Hey McGuinty! How can I tell a great boss and organization that I have been offered an amazing job and will be moving to the state Capitol? — Moving On Up Moving On Up! Congrats on being offered a job while still having one! I don’t often suggest playing the lottery, but damn, you might […]
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Love, Cell Phones and Facebook
Dear Jess, I fell in love with someone, and he’s now falling in love with someone else. It’s killing me. We dated for a couple years, casually at first, then by the second year pretty seriously. But we have different ideas of what we want for the future when it comes to kids and where […]
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Give Us $300
Citizen, if someone purporting to be “Homeland Security” pops up on your computer screen and says “Gimme $300,” don’t do it. It will threaten you, of course: “The work of your computer has been suspended on the grounds of the violation of the law of the United States of America.” And it will block your […]
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Small Business Planning With Zoltar
For several years now, a certain fancy foretune-teller has heckled and charmed walkersby in Old Town with his commanding come-hithers. And for a diviner-in-a-box, Zoltar’s been surprisingly mobile. He spent a few years in front of Sea Breeze Candy store down in the Bayfront One complex at the foot of F Street. After that closed, […]
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Stop Having Lots o’ Snow Fun In Kneeland, Jerks
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office sent out a press release this morning to remind Humboldt County residents that neither Kneeland nor its bountiful piles of white joy belong to them. Also, be really careful wherever non-Kneeland place you fools end up. The entire press release follows. Read it now: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has been […]
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John (Still) Says “Forgive”
A small plaque has appeared on the white wall of the Clarke Museum near where John Tutuska used to sit meditating in the sun. Tutuska, well-known and beloved by many in town, died in October, and Clarke Street Plaza overflowed with mourners several weeks after. One of his dying requests, says his friend Lynna Ridgeway, […]
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Quit It, Idiots
The Two Rivers Tribune reported recently that certain rock-headed word wags have been sneaking onto the broad river bar that swings into the Trinity River outside of Hoopa and rearranging the “Fish On” that for years has been spelled out in large rocks there. Yes, they’re making cute little cuss words. Notes the TRT: The […]
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Class action money
Another round of payments has gone out in the Skilled Healthcare nursing home settlement, potentially triggering fresh confusion over how to keep as much money as possible without losing government benefits. Many people getting compensated for time they spent in understaffed nursing homes, including five homes in Humboldt County, receive disability or medical coverage that’s […]
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Seven-O-Heaven Contest Ends in “Controversy” (Updated)
First off, thanks to the dozens of readers who took half a second to submit captions for our NCJ Book Issue-inspired Seven-O-Heaven Caption Contest. Your pithy entries made the Journal editorial posse, at various times, laugh, cry, scratch our heads and/or fear for the future of our species. Way to go! But one entry stood […]
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Solutions: John Matthews and Jen Savage Solve Your Problems!
Romantic entanglements? Financial woes? Weird fungus behind your knees? Roommate from hell? Children making you crazy? Bloodstains on the couch? Friends treating you badly? Or maybe you have no friends? Well, now you do! No matter what your problem, big or small, your new best friends John Matthews and Jen Savage (you know us from […]