Corner Booth: Monkeying Around
I’m swamped with work today (hey, it could happen), so I’ll let you readers be the clever ones. In the comments section, write a caption for this picture.
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Corner Booth: Do-Overs
Here’s how I like to start my workday: Write a couple of pages of new material, then accidentally kick the power strip under my desk so my computer and everything else in my office suddenly turns off. I crawl under there and turn it… Continue Reading
Redding Urges Residents to Conserve Water
From press releases. As California enters a third summer of drought conditions, the City of Redding is urging residents to take advantage of a number of resources it offers to help conserve water as much as possible. The request comes… Continue Reading
Corner Booth: Bandwagon Full of ‘Friends’
OK, I said wasn’t going to write anything about Facebook because Philbert has already been funnier here than I could be. But I’ve got nothing else because I spent the whole weekend setting up my Facebook account and rounding up a number of… Continue Reading
My ‘Facebook’ Interview
I have a Facebook™ page. I love Facebook™. Mainly, I love it because, unlike you nice, well-adjusted people, I need at least the illusion of having friends. Yes, I know they’re only cyber-friends, but I love them just the same.… Continue Reading
Homeowners stand to gain from energy-efficiency stimulus funds
Corner Booth: Ouch!
Headline of the Day From the sports section of the local paper: Willows shocks Cubs in the end Now the Cubs can’t sit down comfortably. Har. Speaking of pain, Mercy Medical Center is offering a free lecture on the Origin… Continue Reading
The Busboy’s Journal
Somebody needs to blow the lid off this thing. Yes, I’m talking about what goes on behind-the-scenes at A News Café dot com. The real “dish” as it were. The stuff only the help overhear. You may think it’s all… Continue Reading
Corner Booth: Bally High
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area officials still are taking comments on whether communication towers atop Shasta Bally should be removed. More than 100 comments have been received, and park officials are hoping to release a plan by the end of March. To read more… Continue Reading
(Pssst, Want 2 *Free Tickets?) – Men Play Glass; Make Music With Class
You’ve heard the single tone that reverberates from a wine glass after a dampened finger moves around its rim. Riiiinng. Pretty, isn’t it? Now imagine what happens when a trio of award-winning Serbian musicians – Crystal Harmony – perfect and perform that technique upon scores of glass instruments –… Continue Reading
