Marc Valdez

Mark Valdez writes the blog Marc Valdez Weblog: A Dilettante's Uneven Progress - Sacramento area community musical theater (esp. DMTC in Davis), liberal political riffs, Kylie Minogue, Australiana, SW meteorology, hurricanes, and general weirdness.

Web Site: http://marcvaldez.blogspot.com/


Bailey the rabbit discovers the hidden wonder world of the garage

Jun 13, 2011
Bailey the rabbit discovers the hidden wonder world of the garage

Sunday morning at 2:30 a.m. was the last time I had seen Bailey. It was nearly midday Sunday, and Bailey had disappeared.At first I figured Bailey was in one of the many niches available for a secret bunny to hide, but I slowly realized Bailey wasn't ...

Finally Getting Some Progress Painting The Back Porch This Weekend

Jun 13, 2011
Finally Getting Some Progress Painting The Back Porch This Weekend


The Lack Of Accountability Was A Feature, Not A Bug

Jun 13, 2011

How quickly people forget! The lack of paperwork was all part of the Bush Administration's efforts to deregulate the administrative overhead of warfare, which, admittedly, can be extraordinarily burdensome. But it was burdensome for a simple reason: ...

Oh Come On, Tim Pawlenty Isn’t THAT Dull!

Jun 13, 2011

Starting with such an unpromising premise, his joke is better than most people could come up with.

The Coming Of The End

Jun 13, 2011

A bit of news:The California radio preacher who predicted that the end of the world would take place last month is hospitalized following a mild stroke.Staff at Harold Camping's radio company, Family Stations Inc., reports that the 89-year-old preacher...

New Mexico: The Nation’s Nuclear Waste Leader Since, Oh, 1945, Or So

Jun 13, 2011

Ooooh, the template!:WIPP has become the only long-term nuclear waste disposal site in the country in part because local officials in Carlsbad lobbied to have a repository built nearby to boost the local economy.A 1957 report by the National Academy of...

Dyer Went To The Chiricahuas, And Found They Basically Burned Down

Jun 13, 2011
Dyer Went To The Chiricahuas, And Found They Basically Burned Down

A few of Dyer's pictures.Perimeter of the Horseshoe Fire.

Christchurch Shudders With A 5.5 And A 6.0

Jun 12, 2011

Here we go again:The magnitude 5.5 quake struck at 1pm, 10 kilometres east of Christchurch at Taylor's Mistake beach, at a depth of 11 kilometres, and sent people scrambling for cover. It was followed at 2.20pm by a more powerful magnitude 6 quake, cen...

George McKelvey "My Teenage Fallout Queen" (Scopitone)

Jun 12, 2011


Introducing Bailey, The Bunny

Jun 12, 2011
Introducing Bailey, The Bunny

Bailey, The BunnyKarina Selvaggio coaxes Bailey to relax.Later in the afternoon, the Chicken came over for a visit, but no connection was made. Bailey was shy, played the part of a Secret Bunny, and hid.



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