Google Now on my new smartphone initially thought I lived at the Madison Bear Garden.
Following my last post, I’ve made the switch from Sprint to Ting and got a refurbished Samsung Galaxy SII (Epic 4G Touch). It led to a little bit of drama when the first one I received …

Dollar signs are superimposed over my Sanyo/Kyocera featurephone.
I tilted at the windmill that is Sprint customer service two weeks ago, and came away a little poorer for it and without many answers.
When I was paying the January bill, I noticed a charge of about $5 for casual data usage. I …

A chandelier at Sacramento Valley Station.
Here’s a different look at one of the chandeliers at Sacramento Valley Station. I was waiting for a late train returning home Dec. 30, so I set my sights on a different part of the station.
I wondered what people may have thought while I was …

In an age where perception can mean everything, the University of California had a rough week trying to put a new foot forward. Although I had reservations about the final product, I thought it made sense for the university system to try something bold to attract future students and leaders.
Less than …

After giving “2 Broke Girls” more than a fair shake, I’m now fully prepared to write this show off and find a better use of my time (like blogging). It’s sort of a shame because I had wanted to like this show, but it’s simply not funny to me. (That …

I thought this item would be appropriate, seeing as how the north state is preparing for a deluge right now. Plus, I started having flashbacks to the time when Bjorn and I were in New York City and unprepared for the rainy weather there. Caught off-guard, we had to purchase …

I bet it’s hard being a pumpkin around this time of year. As soon as there’s a nip in the air, they must know some truly frightful things are going to happen.

The torture devices come out: spoons, knives, forks.
Big and little kids alike come at …

While strolling the aisles of Cost Plus World Market (btw: did this name ever strike anyone else as unfortunate? It sounds like the store is advertising that its prices get jacked up. However, a plethora of goodies are to be had, and at fairly reasonable prices. Anyhoo—), Bjorn let out …

Provisional clerk Bob Bartlett wears an “I Voted” sticker on his head at the polling station at El Dorado County Senior Center in El Dorado Hills, Calif., on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/The Sacramento Bee, Randall Benton)
I voted on Tuesday. As if that wasn’t thrilling enough, I …

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Jamie Chung (left) plays Mulan and Sarah Bolger is Princess Aurora/Sleeping Beauty on ABC’s TV show, “Once Upon a Time.”
I love me some “Once Upon a Time,” that TV show on ABC that posits that fairy tale characters are real, but have amnesia and are living in Maine …