We had driven to Fortuna for the day to visit family. On our way back to Klamath, my folks decided to treat the six of us to dinner at the Sizzler in Eureka, California. This was special as we generally ate whatever snacks Mom made for us in the car. It was less expensive this…

Here are two news stories that could easily be confused: “The normally bland face of Uranus has become increasingly stormy, with enormous cloud systems so bright that for the first time ever, amateur astronomers are able to see details in the planet’s hazy blue-green atmosphere.” “Reality TV star Kim Kardashian is the cover girl for…

There is a secret organization that was formed in 1913 by presidential fiat. It will eventually take control of the U.S. economy because most citizens believe it to be part of the federal government – however it isn’t. Instead, it is a privatized organization that only pretends to be what it isn’t. Furthermore, it is…

Recently President Obama urged the FCC to adopt tighter regulations on broadband service in an effort to preserve “a free and open Internet.” This means treating the Internet as a utility, so IPS’s would be unable “to restrict the best access or to pick winners and losers in the online marketplace for services and ideas.”…

From first grade through the fifth at Margaret Keating School, in Klamath, California, the boys in my class (and I suspect other classes too) had a strange ritual about the stand-up urinals, in what was called the ‘little kids’ bathroom. They were called that because they were located in the east end of the building…

2011 I didn’t like the casserole, And I didn’t like her cake. Her biscuits were too hard, Not like my mother used to bake. She didn’t make the coffee right, I didn’t like her stew. She couldn’t fold my pants, Not like mother used to do. She pondered for an answer, She was searching for…

Accused cop killer Eric Frein, one of the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives, was captured after a 48-day manhunt in Pennsylvania. He’s now charged with first-degree murder, homicide of a law enforcement officer, attempted murder and possession of weapons of mass destruction. U.S. Marshals Service Task force commander Scott Malkowski told ABC News that once…

As the Center for Disease Control continues to claim Ebola is hard to catch and can’t be transmitted through ‘airborne’ means, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases handbook, titled “USAMRID’s Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook,” warns it can be. From the chapter, “Viral Hemorrhagic Fever,’ — a category that includes Ebola, —…

It was a chilly morning, jus’ after midnight, November 8, 1947, when the four Reno Police officers, a Captain, a Sergeant and two detectives, entered the darkened hallway of the Carlton Hotel at 218 North Sierra Street, near where the Ace Motor Lodge now stands. By the time the acrid-smell of the gun smoke cleared,…

Last month, a friend from high school disappeared from his apartment in Arcata. The local media put out a standard ‘missing persons’ story based on what the police department issued in a bulletin, but it hasn’t brought him any closer to being brought home. In fact, when I learned Randy Markin had vanished, I wrote…