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Dear Blog Site

Posted on 07 March 2010 (0)

Dear Blog Site,
I apologize for continuing to neglect you – lately I’ve been feeling rather guilty about it. Since we last spoke I’ve been quite busy. We had another baby in September (a girl this time – her name is Emma) – she looks a lot like me and I’ve been telling people that she’s [...]

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15 Years of Content

Posted on 22 July 2009 (0)

Way back in the stone age of 1994 when I was the wee age of 22 I started a regional weekly newspaper that centered around music and culture. The heart and soul of the Synthesis Weekly has always been it’s regional focus from great writers like Max Sidman, Daniel Taylor, Matt Hogan (RIP), Spencer Teilmann [...]

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Kids on a Plane

Posted on 05 July 2009 (0)

SXSW is a battle – anyone who’s ever been there knows what I’m talking about. Two, maybe three hours sleep with a diet consisting of booze, Red Bull, BBQ and Zone Bars. Mix that with humidity, lots of walking, music and more music and you have the perfect formula for one of my favorite weeks [...]

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Chico Unified School District School Board is Failing

Posted on 27 May 2009 (0)

My oldest son just turned 5 last week – you know what he got for his birthday?
Stomach Flu.
Aside from that he ended up getting some Legos, some Wolverine stuff and a Kindergarten year that will now feature 50% more kids in a classroom.
Yes, the days of 20 kids to 1 teacher are gone in Chico. [...]

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