What the Eggnog Wrought Maybe I can blame it on bad eggnog, but the other night I dreamed that I bumped into Dr. Seuss and Clement Clarke Moore while we were all searching for Christmas lights at OSH (they were sold out, of course). For some reason, the three of us got to kvetching about […]
Playing My (Christmas) Cards Right It’s that most wonderful, horrifying time of the year: time to decide who gets a Christmas card and who doesn’t. Do we send a card to everyone in our address book, or just close friends and relatives? Do only those people who sent us a card last year get one […]
Taking the Weekend By Storm This past weekend, while my CV Weekly colleagues were dog paddling down Honolulu Avenue during the Montrose Christmas parade, my wife and I were having our own weathery adventures out of town. We drove north on Highway 14 late Friday afternoon, stopping in Mojave to fuel up and getting our […]
The Dark Side of Black Friday Whoever “they” are, they finally did it. They figured out how to make the days between Halloween and New Year’s one long, seamless spending and shopping season without the interference of that bothersome little holiday known as Thanksgiving. How? By ignoring it. Specifically, what was previously a mostly un-marketable […]
Turning the Key to Happiness I’ve heard it said that, “The key to happiness is forged from gratitude.” Okay – so, I actually made that one up. But the philosophy behind it comes from years of profound counsel from wise folks like nationally syndicated talk show host (and fellow Crescenta Valley resident) Dennis Prager, who […]
Looking for Mr. Good Bark When this edition of the CV Weekly is published, it will be one day short of exactly five months since we said goodbye to our remaining family dog. Not that I’m acutely, achingly, painfully aware of the exact day that old guy left us, or anything like that. You may […]
What’s Hot in Swat This column was due to the publisher on Election Day, so I don’t know which side of the American populace is celebrating now and which is packing suitcases to leave for more civilized shores. (I have my hopes and hunches, but they are only that as I simultaneously write this and […]
Hoping (and Voting) for Change Author’s note: What follows are my own opinions, not written as reporting and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher of this newspaper, its staff, delivery crew, next door neighbors, children or pets. Next Tuesday, those of us who vote will have our quadrennial opportunity to help determine the […]
Another Wonder-full Week It’s been several months since I last did a “wonder” dump in this space, so batten down the hatches. I wonder … if we’ll ever again see gas sold in California for under $4 a gallon? I laugh (because I don’t want to sob) when I hear newscasters now cheerfully asking, “How […]
The Petting of the Peeves Welcome to my kennel of pet peeves. Please don’t make any sudden moves, and don’t put your hands into the cages. These puppies have been known to bite. Pet Peeve #1: Drivers in the carpool lane who drive slower than the traffic in all the other lanes. Okay, so you […]