Monday, April 30, 2007

Uninformed Musings on the Dem Presidential Primary

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With the Democratic Convention just wrapping up in San Diego and John Edwards' face plastered in the Sacramento Bee this morning, my th...
Thursday, April 26, 2007

Round I to the Democrats in Congress

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Probably a function of distance from Washington, but I'm impressed with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid's maneuvers on Iraq this week. ...
Wednesday, April 25, 2007

4 Snouts Up for Blue Door at Berkeley Rep

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(:)(:)(:)(:) for Blue Door at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. A few hours before I discovered new high quality professional theater right h...
Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Bush, Virginia Tech and the Freedom to Bear Arms

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Musings: Playing catch-up on the news here but did anyone else but me (and an Australian newspaper) notice that President Bush's first c...
Monday, April 23, 2007

Four Snouts up for Three Days of Rain and the Capital Stage

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(:)(:)(:)(:) for Three Days of Rain at the Capital Stage in Old Sacramento now playing through May 13th. This play is the first I've s...
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...