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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Working on the Railroad
Ray LaHood sounds gleeful in his whitehouse.gov blog posting about high-speed rail. It is a pretty exciting project. I like trains. I don’t really know why they have to be high-speed except that they are commuter runs, meant, in many … Continue reading
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Tagged Federal Stimulus, High Speed Rail, Railroads, Ray LaHood
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RIP, Robert Parker
Robert B Parker, creator of Boston sleuth Spenser, PI Sunny Randall and small-town sheriff Jesse Stone, passed away on 1/18/10. He was found dead at his desk where he had been writing, which seems like how he would have wanted … Continue reading
Quote of the Week
Philip walked almost ceremoniously along the shingle towards the bank of pebbles at the edge of the land. The first time he came—he came many times—he was eager to reach the water edge, and only took in the human clutter … Continue reading
Brian Fies on Writing
Well, since I can’t find anything worthwhile to say about writing, here’s a blatant steal from Brian Fies on story-telling. Click here. Brian is talking about graphic novels, a specific technique, but notice what he has to say about timing, pacing … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts about Writing
Tagged Brian Fies, Graphic Novels, Pacing, Stealing, Writing
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Gold Country Town
Auburn is about thirty miles north-northeast of the California capital of Sacramento. It is in part a bedroom community for people who work in the capital and surrounding towns like Roseville and Elk Grove. It’s also one of the historic … Continue reading
Posted in View from the Road
Tagged Auburn, Best Western, Fossils, Gold Country, Ikeda's, Lou La Bonte's, museum
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A Short Rant
At 8:00 pm PST, Rachel Maddow dumped her whole scheduled show and covered the Haitian earthquake. She interviewed an American in Haiti via telephone, the Haitian ambassador, and a woman from UNICEF. While she was doing this, MSNBC kept putting … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Donations, Haiti, Liberals, MSNBC, Rachel Maddow, sarah palin
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A Shout-Out! Holy Roast and Run-Around Brew
The end of last year, Holy Roast, in downtown Santa Rosa, and Run Around Brew, a coffee truck based in west county, both helped me say “thank you” to the great folks who work for me. The week before Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in Around Town, View from the Road
Tagged coffee, Holy Roast, Run Around Brew, Sonoma County, thanks
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Never Saw That Coming
This link leads to a long and interesting article about a GOP–Republican–Political Action Committee called Republicans for Choice, and some unusual and questionable use of contributors’ funds. I was surprised for a couple of reasons, and the first one was … Continue reading
The First Chocolate Post of 2010
Sonoma Chocolatiers Infusions tea shop 6988 McKinley Sebastopol, Ca 95472 If I post twice a week, and there are 52 weeks in a year, then I should do 104 postings a year. In 2010, at least ten of those will … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, dark chocolate, Mayan spice, Sebastopol, Sonoma, Sonoma Chocolatiers, tea, truffles, Viansa Winery
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