Category: Comedy
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Bouchercon 2022
For an industry full of introverts, authors can party down. Bouchercon 2022 was packed with fascinating people sharing their love of mystery novels. A bit of a weird name, but Bouchercon is named after Anthony Boucher who was a mystery critic, author, and editor. They also feature his Anthony Awards, which are a big, big […]
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My Word for 2022
Wow, 2022 has come in smacking everyone six ways from Sunday, hasn’t it. Snow, extremely cold temperatures for the East Coast, and I think everyday has see a celebrity that was an integral part of my childhood dead. Also, I’m “slimming” so I’m steadily working my way through a tub of salad greens and have […]
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What the Hell January?
I intended to write this post two weeks ago, but January has been A LOT. Wasn’t January 2021 supposed to be better? Weren’t we supposed to get a fresh start? Spoilers: We didn’t. I’m can’t even get as far into the attack in the Capitol as I’d like. It was scary. It was horrible. It […]
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Dave Grohl Saved My Marriage
I was watching a re-run of the Foo Fighters singing on Carpool Karaoke and I started to get all nostalgic. Not because of the Nirvana connection. You see, Dave Grohl saved my marriage. It was eons ago. Probably 2BC. BC = Before Children. We didn’t have kids, but I wanted them. I wanted it badly. […]
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Berkeley Chronicles Episode #10: 99 Ranch Market
In our corner of El Cerrito del Norte there weren’t many food stores conveniently located for those lacking a car. There was a Lucky’s (which became Albertson’s) about a mile away that we would hike to every two weeks and come home with our backpacks full and a plastic shopping bag on each arm that […]
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Berkeley Chronicles Episode #9: Neighborhood Watch
The house that we all lived in had a Target store in the backyard and was within a 2 minute walk to a BART station. Actually, the BART tracks and bike path were between us and the Target. We used the bike path pretty much all the time. We’d often cross over the bike path […]
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Berkeley Episode 8: F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Crack Pixie
After Kristi had fled from various responsibilities and lies and we’d kicked out Goth Boy we needed another roommate. As it turns out Sarah Beth had one for us. Before she had lived in Berkeley and become a professional caffeine pusher, Sarah Beth lived in San Diego with her boyfriend Fitz. Theirs was a highly […]
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I am (becoming) a pest!
I’m obsessing. Just totally obsessing about our new house. Poor Mark. I am becoming such a pest about it! The first thing we need is a new chandelier for the dining room. So I’m scouring Lamps Plus for some ideas and presenting said ideas to Mark. Every night. But then in a weird twist of […]
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Berkeley Episode 6: Dance of the Sugar Plum Ecstasy Fairies
The Berkeley of my twenties was an era of experimentation. My experimentation was pretty tame, though, and limited to food, sex, and pot. (They didn’t call me White Bread for nothing.) I wasn’t even much of a smoker. Back in college I had made an attempt at coolness that ended after a case of strep […]
Mindy Carlson 