Thursday, March 08, 2007

Is it just me or is carbon offsetting dumb?

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The past few weeks we're having to read how Governor Arnold is "off-setting" his travels (new term "off-jet-setting?...
Tuesday, March 06, 2007

When Mom and Dad are lawyers--PJ Day Raises Policy Questions

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Our 10 year old daughter EM yesterday: so um I didn't wear my pajamas to school on Friday, but other kids did, and Mr. C***** did becau...
Monday, March 05, 2007

Four Snouts up for the Pillowman at Berkeley Rep

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(:)(:)(:)(:) for The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh which just closed (sob) at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Oh. My. God. Where has McDonag...
Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Believing in a Safe World

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I'm interested in a return to a belief that the world is safe. When you talk with people about child-rearing, one of the fondest memorie...
Monday, February 19, 2007

Four Snouts up for Bridge to Teribithia

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(:)(:)(:)(:) for Bridge to Teribithia the new Disney flic playing everywhere. I loved this movie. I really did. Of course, part of this ...
Saturday, February 17, 2007

My California Day

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8:00am Rise, dress, brush teeth, quickly revise flyer for Unconditional Love movie night 8:30 Drive to and...
Friday, February 16, 2007

Term-inator II

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(say this in a movie announcer voice): they terrified you last summer when they teamed up to terminate real campaign finance reform. Now t...
Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Hair on DVD: Flawed Movie with Amazing Scenes & Score

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(:)(:)(:) for the movie Hair on DVD, directed by Milos Forman and starring John Savage and Treat Williams (yum). (:)(:)(:)(:)(:) for the mus...
Monday, February 12, 2007

Make Mine Vanilla

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Food bugaboo of the week: You see it everywhere now, vanilla milk, vanilla yogurt, vanilla creme, but not many people know that vanilla is t...
Friday, February 09, 2007

Four Snouts up for Quinceanera

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(:)(:)(:)(:) out of a possible five snouts up for Quinceanera on DVD. This bittersweet film captured my heart by depicting a small but compl...
Thursday, February 08, 2007

Political Consultants Need to Be Reigned In

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With it now looking likely that there will be a February presidential primary next year in California (adding a third election to the regula...
Wednesday, February 07, 2007

All Republicans are saying...

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is give General Petreaus a chance. Can't you just picture them holding hands and swaying together? What they aren't saying, mind yo...
Sunday, February 04, 2007

Diana & Cynthia's Excellent Venture

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I am now well acquainted with the Ultimate Hair and Nail Salon at 23rd and J Street in Sacramento. It's owned by Diana, who runs it wit...
Saturday, February 03, 2007

800,000 Privileged Youths Enlist To Fight In Iraq

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This is just way too funny--plus mentions my alma mater: 800,000 Privileged Youths Enlist To Fight In Iraq WASHINGTON—"I didn't rea...
Friday, February 02, 2007

Five Snouts Up for "Groundhog Day" 17 years later

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(:)(:)(:)(:)(:) out of a possible five snouts for Groundhog Day the 1993 movie starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. Tonight my kids an...
Thursday, February 01, 2007

I'll Miss Molly Ivins

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There's no way I can do justice to Molly Ivins' passing. As a bold, large, sassy, hilarious woman who was one of the most insightfu...
Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Should I join the movie bloggers?

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I have been "discovered" in the blogosphere. That is to say, some program that sweeps around looking for movie bloggers has conta...
Monday, January 29, 2007

Come Down with Clown Syndrome

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My insanely funny and successful friend Russ Haan is at it again. This time, he's trying to spread Clown Syndrome across the land. Don...
Saturday, January 27, 2007

Four Snouts up for When the Stars Fall

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(:)(:)(:)(:) out of a possible five snouts up for the travelling production of Lacandona or When the Stars Fall which I saw at Cal State Sa...
Friday, January 26, 2007

Get real about the real estate market

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Is it just me, or is ridiculous for people to talk about not selling because of the downturn in the real estate market? I'm talking abou...