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Yours In LipZippetyUppedness

We’re riding high on sleep deprivation and vintage Fleetwood Mac and watching The National Madness slide by while nightcallers ring us up and whisper: “Aren’t you going to say anything?” Those unlucky enough to know us well know we’re loquacious with just a hint of cocksure garrulousness thrown in – traits bestowed since the day…

The Sunday Slugfest

How’s your week going? We’ve been busy. San Ramon was leading the news cycle of late until a Mini Madoff raised his head in Moraga and blew the lid of our sleepy little town. Our phones and email in-boxes puckered and are still recovering. While the story of F. Robert Fritzky and his alleged embezzlement…

The Sunday Scrimmage

Here we are. Game Day. Another week managing to slide through our fingers. And it was a tough one. If you’ve been with us you know what we’re talking about and if you haven’t, well, you should be. As weeks go, this one had it all: tragedy, comedy, Cat 4-3-2-1 HurriStorms and Flipping Manaforts. A…

The Sunday Punc – Uh, Monday PunchUp

Best intentions to sit before the Great Glowing Box and crank out a weekend-ending column Sunday gave way to what we can only call “the pressures of life” as time with readers, past pals and family held sway. Some of you may have caught our titular softball toss of a reference to The Punch, a…

The News: As Usual, It All Depends On What You’re Hearing

As news days go, Tuesday was pretty heavy. And while not exactly local in origin, we feel it safe to say that yesterday’s developments reached all of us in one way or another, some more intensely than others depending on your position and focus on the current, slow-moving national calamity. While much of the country…

The Monday Rumbles

Heckuva week there, wouldn’t you agree? We lost a Queen, gained a precious new jewel for the crown of Presidential Orwellian-isms – “Truth isn’t Truth” – and sought some vague form of sanity in ordinarily mundane things like sports and other go-to tranquilizers for the modern age. We chilled, thanks for asking, and lost ourselves…

The Sunday Rumble

It has only been a few days since we heard of the public caning of gay men in Banda Aceh, Indonesia and – while we believe we have enough issues to remedy right here at home – we also could not help but note that the very region mentioned was rocked by a thunderous 7.0…

The View From Here: Smoky Daze; Joy Riders; And Cougar Juice

Life in our chosen Suburban Jungle cruises on with people trying to hook up, Skywatchers trying to look up – and seeing a hovering haze – and youthful paramours doing what kids do today: borrowing Dad’s car and leading police on a white-knuckled tour of San Ramon. We get a lot of tips and inquiries…