I finally took the plunge and joined Facebook. Now that I’m there, I’m not quite sure what to do with it. So far I’ve been adding friends and friends of friends. I’m sure there are a few strangers that will get my “request” to be added as a friend and …

How often has this happened to you….you are approached by somebody you know or have met at some point in time and they address you by your first name. As you start to respond you instantly realize that you have forgotten their name! You usually respond by saying something like …

“I don’t think it has anything to do with punishment, retribution, or rewards”, he said as he sat with one leg crossed high over the other one, the way that only really skinny people can do. He lifted the paper cup from the table and took a long slow sip …

I just got back from a three day trip to Burbank to pick up my son Brady from his three week film camp at Universal Studios. Talk about a long drive! We left Chico at 4 PM on Thursday. After driving for hours through endless orchards, farm lands, and small …

I am a “new age” kind of guy. I’ve said that before as I’ve tried to define just what that means, at least to me. Basically, I appreciate the fact that we are asking new questions about age old concepts and ideas. There is however a couple of groups of …

Let me see if I’ve got this right….Our health care system is ranked #37 in the world. Our health care system is a “for profit” industry run by the insurance industry. There are basically two insurance companies at the top that either own or control all of the insurance companies …

For years I have had this dream of opening up a deli and cafe. The problem is, it would never work in Chico. Why? Because my deli/cafe would be all vegetarian. Although Chico has a decent size vegetarian population, I don’t believe there are enough to support a vegetarian eating …

I always think of the first week of August as “hump week”, the dead middle of summer. After this week, subtle changes begin to happen in Chico. CSU students begin their annual migration back to town, stepping up the energy level a couple of notches from what it has been …