Oh where, oh where has the budget gone – all into OT?
Don't pay them, it's that simple. Lay down a new state law:
Panhandling with dog
While leaving the Camino Arroyo shopping center recently, I saw a woman panhandling at the entrance/exit between Kohl's and Panera. My concern was that she had a large dog with her. What I don't understand is, California state Penal Code Section 597. 1 states: "Every owner, driver, or keeper of any animal who permits the animal to be in any building, enclosure, lane, street, square, or lot of any city, county, city and county, or judicial district without proper care and attention is guilty of a misdemeanor." The statute also creates "a duty in peace officers, humane society officers, and animal control officers to cause the animal to be killed or rehabilitated and placed in a suitable home on information that the animal is stray or abandoned." Why aren't these dogs being taken away from owners so poor they cannot properly take care of themselves with daily food, water and shelter? Shouldn't the police, city employees, or animal control take the animal for the animal’s sake and try to find it a home?
Understanding the strong two club convention
Let’s explore some rare – but wonderful – hands. Holding 22 or more HCP, open the bidding with an artificial two clubs bid - even holding zero clubs! Crazy, but artificial AND forcing! This is the strong two club convention. There are two mainstream forms for responder's bid - both artificial and forcing.
Hope the turnout for ‘T’ at Troy’s Bocce and Betsy’s is huge – like her heart
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” – Abraham Lincoln
‘West Side Story’: A bombastic revival
In 1957, musical theatre was dramatically changed with the Broadway opening of multi-award winning "West Side Story". Leonard Bernstein's music and Jerome Robbins' choreography raised the bar for musicals forever.











