How I Got Fired From KPFZ
Part 1: The Descent “Oh boy, you’ve really done it this time”, I thought to myself as I walked down the darkened…
Semper Fine
This is for all the former Marine Corps “grunts” who might have served at Camp Las Pulgas, Camp Pendleton, California, the gruesome…
The Fort Bragg Mill Site: The ‘Big Fail’
I feel like one of those guys you used to see in a robe with a sandwich sign saying “The end is…
Coming to Mendocino
People sometimes ask me if I remember the 1906 Earthquake. Not only do I remember the Big One, but, Hell, I brought…
Gimme Shelter
As we wake up to Old Man Winter’s icy mornings to pull on our coats, hats, and gloves to scrape the overnight…
A Tale of Two Hospitals
Some years ago, I found myself in the Sutter Lakeside Emergency Room on Christmas Day. I was not injured or ill, having…
The Day the Lights Went Out
It was Tuesday, October 8th at 1:00 a.m. when the power went out in Arcata, California. The prediction was that it would…
Kanye in the West
At the beginning of August I drove from the Oregon Coast to the middle of New York State mostly on U. S.…
Jewish & Non Jewish Dicks & Criminals
Cops are one thing. PIs or “dicks” are another. I’ve rarely met a cop I really liked, but I know a bunch…
We Are the Hollow Men, Headpieces Stuffed with Straw
Absolutely nobody in Mendocino County’s fourth District expects anything from Supervisor (Silent Dan) Gjerde. Honey Bear don't care. That’s how he rolls.…
Here We G(r)o(w) Again, Part II
Well, a promise is a promise, and I suppose that being clean and reforming myself includes doing my best to keep them,…
Remembering René
“Check out the rider for René Auberjonois,” our line producer suggested a week into the chaos of shooting an independent film in…