Kind of. This is a gift for my husband, who, like many men and women over the past four decades, have considered the French actress Catherine Deneuve… Read more “Do I Have Any Reason to Post This Photo of a Topless Young Catherine Deneuve?”

BART officials say Tuesday morning commute train service shouldn’t be disrupted along the Pittsburg-Bay Point line, following an explosion and fire that briefly shut down BART service… Read more “No BART delays expected following Monday night explosion on track between WC and Lafayette stations”

Indeed, I do, because Russell Crowe, the distinguished Academy Award winner actor from Down Under played a key role in my 10-year-old son’s phenomenal homemade Christmas gift… Read more “Do I Have Any Reason to Post this Photo of Russell Crowe?”

Christmas Eve surprise! My nephew is a very smart, always responsible young man: Eagle Scout, valedictorian at his East Bay suburban high school, graduate of top California… Read more “Seeking Ideas: What my nephew should do with the 1.17-acre lot in West Texas he bought on eBay for $450”

Well, I’m not crazy Soccer Mom for nothing. And, who, in our house do we choose for our Christmas tree angel but a bedecked figure of Stewie… Read more “Merry Christmas from Crazy in Suburbia and Our Special Tree Angel”

‘Twas four days before Christmas and all through… Trader Joe’s parking lot in downtown Walnut Creek … This parking lot was the subject of some co-workers’ grievances… Read more “Trader Joe’s Woes”

The Walnut Creek City Council prepares to vote tonight on whether to repeal an earlier decision to allow a planned Neiman Marcus project to be built in… Read more “Maybe They Get It-They Finally Get It-That Not Everyone is Wild About the Neiman Marcus Project”

As much as some in the public and in traditional TV, print, and radio media are wary of bloggers, a San Francisco Chronicle report shows how bloggers… Read more “Bloggers at the Forefront of the First Amendment and Democracy?”

San Francisco Chronicle columnist C.W. Nevius was put through the ringer over this past week following his comments on a CBS5 report on whether metro bloggers, like… Read more “SF Chronicle Columnist Responds to Criticisms of His Comments on Bloggers”

My little post asking whether the Contra Costa Times planned to oursource its reporting and editing overseas has touched off a bit of a firestorm, particularly after… Read more “Letter from Soccer Mom to C.W. Nevius”