September 6th, 2019 | Main

Time to Evacuate

I don’t like how big storms are named.  “Edna Set to Arrive in Charleston on Saturday” sounds like a visit from a kindly old aunt. Old aunts can be scary, but storms are worse. They need to have names that encourage the public to take them ...

August 16th, 2019 | Main

Temperatures Rising

One huge advantage of living in Bakersfield is that we don’t have to fear global warming.  The way I see it, we’re about 30 degrees (or approximately four million years) ahead of most of the world when it comes to heat-pain ...

July 12th, 2019 | Main

Trust Me, What Could Go Wrong?

I like to say, you just can’t make this stuff up. Two weeks ago, police in Oklahoma made a traffic stop of a stolen vehicle and found an open container of Kentucky Deluxe whiskey, a live rattlesnake, a gun and a canister of radioactive ...

June 21st, 2019 | Main

Hairy Situation

I washed my hair with conditioner again.  Not on purpose, but when the shower has twelve bottles and one is shampoo the odds are not in my favor.  I’m not sure why hair product companies use such small type. I don’t wear cheaters in ...