When first heard by most older people on the street, the word "Blog" sounds like something from a horror movie when in fact "blog" is computer speech for "Weblog", a type of journal that people keep on the internet. All the rage with the modern computer generation, blogs are now … [Read more...] about Blogging My Mind
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We’ll Still Eat it-Fingers and All
What is it going to take for us Americans to stop consuming fast food? The recent fast food horror story involving a severed finger has not discouraged most from saying "yes" to a combo meal. As I took in the information of the manicured phalange floating around in the chunky … [Read more...] about We’ll Still Eat it-Fingers and All
Avoiding the Sharks of Identity Theft
You roll over to face 2:23 a.m. on your alarm clock. Red and blue lights are flashing through your apartment windows. You fell asleep a happy consumer, but now you awake with the barrel of a 9 mm driven into the base of your neck, police screaming for you to stay silent and … [Read more...] about Avoiding the Sharks of Identity Theft
Oscar Bids For Younger Audience
With hosts such as Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg and Steve Martin getting older and out of touch with the youth of America, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science decided to go with a new, youthful host for the Oscars this year: Chris Rock. Ironically, Rock was asked … [Read more...] about Oscar Bids For Younger Audience
Remembering Anabel
Yuba College student Anabel A. Navarro 18, of Rio Oso, died February 7, as a result of a tragic automobile accident. She was on her way to the Marysville campus just before 8 a.m. for her Monday classes when her car was struck at the intersection of Ostrom and Virginia Roads … [Read more...] about Remembering Anabel