My brother-in-law Chris sent a link to this amazing photo: ” President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address by David Bergman ,” on a site called gigapan.org . Bergman explains: I made this Gigapan image from the north press platform during President Obama’s inaugural address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on January 20, 2009. It’s […]
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Bomb Humboldt?
Oh, that British humour. A columnist with the 72-year-old U.K. Labour magazine Tribune — incidentally in the shaky midst of being sold — ponders the implications of President-elect Barack Obama’s Christmas message and predicts possible widespread retributions. Chris Proctor writes: Our great English king and crusader, the Lionhearted Richard, felt the need to explain to […]
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If you pine for the old ER
As Eureka Reporter online readers have already discovered to their distress, or at least puzzlement, if you try to summon the recently laid-to-rest newspaper you will encounter this cold note: The Eureka Reporter newspaper has closed its doors and is no longer in business. If you would like to speak with someone regarding business dealings […]
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Lady Blaze
Keeping watch over the forest from a mountain-top fire lookout is one of those spittle-pay but romantic, go-nowhere-but-be-exactly-where-you-wanna-be part-time career choices that holds perpetual appeal for certain lonesome, oft-literary types who get itchy around too many people. Of course, the gig is a diminishing prospect as technology trumps practical romance. But in this High Country […]
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Rhody’s On
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, […]