Yogi is no more
A bear got onto a Woodland highway where it was struck and killed by a car Thursday morning.
The collision was reported at 5:48 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 just north of Highway 113, according to the California Highway Patrol. The driver of the green Chevrolet Impala was not injured.
The bear was attracting a crowd and causing a traffic hazard before it was removed within an hour by state fish and game officials, the CHP reported.
The 2007 Great Sagara Weight Loss Drive
I didn’t write about last year’s GSWLD because, quite frankly, it’s a little embarrassing to admit you’re carrying 225 pounds on a 165-pound man’s frame. Also, having tried unsuccessfully to use exercise as a means of losing weight many times before, I wasn’t feeling great about actually succeeding on Yet Another Diet/Exercise Plan, so I didn’t want to announce my grandiose plans to the world and then ultimately fail after only 2 weeks of effort.
Maybe it's a good thing we didn't move to Fort Collins
First, there’s this:
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Colorado State forward Xavier Kilby was arrested after he was accused of pointing a gun at teammate Ronnie Aguilar’s head, police said Monday.
And now, there’s this*:
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - A 4-year-old boy who was […] blitzed by a college football player during a game has 30 stitches in his head[…]
Best Place to Live in the U.S. my left butt cheek. Your college athletes are a bunch of gun-toting, child-beating thugs! Mr. Greenwood, you’ve got some splainin’ to do.
Thanks, Hunters!
Thanks to Bret and Vanessa for a fabulous evening of dinner and drinks. The tri-tip was outstanding, and the shrimp? Oh, the shrimp… Succulent. Juicy. Cajuny. Very, very good.
Sadly, I was too distracted by Señor Coors Light to even attempt to take any pictures, so you’ll have to use your imagination. Or, look at some of our old ones.
Voodoo Doughnut
A coworker brought in a box of doughnuts today. “Ho-hum”, I thought, until I looked into the box and saw a maple bar covered with two bacon strips.
Meh?
Turns out his wife had been to Portland, OR recently and visited the Voodoo Doughnut store. They make all kinds of crazy doughnuts, sell t-shirts, and perform legal wedding ceremonies underneath a large portrait of Isaac Hayes. The fee for the wedding is $175, and includes doughnuts and coffee for 10 people. AWESOME.
One and done
Heh. That was fast.
Eric Musselman was fired as Kings coach after one season on the job, Kings basketball president Geoff Petrie announced Friday.
“I want to thank Eric for his engery [sic] and effort,” Petrie in a statement. “I wish him the best of luck in the future. There is no particular joy in making this decision. However, I feel it is in the best interest of everyone going forward.”
Pulitzer Prize photography
A Sacramento Bee photographer recently won the Pulitzer Prize for her work chronicling a mother’s last days with her dying son. If you haven’t yet seen the photos, do so now. It is heart-wrenching, so if you’re a crier, make sure you have a box of Kleenex nearby.