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This weekend, I'm doing my dining car steward bit off in the southern California high desert out at Joshua Tree. Fires were away from where we are, but it's been a tough couple of weeks for folks in the Southland. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone who lost loved ones, homes and more. As well...

From a column on October 3rd, you may recall a fine tale by Jean de Lutèce about the backstory for Disneyland Paris Ravenswood Manor. Would it surprise you to know that there is history from Nevada's Comstock Lode that shares many of the same points as that "story"? If you've been reading these Ruminations...

"I met my old lover On the street last night She seemed so glad to see me I just smiled And we talked about some old times And we drank ourselves some beers Still crazy after all these years Still crazy after all these years I'm not the kind of man Who tends to socialize I seem to lean on Old familiar...

Casey At The Bat by Ernest L. Thayer The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day, The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play. And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same, A pall-like silence fell upon the patrons of the game. A straggling few got up...

"The proprieties must be observed at all times." -- Michael Flynn (as played by Barry Fitzgerald), "The Quiet Man" As far as your humble writer is concerned, motion pictures were made to be shown to audiences in real honest to goodness movie theaters. Not cracker box, shoe horned, cinder block multiplexes...

Our faithful readers will recall a recent effort from Dizbiz, a.k.a. Chuck Oberleitner, on the upcoming California recall election . As the clock ticks down and election day draws closer, the media is attempting to whip voters into a frenzy by holding various events. Here in the northern half of the...

It can trace it's roots back almost two hundred years, a people's party celebrating a royal wedding, lasting for more than three weeks, with almost six million of your closest friends consuming almost six million liters of some of the world's finest beer. Okay, I can hear some of you saying, "When do...

Okay, I'm back, and I'll actually have the column promised, sort of. But first... My little soapbox moment last week keeps coming back to haunt me in ways I could never have imagined. Johnny Cash, John Ritter, and then this morning... I've been to see my blood pressure specialist. Leaving her office...

Time to change gears with a different topic. Let's see, no San Francisco, no trains, no Disney, no Nevada, no cranky pants... Okay, so that's a challenge. Trying to go back to the idea of exposing you to something outside the entertainment/animation/theme park world. My problem is that I like what I...

According to Yahoo Maps, it is exactly three hundred and sixty-six point two miles from my front door to Disneyland's front door. And if I'm lucky, that's a trip easily made in less than eight hours. If I'm feeling particularly enthusiastic, I've been known to make it in less than six hours. That's averaging...