49er Fantasy

No, not the football team.  Euw.
The miner kind of 49ers.
I’m from California, and the Gold Rush of 1849 has always been one of my most favorite periods in history.
The other day my daughter and I were watching a documentary of the pioneers and the Gold Rush.  It told the story of a family who went [...]

This is where I’m from

The land of the treesitters.
Good ol’ Cali-forn-eye-ay.
The land where we stand up for, or sit down for, what we believe in, even if it means living among the ticks and going showerless for a month.
Of course, normal folks can’t afford to live there, but damn it, there will be trees, and old ones too!  Miles [...]

RapLeaf based in California… of course

RapLeaf, the site dedicated to helping people to trust one another, is based in California.  Of course.
Being from the Golden State myself, it makes perfect sense to me that this is where they would come up with such an idea, to “help” people trust each other.  Here in North Carolina, where I am currently in [...]

The Ten Best Things About Being a Raiders Fan

1. The coolest logo ever
2. The best colors ever
3. You can appreciate them being in Oakland the way you never did before their defection to LA
4. They can’t ever disappoint you any more than they already have
5. When they win it is as awesome as Christmas, since they are both events that only happen about [...]

“Where are you from?”

“Where am I from?”
This question has always caused me no end of consternation, and for this reason my meditations on the idea of “place,” “where,” and “belonging” will most certainly extend infinitely. Or at least until my “place” is six feet under.
(I’m lying, of course. I intend to be cremated. But “six [...]