Category Archives: Ruminations

Whimsical and unspecified maunderings

Veteran’s Day

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Marion

Chris Bingham is our county’s Veterans’ Service Officer. On November 11, he gave a speech. His boss sent the text of it out to some of us at work because it was so touching. I won’t reproduce the whole thing, … Continue reading →

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El Dia de los Muertos

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Marion

Adela and her sister bought a local business formerly called the Animal House Café from David and Jenny. David wanted to pursue his art full-time and Jenny planned to manage him. They sold the place and the menu to Adela. … Continue reading →

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All Hallows’ Eve

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Marion

We probably had about 350 trick-or-treaters last night. The peak was between seven and eight pm. It dropped off sharply after about 8:30, which was good because I was running out of candy. Costumes, by volume: the preponderance of older … Continue reading →

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Names Have Power. I’m Talking to You, Syfy Channel.

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Marion

I know I’m way behind the curve on this one. The SciFi channel changed its name back in January, I think. Since my cable package no longer includes the channel, I wasn’t paying much attention. But come on! Syfy? Did … Continue reading →

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Day of Caring

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Marion

Sonoma County held its annual Day of Caring on September 9. Ours is always the second Wednesday in September. It provided a nice lead-in to the national Day of Service held the following Friday, September 11. This year the county … Continue reading →

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Words that Ping

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Marion

A few months ago I posted something about a Santa Rosa restaurant. I’m not going to type the name, since that’s what this post is about, but the name had a nationality’s name in it. Here is it backwards: iahT. … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Marion

“Hey, you know what, Nostradamus? How ’bout if you just sit this one out?” Bill Mahar, commenting on Bill Kristol’s inaccurate predictions about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

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Quote of the Week

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Marion

But let’s face it, now is the hard part — because the history is clear — every time we come close to passing health insurance reform, the special interests fight back with everything they’ve got. They use their influence. They … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Marion

From the Economist, July 18th, the Lexington column: “Atheists are broadly disliked in America. Only 5% of Americans admit that they would not vote for an otherwise qualified black presidential candidate, but 53% say they would shun an atheist. That … Continue reading →

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The Immigrant Bounty

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Marion

Last fall we had some leadership training offered in my division. It was aimed at first-level employees who were interested in promotion. I sat in on the first couple of hours to see how it was going. The instructor started … Continue reading →

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