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One of my favorite TV shows is the family drama Parenthood.  I love the characters.  The actors in the show are fantastic, and I find the story arcs interesting. (Bravo writers.)   If I could join any fake family, I think I'd choose that one, and fo...

I woke up this morning to some sad and disturbing news. Hostess, the baking company, has called it quits.  It’s the end of an era.  An icon has died…and so has a little snippet of my youth . Union bickering, sign of the times, blah-blah-blah, they said.  So I’ve been tapping into my emotional library...

From the city that was eager to spend $250 million in public money to build a new arena for the Sacramento Kings, we get this remarkable news: $400,000 it lent to a nonprofit sports agency has not been repaid. The … Continue reading →

  It’s depressing to see fishermen hauling weary salmon off their spawning  beds in the American River. The run has been troubled for years, and losing fish that are spawning naturally in riffles at places like River Bend Park is … Continue reading →

  Among basketball players,  throwing elbows can be viewed as a tactical skill, dirty play or reckless assault. Sacramento Kings forward Thomas Robinson was rightly suspended without pay for two games for the elbow he threw last week that decked … Continue reading →

The Follea Wigs are considered the Porche of the wig world. They are expensive, but this is the wig that women with permanent hair loss, those with alopecia or those whose hair never returns after cancer treatment (rare) choose. They don't come off, ...

Mmmmmhmmm. Glorybe, I ain't dead yet. Although, it does speak to my age that I found Dr. Rothaford the sexiest. :)

Did you win or lose Tuesday night? Unfortunately, sadly, that’s how I’m looking at it. I guess I technically, personally “lost.” I thought “my guy” had a good shot. I liked what I was hopeful he’d do for this country. I “lost” four years ago also. But I embraced the unknown. I jumped on...

  If you watch the “Antiques Roadshow” on television, you probably love those stories of how someone bought an odd little vase for $5 at a garage sale and discovered it was worth far more than that. For some buyers, … Continue reading →

Grab your tissues (I always have mine handy, damn herceptin) and watch a remarkable young man live out his bucket list.  This is by the same people who filmed me. Soul Pancake is a production company started by Rainn Wilson (yes, the guy from The Of...