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Posted on May 2 at 6:44 a.m.
With all due respect, Starshine, your columns were a lot more interesting (and original) before you started having kids.
Posted on December 24 at 7:20 a.m.
Starshine,
You son is undoubtedly a better person for his early exposure to funk. And so is everyone else with such enlightened 'rents!
Happy Holidays!
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Posted on December 10 at 8:56 a.m.
The "everyone is a winner" mentality extends far beyond sports -- and it's getting worse with each passing year.
My g/f is a professor at a well-regarded liberal arts college, and she says the Gen-Yers arrive in the fall with the attitude that merely showing up for class ought to be worth a final grade of B, and that turning in assignments late should not carry a penalty because they are, like, busy people. Y'know?
As a result, the first round of one-on-one performance evaluations each semester is often a shattering (and many times tearful) come-down.
Posted on October 9 at 8:11 a.m.
I'll see that study's 16 Belgian co-eds and raise them 25 Italian runway goddesses... each in 5-inch patent leather pumps.
Posted on May 2 at 12:07 p.m.
What I find most galling about this most recent round of firings is the decision to axe people like Punzal or Klinger, who have been working at the N-P for many more years than The Wendy has owned it.
These are people who (presumably) know their job well, show up every day, and do as they are told (they likely wouldn't have lasted 25 or 28 years if they didn't, right?). And so just about the time they begin to contemplate retirement, "WHACK!" They get the axe. They are told the decision is strictly financial and not because of something they did or did not do. And after twenty-odd years of dedicated service, there's not a damn thing they can do about it.
"You're making this too personal," the grim reaper, Apodaca, tells one of the men. Yeah, right. This is exactly the sort of despicable treatment that prompts employees to seek union representation. I've seen the same thing happen to friends of mine, and it made a believer out of me.
Posted on March 19 at 8:56 a.m.
Wow, who would have expected Santa Barbara's first ever St. Paddy's Day Parade to continue all the way to Bryce Canyon, in Utah, before turning around? Those poor dogs must have been howlin'.
Posted on March 14 at 8:02 a.m.
I've been fortunate enough to vacation on the Delaware Coast, where Dogfish Head beers originated (and where they are still brewed). Alastair is correct in his description: these are unique microbrews with huge flavor and each has its own distinct personality. Try the Raison d'Etre, if you get a chance. It's a mahogany-colored ale brewed with green raisins and Belgian-style yeast. Fantastic stuff!
Posted on February 18 at 8 a.m.
Good job (especially the bit about the News-Supress), but it went on for too long. Try keeping it to 4-5 minutes.
And Lauren Peterson is pretty fine. She should lose the glasses and jacket, so we can see what she really looks like.
Posted on January 2 at 7:23 a.m.
Bravo, Judge Kacol! Thank you for your attention to this case, for seeing through Cappello's smokescreen, and for rendering the correct decision.
Thank you as well for having the brass to tell the world what most of us already knew: that Armstrong, Steepleton, Von Wiesenberger, and Apodaca are shameless, black-hearted weasels whose allegiance to McCaw is far more important to them than the Santa Barbara community.
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Posted on October 30 at 7:56 a.m.
KL -- I'm fairly sure the line you quoted is a small giggle that Starshine dropped in to see who is paying attention and who is a neurotic Henny Penny in need of a play date of her own. Our gentle columnist does not seem the type to take lightly the responsibilities of child care. That's one reason the Independent allows her this public forum for her thoughts and ideas.
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