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So Who Gets the Terrier Vote?

So Who Gets the Terrier Vote?
Posted by on Jan 27, 2012
There’s a saying in our house that things would be so much better if terriers were running things. It’s not just the terriers saying it. And it’s not being said in ignorance of the fact that terriers DO run things around...

What I Saw at the Gun Show

What I Saw at the Gun Show
Posted by on Jan 20, 2012
I’ll be honest right off the bat. I didn’t see a tenth of it. So if you want to know what The Shot Show in Vegas is like, you’ll have to go somewhere else. Since I was with my Navy SEAL friend, we were in the tiny subset of...

Vegas, Baby, YEAH!!

Vegas, Baby, YEAH!!
Posted by on Jan 16, 2012
Yes, yes, I’m someone who should hate Vegas. It exemplifies everything I’m against — waste, over-consumption of natural resources. It’s the antithesis of local, sustainable and eco-friendly. But somehow I seem to find...

For a Dancer: Amelia May Turns...

For a Dancer: Amelia May Turns Three
Posted by on Jan 8, 2012
Longtime readers will remember when my goddaughter was born, instantly becoming The World’s Most Beautiful Baby. I blinked my eyes and she was One. Then she turned Two and earned a new title as World’s Most Beautiful Toddler. Not...
recent from Portrait of the Artist It’s Not Easy Being Non-Hispanic White
Clearly, I have not been paying attention. Apparently, since a few Censuses ago, the various racial boxes we have to put ourselves in have been changing. Recently I had to fill out some forms for the Community College where I’m taking classes and was astonished to find that I am no longer White, but...
recent from my eccentric friends Vegas, Baby, YEAH!!
Yes, yes, I’m someone who should hate Vegas. It exemplifies everything I’m against — waste, over-consumption of natural resources. It’s the antithesis of local, sustainable and eco-friendly. But somehow I seem to find myself here about once a year. I manage to enjoy myself despite...
recent from My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys The Winemaker’s Apprentice
Usually, that’s me: The Winemaker’s Apprentice. Which is to say that Andy is the brains of the operation who sweeps in with the plan and I’m the one who stays up here and executes it. The whole punchdown phase of primary fermentation, which used to take a lot of brute force and ignorance,...
recent from going green Going to Seed
One great thing about trying to learn all this farming stuff in Sonoma…well, it’s pretty much Ground Zero for all things sustainable, heritage and back to the land. So, the Sonoma County Fairgrounds were a given as the site of the first ever Heirloom Exposition, billed as the World’s Pure...
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