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Rogelio Yubeta OlivasYuma Sun |
In case people were wondering whether catalytic converter thefts are still occurring, they are – some with tragic consequences. Last Saturday former...
Last week the Associated Press moved several photos of the funeral for Roger Fortson, the 23-year-old senior airman who was shot and killed by a...
Last week I was at the store buying groceries and household necessities and grumbling (as usual) about the high prices ($7 for a can of Lysol?!?!?...
On Instagram this week I saw a clip of actress-singer Selena Gomez. The interviewer asked her what advice would she give young women. “Get off...
In trash-cinema director John Waters’ movie “Pecker,” the title character and his juvenile delinquent buddy play a game called “Shopping for...
A friend texted me this week to tell me he has shingles. He has it on his head and says it’s very painful, especially the accompanying headaches. I...
We’ve all had that one person in our orbit whom we didn’t know very well but finally got to meet and spend time with before they abruptly moved...
This weather we’re having is crazy! It’s so erratic that I am considering storing a fleece hoodie and a light raincoat in my drawer at work just...
This week we ran a couple of stories about that tragic incident in California in which a mountain lion attacked two young brothers, killing one of...
NBC News recently had a story about a restaurant owner in San Francisco who doubled the price of his famed burrito to $22, a decision he attributed to...
A celebrity I follow on Instagram recently posted a video of a conversation she had with a friend. She told the friend that whenever she got a bloody...
Food and liquid aversions fascinate me. I can see people not liking avocados, coconut, mole, white wine and sugary sodas. But water? Seriously? Up...
While listening to Boz Scaggs’ 1976 classic song “Lowdown” and admiring the front of Scaggs’ “Silk Degrees” LP, a reactor on YouTube...
Last week I wrote about a fond memory I have of my nana. But this week I am going to share something about her that is problematic. When I was a boy...
During my childhood, my nana always had three things in her kitchen: a pan of refried beans warming on the stove, a stack of freshly made flour...
A friend and I met for dinner the other night and our conversa-tion at one point shifted to the weather. He asked if I had turned on my home’s...
Today’s paper has an AP article about how the U.S. economy grew at a surprisingly strong 3.3% pace last quarter, which the story says points to...
Three random food- and cooking-related things I learned on Instagram this week: • My glass cutting board is better suited for decorative purposes...
A regular contributor to my favorite blog lost his longtime partner to cancer last year. Since then, every other post is about how depressed he is and...
Like many of you, I sometimes grow tired of all the doom and gloom in the news. It’s gotten so bad that mental health professionals say some of...
A recent discussion on Reddit focused on traffic control for funeral process-ions. Some people argued that funeral processions are an outdated...
Did you hear about the 10-year-old boy in Mississippi who got arrested for urinating in a parking lot? Crazy, huh? According to NBC News, the boy was...
To save money, I stopped buying bottled water about a year ago. The taste of tap water has never bothered me. I found that if I refrigerate it, it...