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Vanna White killed the waterpik

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A thought occurred to me as I was showering this morning. Remember in the 80s when Vanna White said to open your mouth in the shower and let the spray work like a water pick? I’ve never done that but it got me thinking, What ever happened to the water pick? [...]

Christmas-cardless-Christmases

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It’s December 18 and, thus far, I have only received two Christmas cards. One card is from my grandmother.  She never misses a year. Deeply religious, her cards always contain a hand written reminder of the true reason for the season, “May the joy of the season be yours as you [...]

Merry-go-round my roundabout

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Today I’d like to talk about the singlemost terrifying piece of infrastructure facing Fresno’s drivers to date: traffic cirlces. Do I go? Do I stop? Wait? Merge? OMG! My research uncovered the term traffic circle is actually incorrect. Wikipedia reports, “In the United States it is technically called a modern roundabout, [...]

Thongs—or what’s between your toes

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They were cheap, they were easy, they were thongs.
Those lovely thin, rubber-soled, open-toed sandals. Their pungent scent could get your high, or at least leave you with a terrific headache. Thongs were a summer must for this Fresno girl. Twenty-five years later and not much has changed. The California trend of [...]