On the pages of this week’s Journal — and for the next four weeks — you will find our annual Gift Guide catalog full of clever and innovative offerings from local retailers. You know the drill: Shopping at local indie stores increases the economic impact by recycling dollars, strengthens communities (meet your neighbors, solve problems), […]
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Nosh-giving
The planets and the calendars have aligned so that Thanksgiving falls on the same day as the start of Hanukkah. Go ahead, try out some Thanksgiving-Hanukkah hybrid names. “Thanksgiv-ukkah” is winning on the Internet, but follow your gut, because this cosmic convergence of family and feasting traditions won’t happen again for another 70,000 years or […]
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Is Happiness a Warm Musical?
After Nancy and Sluggo and before there was Doonesbury, the bright spot on the comics page was “Peanuts.” Named after the “peanut gallery” on Howdy Doody in the 1950s, the popular daily strip broke out of newsprint to become best-selling books (Happiness Is A Warm Puppy), animated films and a couple of stage musicals, which […]
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Eureka SciFi Writer In L. Ron Contest
Stephen Sottong, who lives in Eureka, will be whooping it up this April with other winners in the 29th Annual L. Ron Hubbard Writers & Illustrators Of The Future Contest’s big ceremony in Hollywood. No, he does not have to join the Scientologists to be honored, Sottong said by phone today. “They do try and […]
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All Tuesday’s Fatness
Feeling “fat” and happy? If you attended last night’s annual Mardi Gras romp at Six Rivers Brewery the answer is likely “Oui.” Wall-to-wall sweat-drippy bods sucked up visual and aural joy expelled by dance ‘n’ drum troupe Samba Na Chuva and 10-piece Calypso pan band Steel Standing. Here’s your evidence. The above shots were snapped […]
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Occupy Winter Break!
Deck the walls of your Occupy tent and color the sidewalks, then get yourself on home for your usual seasonal merrymaking. Occupy Humboldt’s takin’ a break. That’s the news from Humboldt State University’s campus-based Occupy camp — news graciously passed along by the university’s official media arm via Paul Mann. The news release notes a […]