Category Archives: La vida Chico

I enjoy the Barenaked Ladies song “If I Had a Million Dollars.” This week, I’m singing about having a $1,000 to take a train ride. Not just any train ride for a special excursion aboard a train pulled by a … Continue reading →

Chico State’s entry on the party school list. This is a simulation of my surfing a potentially “Not Safe For Work” site while at work. I was interested to see the new list of top 10 party schools from Playboy … Continue reading →

My third editorial cartoon was published in today’s Enterprise-Record and Mercury-Register. I call them “cartoons,” but they’re really more like photo-montages and computer illustrations to illustrate my thoughts. In this case, I used Photoshop to modify an image from NASA’s … Continue reading →

Sometimes when I’m walking on the streets of Chico, the little things will catch my attention. They can be grotesque — like physical evidence of over-partying, but once in a while, the little things can be magical. I was walking … Continue reading →

With the deadline to file taxes thankfully past (and hopefully buried), I wanted to introduce my new credit card. As you can see, I think it’s a design that fits well for the state of the new economy. Using Well … Continue reading →

When someone says St. Patrick’s Day, one might typically think about the traditional foods — corned beef, potatoes, cabbage, etc. Like most holiday foods, people try to mix things up with variations often with mixed results. I can report that … Continue reading →

I was chatting Thursday with a colleague who noted that this week’s police log was relatively quiet although Chico State University students were back in town. I theorized students might have been more studious because the economic downturn. Well, Thursday … Continue reading →

This really doesn’t pertain to the Chico Christmas card theme, but I had one last idea for a Christmas card. I wanted a simple photo of a Christmas tree with a twist — it would be presented in the same … Continue reading →