Well glory Betty be, the Rhody Parade is on after all. Just when my landlady’s rhodies were beginning to relax. Well, think again, dear shrubs, the parade is on and the plucking shall ensue. The town has rallied. Here’s the news release: —– Original Message —– From: Justin Bowser To: ‘Betty’ Sent: Friday, February 29, […]
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The Duel
While national politics dominate the news tonight, why not take a moment to revisit a seminal moment in our country’s history as retold by a guy who just slammed a pint of Scotch? Starring Michael Cera, the greatest actor in America*. * = (… who does not appear on The Wire and is also not […]
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Plus ça change
The team at the Anderson Valley Advertiser dug up this little excerpt from Kenneth Rexroth’s An Autobiographical Novel and reprinted it in last week’s issue. This would have taken place sometime in the 1920s. At last we came to the California border and the first day into the state we took a detour away from […]
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Monday Morning Papers
The Chronicle reports that Humboldt State is now the last member of the California State University system to have no building named for private donors. Probably not for lack of trying. A new history — Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans — is reviewed in the Chicago Tribune . According to the review, […]