For those that attended high school locally, you’ve undoubtedly heard some form of the above sentiment. You remember the conversation. It usually came around 1 a.m., halfway through a case of Natty Ice. Simpler times. Whether the statement is valid or not depends on your standard of what makes something worth doing. It’s true, Humboldt […]
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Not a Household Name
My instructions were to call comedienne Paula Poundstone at her SoCal home at 8 a.m. She answered with a bright and cheery “How are ya?” I had to admit I was not totally awake, in part due to a restless cat. “I hear ya,” said Paula. “We have a lot of cats and they do […]
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Knockdown “Drag”out Competition
The game of baseball was just beginning to get a little stagnant, you know? Strikes… balls… home runs… blah… You’ve seen it all before. Luckily, the local chapter of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence had the vision to bring the fun back into America’s pasttime. The result: On Friday, Sept. 10, as part of Humboldt […]
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Bigfoot’s Big Party
My favorite sighting of Bigfoot was the time I ran into him in downtown Las Vegas. I know, I know, I should have reported it. But he didn’t want me to. He was on vacation, he needed a break from the 24/7 pestering he endures year round — well, yeah, sometimes he likes the attention […]
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Pi: Not Square
Pies are round. Determining the surface area of a pie involves application of the Euclidean formula: Pi (3.141593…) times the radius squared (pi R squared). However, Pi: The Physical Comedy Troupe is not square; they’re six hip clowns. And they’re coming to perform a show called Slices for All at the Arcata Playhouse. Now based […]
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Alien Invasion
For years conservative commentators have tried to warn us of the impending invasion and pleaded with us to stand in solidarity with them to ensure the continuance of our ’Merican way of life. Sadly, most were ignored. Others mocked. But who could possibly be laughing now that *they* have arrived? We should have listened. Lou […]
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Yo Dog
Though the scene predates my birth by a few decades, even youngsters like me are aware that in the late 1960s, Northern California was the cultural hub of the known universe. Well, maybe not this far north. But the hippie hangover we experience here locally today is testament to the significance of what was happening […]
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HC Fair is Money!
See, if this were most counties, you’d have to wait an entire year for another fair to roll around after the Redwood Acres Fair wrapped for the year. But even if our local economic outlook is not so bright, one thing we Humboldtians have going for us is that we’re fair rich. It’s once again […]
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Passionate Mimes
The words “San Francisco Mime Troupe” circle the big red star on the side of the collective’s bio-diesel truck. Below that it says, “No, NOT that kind of mime…” “No, we do not do silent mime,” said troupe member Michael Gene Sullivan with a laugh. For 51 years, the SF Mime Troupe has been crafting […]
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Two Crows Electrocuted
The power outage in part of Arcata this morning (including the Journal office) was caused by a pair of crows shorting out a transformer according to PG&E spokesperson Jana Morris, who called KHUM in response to an inquiry from DJ Mike Dronkers. Since there were two crows, Dronkers surmised that the electrocution was perhaps related […]
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Tsunami Advisory
A tsunami from the massive Samoa earthquake earlier today is expected to hit Humboldt County sometime shortly after 9 p.m. tonight. We’ll have an update right here in just a moment. UPDATE: The National Weather Service’s Troy Nicolini tells KHUM’s Larry Trask that this will be a very small wave that should not affect anyone […]
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Save the Trees!
Engineering consultants to the City of Fortuna have recommended that a new, 2-million-gallon water tank be built in the city’s Rohner Park Forest. It would mean cutting at least 69 trees — many of them towering, 100-year-old second-growth redwoods and firs — and 18 gigantic old-growth stumps that have become raised islands of hoary forest […]