Marc Valdez Weblog

Uchida Geinousha's 'Super Wan Wan Circus' based in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, offers a unique act for its audience; the incredible sight of 13 dogs skipping on a rope.

What choice did he have, really? Latinos are not welcome as Republicans, period:Pablo Pantoja, who previously served as the State Director of Florida Hispanic Outreach for the Republican National Committee, has defected to the Democratic Party.Citing ...

What is bothering me with regard to this so-called Tea Party/IRS ‘scandal’ is that there is a long record of ‘Patriot’ groups committing tax evasion. This practice was particularly prevalent in the early 90’s. They might still be doing so, ...

Belly up!

Some background:Shukoff was hungry for fresh material when, in 2010, Ahlquist described the rap battle segment in his improv show, Check One Two. Shukoff was convinced that Internet audiences would thrill to the random collisions of characters real and...

RIP, Bailey the Rabbit. (Just seconds before the needle at VCA Animal Hospital in Elk Grove.)Bailey the Rabbit has been a daily companion for the last two years. He loved kale and hated being picked up. He tolerated being petted, though, and so that...

Picture on Laura Sitts' camera.

Except we didn't have to be lured, but went willingly, to end up in the desert:Laurence Fishburne and newcomer Brenton Thwaites (“Maleficent”) are starring in Will Eubank’s indie sci-fi thriller “The Signal,” which begins production next week...

Hilarious:He thought he was breaking into a Breaking Bad set, but an Albuquerque man reportedly high on meth needed to take his rake elsewhere.Neighbors in the 1600 block of Coal Avenue said a confused looking man was digging with a rake outside a home...

First, there has been the end of "Oklahoma!", which finished this evening. But secondly, I decided to make a major push and finish a second draft of my memoir about the 2003 California Gubernatorial Election (nearly complete). I hope to finally publi...