We’re getting down to the wire here, HumCo. Suck up these next couple weeks of Indianish summer, because we’re about to plunge into months of soaked gray bummer. The end is nigh. Sure, there are those jerks who will throw out jerky statements to the effect of, “You know, I actually love the rain,” or […]
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Humboldt Grown
Take a whiff, HumCo. You smell that? (sniff) Ahh, yes. Harvest is upon us. And as everyone knows, the place to hang with your buds during the Humboldt harvest season — the center of the universe, as it were — is sunny Fortuna. Take another hearty inhale. Oh, yeah. You can already taste the burn-the-roof-of-your-mouth-off-hot […]
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The Hunt Is On
On a sunny last-gasp-of-summer Friday afternoon at Eureka’s bayside Wharfinger Building, job-coveters young and old arrived at the Humboldt Career Fair resumes in hand, hoping the awesome weather might be an omen of similarly bright futures — with paychecks. Some came dressed to the (Humboldt) nines — shirt ironed, pants pressed, despite-the-warm-weather suit jackets buttoned […]
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Shine Thine Armor!
Knights, wizards, wannabe dragon slayers, wee lads and lasses, hear ye, hear ye! In ye olde Humboldt, thar be one thing thou can beest sureth of. On the occasion wheneth the days be becoming evermore curt, thine should knoweth that the season of yore hath returneth. Lo these countless fortnights … uh … Sorry. You […]
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Get on Your Bikes and Ride!
Bikes + babes + bands + bucks. If you do your math right — be sure to carry the “fun” — your answer should come out as the Blue Lake Ride, taking place again this year at the Blue Lake Casino from Sept. 8-11. Need me to break down those four “b”s further? Check it: […]
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Take Another Drag
If “reality” television’s Nielsen stranglehold has taught us one thing — just one, now — it’s that Americans love to see people make asses of themselves. Compare Jersey Shore‘s ratings to something more wholesome and traditional, say, oh I dunno, any MLB game this year. Not even close. Questionable behavior might as well replace baseball […]
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“Best Of” Deadline Day!
This is it, Hum. Best Of deadline day. You have until the end of the day for you and your friends’ opinions to be mega-important. If you haven’t already voted in our annual Best Of poll you can do it here. But it’s not all about you. We should also mention that if you’re affiliated […]
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September Humboldt Happenings
BAT N’ ROUGE – Baseball has been played professionally under modern rules in the United States since the founding of the New York Knickerbockers back in 1845. Since then, infinite boring strikes have been called, countless ho-hum home runs have been batted in. Yawn. But those interested in seeing a revolution in the way the […]
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Logged On
Now you youngsters won’t remember this, but right here in Humboldt County people used to to do this weird thing called “logging.” Say it with me now: law-ging. If you need help remembering that, keep in mind that it rhymes with blogging. You’ll be fine. Why did people — they were called lumberjacks, like the […]
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Face the Reggae
Dear, new HSU students, If the ever-present ganja, dreadlocks and Bob Marley imagery around Arcata hasn’t already clued you in, we’ll help you out. Prepare yourself for what’s likely to be the reggae-est year of your life. Welcome to Humboldt: If only peripherally, you listen to reggae now. That can be a good thing. So, […]