That’s right. I often wake up in dread: a grinding in my stomach, a whirring in my head. What’s the point, I ask myself, again and again.… Read more “Sometimes I Gotta Ask: What’s the Point?”
Dead Squirrels Around My Neighborhood: Sign of the Apocalypse?
Okay, maybe I’m in one of my alarmist moods, but I saw my latest dead squirrel this morning. I was dropping off my son for his Saturday… Read more “Dead Squirrels Around My Neighborhood: Sign of the Apocalypse?”
The suburbs are not doomed!
That’s the message of growth trend expert Robert Selbert, writing on the website, NewGeography.com. He refers to recent predictions that rising gas prices would make people consider… Read more “The suburbs are not doomed!”
Mom exposes breast in Whole Foods! A nursing Angelina Jolie exposes a breast (sort of) on magazine cover!
Seeking escape from the global economic crisis, I came across this exciting bit of celebrity news: Brad Pitt’s long-awaited photos of Angelina Jolie for W, including a… Read more “Mom exposes breast in Whole Foods! A nursing Angelina Jolie exposes a breast (sort of) on magazine cover!”
Should I Care if My Husband Looks at Porn?
Recently, I opened my October issue of The Atlantic, which features an essay asking the very provocative question, “Is Pornography Adultery?” As I read it, and contemplated… Read more “Should I Care if My Husband Looks at Porn?”
Suburban Robbery Spree
Maybe the financial crisis has worried some people enough to resort to robbery to earn some extra $$$. Or maybe these malcontents are seeing how excutives from… Read more “Suburban Robbery Spree”
My neighbor is a hoarder
The Mayo Clinic defines hoarding as: The excessive collection of items that seem to have limited or no value, such as newspapers or trash, along with the… Read more “My neighbor is a hoarder”
My Local Safeway Robbed!
So reports my favorite local news blog, Claycord.com: Early this morning, some guy, pretending to be buying stuff at the Safeway in my hometown of Walnut Creek,… Read more “My Local Safeway Robbed!”
Sex Crimes DA Accused of: Sex Crimes
What must it be like to be Michael Gressett right now? His career, his life, possibly in ruins? He’s a veteran prosecutor in the sexual assault unit… Read more “Sex Crimes DA Accused of: Sex Crimes”
Wireless, Prozac and Sarah Palin: Prescriptions for More Craziness
Two weeks ago I went wireless, and last week, in the midst of the U.S. economic meltdown, I went to see a psychiatrist. The reason I went… Read more “Wireless, Prozac and Sarah Palin: Prescriptions for More Craziness”
Crazy in Suburbia 