizzling rain this early Friday on California’s north coast as we finally get ready to finish the first full work week of the new year. And with the sprinkle, the air is warmer — which…
Frigid Weather — ‘Counterintuitive’ Warming
January 7, 2014Clear and cold this Tuesday morning here on California’s north coast, but: In northern Minnesota right now, the temperature has dipped to a staggering -42 F. The chill is running so deep in the North…
Visitations of Insanity
January 2, 2014Crystal-clear and cold this early Thursday on California’s north coast as we transverse into a brand new, just-like the old year. We made the national news yesterday, and most-likely today, too. And it ain’t good…
Rabbit-hole, Ho!
January 1, 2014Thick ground fog and chilly this way-too-early Wednesday here on California’s north coast, and really quiet. This the first day of 2014 — and your point? This past year, it seems to me, has to…
Fuk!
December 31, 2013Darkly-overcast with a chilly wind this afternoon on California’s north coast, but more compelling is what’s happening way-west, to the Far East and Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant — more trouble apparently right now, maybe serious…
Sorrow of ‘Ice Friday’
December 6, 2013Clear and cold this early Friday on California’s north coast with icy rain due sometime later today in a frigid start-up to the weekend. Cold here, cold everywhere, especially across Texas and most of the…
Monday Vapors
December 2, 2013Ground fog with a drizzling rain this way-early Monday on California’s north coast, and the end to round one of a not-so-fabulous holiday season. This year might be a crazy yuletide. Despite the expansion of…
Black the Friday
November 29, 2013Clear with stars twinkling this early Friday on California’s north coast as we grind on through a four-day holiday of excess and salesmanship. And it’s Black Friday for the gullible and greedy. Cher has the…