Entries Tagged as ‘Breaking News!’

August 26, 2009

Oh, By the Way

I’m going to Spain tomorrow.

February 26, 2008

A Shocking and Critical Look at White People

Imagine my horror today when I logged into WordPress to discover today’s blog of the day, Stuff White People Like. Of course, I felt I should click that link, just to satisfy my queasy curiosity. I feared more of that “white pride” spiel that we hear from time to time, from white people who feel [...]

July 29, 2007

I Got Sweetpea Bumbleroot’s Autograph!

Sweetpea Bumbleroot of Fair Downs was the final speaker at our four-day long Children’s Writers and Illustrator’s Workshop. I thought I might pee my pants. It’s not often we get opportunities to converse with living legends, and to make it even more risky, I chose to do so in her native language.
This was a calculated risk. [...]

July 24, 2007

Какое удивление!

Kakoe udivlyenie. What a surprise. 
My cynicism is so deep and efficient that my respect for Alexandre Vinokourov plummeted as soon as I read that he’d won the 15th Stage of the Tour de France by a landslide victory, just a day after his dismal 14th stage performance. I didn’t need to wait for the positive blood [...]

July 17, 2007

Take This, Live Earth

Head on over to Golden Gate Park this Saturday for the 7th annual Tour de Fat. The Tour de Fat, unlike the gross, over-rated, pointless Live Earth, shall be a 100% recyclable event. In fact, you can even recycle your car for a new bike!
Even the power for the live musical acts shall be generated by solar [...]

July 6, 2007

KRON Has More on the Story

The helicopters are still flying outside my window, though. That means the suspect’s on the loose.
Police Locate San Rafael Child in Stolen Car
Updated July 6, 2007 at 3:46 p.m.
SAN RAFAEL (KRON) – San Rafael Police say they have now found a vehicle containing a five year old boy.  The 2004 GMC Yukon was stolen with [...]

July 6, 2007

Holy Crap!

All of this is happening right outside my window, more or less, and one block away from tomorrow’s Carrera de San Rafael!
And, by the way, as of 4:30, the helicopters are still flying around.

San Rafael Amber Alert Ends; Missing Boy Found
(CBS 5 / KCBS / BCN) SAN RAFAEL An Amber Alert was briefly issued Friday [...]