I used to get a lot of Happy Birthday wishes in the mail. This year, I got one. But, on Facebook… Sixty-one! (So far. The day’s not over yet.) On my 21st birthday (this was back during the previous century) my stepmother gave me a rectangle: a crisp fresh-from-the-bank one-hundred dollar bill. Then we went [...]
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Taking the "Fair" Out of County Fair
I don’t know if it’s ignorance, apathy or both, but I never noticed that Sacramento had a County Fair. Maybe it’s just overshadowed by the order-of-magnitude, deeper-fried State Fair in August which is located on the same asphalt jungle we lovingly refer to as Cal Expo. Or maybe it’s overshadowed by the largest jazz festival [...]
I Coulda Binna Supermarket Tabloid Journalist
In case you’re wondering what an unauthorized interview looks like (where the interviewer can’t get an audience with the interviewee so she just starts making stuff up – kinda like The Enquirer), you can check out my review of Anna Lefler’s blog, which just came out on Humor Bloggers Dot Com. It is entitled The [...]
