A blog about Technology, News, and Kern County.
Address: 1707 Eye St. Bakersfield, CA 93301 Member Since: May 14, 2007 Last Signed In: November 05, 2009 Profile Views: 2886 Blog Views: 183506 Bakersfield man with colorful record in middle of billion-dollar Chevron dispute Mobile haiku puts Bakersfield in new light Songs do more than namedrop Bakersfield Pedro Martinez taken back to his Bakersfield Dodger days Fresno piles on the hate for Bakersfield Bakersfield man files suit over Sidekick debacle Simulation suggests major SoCal quake could maintain intensity on way to Bakersfield Speaking of office romance ... Local blogger recounts horror of traffic accident Best french fries in Bakersfield? May 07 June 07 July 07 August 07 September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 February 09 March 09 April 09 May 09 June 09 July 09 August 09 September 09 October 09 November 09 Submit your local links to bakosphere@bakersfield.com. Bakersfield Observed CompuDave greener bakersfield 
RSS 2.0    Share!
|
|
|
It's definitely a foggy start to the day after Thanksgiving sales, but that hasn't deterred hundreds fom lining up (some overnight) to take advantage of the deals. If you're out there braving the crowds and the fog let us know what bargains you've found by commeting on our Cheapskate blog, or sending a picture or text message from your cell phone to mobile@bakersfield.com.
Granted, lots of travelers passing through Bako are on to more exotic locales like Solana Beach down south or Monterey up north. So when a tweet comes through which says ... "Some things never change. Like how crappy Bakersfield is. Though I suppose it might be getting crappier." ... we imagine some businessman is on his way home for Thanksgiving and burns through town headed for a quiet coastal destination. We still sigh and think, 'oh, you don't know us,' but we let it go, safe in the knowledge that these kind of harried self-important professionals are probably better off wherever they're headed for. We have enough of these types in town anyway. They show up to Luigi's every Saturday lunchtime in their Uggs and Juicy sweatpants. But then we do a little digging into the identity of the Twitterer and find to our amusement and then contempt that it's from a Fresno address. Need a tool for someone on your Christmas list? We've saved you the trouble.
Who are you? The 200,000th audience member on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" got a free car today. And guess what? She's from Bakersfield. Do you recognize the lucky winner? It's bad enough that Dingo the family dog has to sit there during Thanksgiving dinner watching his humans stuff their faces with turkey and pie. His mournful eyes keep a lidded watch on the transference of stuffing from plate to fork to piehole. He keeps a safe distance so he's not regarded as an annoying little beggar. He tries as hard as he can not to let a single drop of slobber fall from his over-excited mouth onto the recently polished hardwood floor. He knows if he's a good boy, he'll get a slice of ham when the meal's over. But wait. Dinner's over. The leftovers are being refrigerated. What's happening? Dingo is mortified. Why didn't he step on the remote control and turn the TV off when this ABC23 news story hit the airwaves. Can a slice of ham really send Dingo to the vet? He thinks not. This time tomorrow night Basque restaurants in Bakersfield will be gearing up for their busiest night of the year. By far. Picon punches, Creme de Menthes with a brandy floater, and gallons and gallons of Coors Original to wash down all that sweet goodness. Don't be fooled. New Year's Eve is busy here, but probably as many people party at home than go out to bars and clubs. The night before Thanksgiving is a different beast entirely. It's the one night of the year anyone over 22 years old will feel old. Some of the kids you see balanced precariously on Bakersfield's bar stools on the night before Thanksgiving look barely old enough to drive, let alone drink. But drink they do. And congregate. And move. And repeat. Until they've hit every Basque restaurant in town (except maybe Benji's, never made it there on a night before Thanksgiving). Wool Growers will be so busy they'll need a sheepherder to show up at closing time and move everyone along. It will take an hour to get a drink at Chalet Basque and even the patio will be so packed you'll feel shoved together like a slice of pickled tongue and two slices of bread. You'll have more luck hiking the Pyrenees than getting a spot at its bar on the night before Thanksgiving. College kids will act like they haven't seen former high school classmates for decades, whereas it's more likely they stopped siting next to each other in English class a few months ago. There will be hugs and handshakes. The brazen goodwill will be political in its fervor. It's a great night to be out. It feels European. Just be safe. "I grew up in Bakersfield, California: an unsexy part of a sexy state." This was written by Caroline Lawrence during an preamble to a book review on Mary Renault's "The Last of the Wine." We love it.
The idyllic mountain community of Stallion Springs in Tehachapi is known for its golf course with a house-sized boulder in the middle of the 18th fairway, peaceful mountain living, old men walking small dogs, and not much else. It's not known for gangs. And residents intend to keep it that way. Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy! A Stallion Springs Police Department sergeant told locals to keep a close watch for people who don't look like they belong. So if you don't have a Grizzly Adams' beard or a golf bag, then stay the hell away!
Is it just a coincidence that UFOs are only seen by people with UFO blogs? Check out this Bakersfield UFO sighting, complete with the following description: "It moved slowly downward, toward earth….at that point, the red “star” winked on and off, as if it was getting no oxygen, and then again was infused with oxygen." If the first link isn't evidence enough of strange alien comings and goings, here's a video of a local UFO sighting by two women driving down the Grapevine. Can't remember who it was but we remember hearing someone recently asking why UFO sightings are only ever reported in America. No, not the Truxtun Avenue of 80 mph and angry geese on the adjacent bike path. We're referring to the Web site, Truxtun Avenue, a short-lived compendium of sorts of news and notes from around Bakersfield. We linked to it every now and then to find out what Inga Barks thought about Scott Cox and what TA editor, Nick Belardes, thought about our election night coverage. Truxtun Avenue was described as "fresh voices in Bakersfield news." According to the note on the dead TA site, Mr. Belardes' new site is FaceBakersfield.com, "an independent bakersfield news source." Check it out while you still can. It's one thing for us to take L.A.'s crap, but Forestville? How utterly humiliating. However, luckily for Bako, the truck carrying toxic dirt crashed and spilled its evil load miles away from our back yard. No one was injured, so we can say this without recriminations. Good. Was today the beginning of our charming fog season? It was difficult to tell. The air's been so bad these past couple of weeks, we couldn't tell if this morning sported particularly grotesque haze or the onset of winter's romantic fog. When our fog really rolls in and cars actually drive slowly and little kids put their mittens on before heading outside, nothing warms the soul more than a a few crackling logs in the fireplace. Not so fast. It's been a no-burn day for 12 days in a row now.
One of the funnest business names and slogans in Bakersfield has to be, Three-Way Chevrolet: Sales, service and satisfaction. Of course, there's also Sir Lube's, "If you love it, lube it" slogan on Oak Street. You would think that any group known for erecting a wobbly 12-foot inflatable ATM machine would have no qualms about racy advertising, but the Americans for Prosperity, California can't even say the name "Three-Way" without bursting into a fit of giggles. So they say Freeway (as the following press release illustrates): If we were compiling a list of the coolest people in Bakersfield we'd include Smokey (the guy who panhandles cigarettes downtown because he's just so darn nice and polite) and local radio talk show host ,Jaz McKay, because he tools around in private jets and that's very impressive.
The Scoop Bakersfield bills itself as the 'premier entertainment site for Bakersfield.' We were intrigued. There's an interview with the Web site's owner on KGET 17 explaining the concept and how the site began. There's a couple of decent local Web sites that have popped up lately. Truxtun Avenue is another one we enjoy checking out periodically. Oddly, Truxtun Avenue has had major roadworks for more than a week now and has slowed to a standstill, perhaps permanently. But back to Scoop. We poked around for a bit and found this video of Valentien restaurant. There's an interview with Chef Ryan who was making a really tasty-looking ceviche. Scoop host: "Chef Ryan, did you attend a French culinary school?" Chef Ryan: "I actually attended an American culinary school. It's actually Bakersfield College, the community college. I went through their culinary program." There's always been this feeling among our northern neighbors that because their city is larger it is automatically better. Seems like a valid point at first glance, but when you're arguing about two cities plagued by car thefts, awful air quality, gang wars and nondescript architecture, surely the larger one contains more of the crappy stuff and thus is in fact the worse of the two. Anyway, here's a fresh take on the argument. Never mind the dwindling 401(k) or the 50 no-burn days in a row, what's really annoying is the lack of a decent English cucumber. I've tried Young's, Vons, Trader Joe's and Winco all to no avail. They all look OK sitting there on the produce shelves with their slender, green buddies, but after a couple of days in the fridge these once-proud members of the gourd family go all soft and squishy at the ends. Regular cucumbers retain their firmness, but they are too seedy and don't taste as good. English cucumbers never used to be like this. They'd last a good 10 days in the fridge before any sign of deterioration. Perhaps one of our knowledgeable bloggers can shed some light on the mystery of the soft English cucumber? From the Anchorage Daily News comes the story of Bakersfield's Brandon Seybert, 19, who was shot in the leg during a drunken brawl in Alaska back in July. His drinking companion was convicted Wednesday on two counts of first-degree assault and one count of second-degree assault. Here's the original Alaska State Troopers' press release at the time of the incident: Location: Pilot Point Case number: 08-56745 Type: Assault 1st, MIW 4th Text: On 7-13-08 at 0850 hours, King Salmon AST responded to the village of Pilot Point for a reported shooting. Investigation revealed that Brandon Seybert, age 19 of Bakersfield, CA had been shot in the left thigh with a .22 caliber rifle. Alexander Angasan, age 23 of South Naknek was the one that shot Seybert. Seybert and Angasan were both intoxicated at the time of the shooting and had been fighting. Brandon Seybert was flown to a hospital in Anchorage where he had the bullet surgically removed from his thigh. Alexander Angasan was arrested and remanded to the King Salmon jail. Alcohol is a factor in the shooting. Author: DRB0 Received Monday, July 14, 2008 9:14 AM and posted Monday, July 14, 2008 10:07 AM Way back in April, Trekkies were abuzz with the news that scenes from the new "Star Trek" film were being shot just south of Bakersfield. The location on Taft Highway near Enos Lane is used as a stand-in for Iowa, Captain Kirk's home state. We couldn't be prouder. Check out the newly released trailer here (and see if you recognize the dusty dirt roads of your youth).
Longtime letter writer to The Californian, Panfilo Fuentes, has dropped his standards a bit and decided to correspond with Shepard Smith and the Fox NEWS team. And Shep is having none of it, as the following video clip demonstrates. Still. Bet the Panster is happy to hear his (mispronounced) name on air. One of the first blogs I ever posted was back in 2005 and it concerned Mor Furniture. It came in from a reader, Rob Willis: I wonder if anyone else feels the same way? How much longer will Mor Furniture be allowed to bludgeon television viewers with their relentlessly hideous advertisements before the Californian allows its readers a forum to complain? I’ve lived here nearly eight years. Should I abandon all hope? The question was posted on the Ask The Californian blog when our fledgling set of blogs were powered by TypePad. Thus began a short-lived blog campaign against these ads. They were incessant, annoying and even louder than the normal TV ad, outraged bloggers opined on the site. And then it died down. Until now. 3.5 years after the original post, a 16-year-old girl has posted the complaint to end all complaints. Mr. Willis would be proud. Comment (from erin): Based on how many times a Web site is mentioned in the blogosphere, ://urlfan ranks almost 3 million Web sites to see which one is most popular. Bakersfield.com comes in at 3,141 out of 2,815,144 sites. Here are a few other rankings: No. 1: en.wikipedia.org No. 2: flickr.com No. 3: youtube.com (local TV sites) No. 14,181: kget.com (Ch. 17) No. 51,970: turnto23.com (Ch. 23) No. 140,905: bakersfieldnow.com (Ch. 29/58) Rush hour is a good thing? The Motor City Madman gets tough when responding to a caller on a Bakersfield radio talk show. Check out classic Nugent here. It was the street corner scuffle that made the Scott Cox-Chad Vegas episode look like a lover's tiff. But now it's over and what started with a BANG!, an OOMPH!, a POW!, ended quite tamely with a whimper. Spoiling for a brawl, Ken Mettler, and the scruffy, lip-ringed protester, Rob Badewitz, both escaped charges today when the mighty D.A.'s office issued the following release: “Since the precise facts and the subjective beliefs of Messrs. Mettler and Badewitz cannot be firmly established, a battery against either individual cannot be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.” Rob said he's not going to let this 'sit.' Ken did say he'd be happy to reach out to Rob. OK, we're officially bored now. Time to move on. (However, if you're still inclined to discuss this, please do so on education reporter, Jeff Nachtigal's blog, The Grade) One of our favorite podcasts is getting love this week from the Orange County Music Examiner. Radio Free Bakersfield's weekly compilation of twang, crunch and oomph gets high praise from reviewer, Gary Schwind, who writes: "The crunch and oomph is a little harder to pin down, but you can get a good sense of what is meant by that if you listen to the most recent podcast (RFB 105), which featured an entire lineup of Spaghetti Western tunes performed largely in an instrumental surf style. More generally though, the crunch and oomph of the show can be heard in cowpunk, surf, and garage styles." Here's the podcast's host Jorge, explaining how he arrived at the name, Radio Free Bakersfield. And here's the current podcast. Merle Haggard earned a spot on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 greatest singers of all time, coming in at No. 77. Aretha Franklin was No. 1 on the list. The actual ballots are fascinating. Courtney Love, for example, put herself No. 1 and her late husband, Kurt Cobain, at No. 2. The magazine’s picks were selected by industry types and music luminaries. San Luis Obispo is nice and all that, but it ain't $7.50 Guinness-nice. After moaning at the price of a glass of the black stuff at Tilted Kilt a few months ago, we were in Mother's Tavern in SLO yesterday. To be fair the bartender only charged us $6 for a Snakebite, but the listed price for Guinness was $7.50. So that begs the question: Is SLO 50 cents nicer than Bako? After more ballot counting than you can imagine, we've released the results of the comics poll we held many moons ago. See which strips will be added and which will be going bye bye. Just some of the questions that will be answered include!.... • Will Family Circus get the boot? • Will Sherman's Lagoon be brought back? • Does ANYONE read Prince Valiant? -- Davin McHenry Those pesky gays had to go and spoil it for the rest of us! When same-sex marriages were legalized in June, Ann Barnett and her staff feared a locust-type invasion of homosexuals clamoring to get married and realized they didn't have the time or the space (or perhaps the inclination) to perform weddings anymore. Well, now that Prop 8 has passed and California has again relegated gays to the status of second-class citizens, The San Francisco Chronicle was wondering if Ann and Co. would open up their offices to weddings once more. Way to keep the straight folk down! It was so fun to hear identical Lil Wayne songs playing on two Bakersfield radio stations at the same time, but sadly that's coming to an end. Play 103.9's last day is today. "Sadly, the economy has impacted us as sales have suffered to the point of us closing down,” says APD/morning show host Adlai "D-Lay" Wilson. “I’ve enjoyed my experience here, and it is without any bad feelings that I pack up my desk and await my new adventure!” Now we must turn to Hot 94.1 to fill our Kanye needs and provide us with the rhythm in our valley!. We liked Play because there were far fewer commercials in the morning and they had this crazy woman (who may actually have been a man) doing crank calls. Her name was Carmen. Loved hearing the locals go ballistic when she'd repeatedly call back. And no Big Boy's neighborhood. Listening to that made us feel all big-cityish. Still, the Web site is still up; perhaps one of those bright bumper stickers could be a collector's item.
Apply in person, so we can check out your impeccable appearance and bubbly personality for ourselves. Bakosphere shared this classified ad on Tuesday and though there was considerable interest in figuring out which local business was soliciting such qualified, experienced employees, no one came close. A couple of you thought of Hooters and a couple of you talked about your own hooters. It was information we probably could have done without. Anywho, the answer is: Yesterday in The Californian we learned that Chihuahuas are a delicate breed, many of whom end up at animal shelters when their owners can't care for them properly. But the story of Bubba the Bakersfield Chihuahua is truly uplifting. After chewing through the cord of an electric blanket, Bubba was resucitated by mouth-to-mouth and chest compressions by his owners, Della and Nick Hendricks. He's doing fine now. (if you're gonna watch the video, be prepared for some bad language) Remember "Pumkin"? The Bakersfield resident clashed on VH1's "Flavor of Love" with contestant New York and ended up spitting on her (profanity-laden video here) when she was eliminated a couple of years ago. Lovely. But "Pumkin," also known as Brooke Thompson, explained the digitially-enhanced loogie in a 2006 story in The Californian. Charming. And when she returned to Bakersfield after the show, the infamous blonde slobberer was fired from her substitute teaching job. Impressive. Anyway, Pumkin's getting married, and that means Bakersfield's eligible bachelors must start anew the search for the perfect woman. Bummer.
Mention Bakersfield to most out-of-towners and they'll turn their noses up and remark on the smell. They pick up the olfactory delights of our scented city while bombing through on the 99 or the 5, noses twitching inquisitively like a squirrel on our bike path staring down a peloton of shiny, spandex-clad cyclists. What is that smell, they ponder, hurriedly winding up the windows in case it's contagious. Hmmm, is it burning hair? Fish? Manure? Nickelodeon Gak??????
We've never been particularly big fans of rodents or the inexorable pitter-patter of scurrying vermin in our attics. Still, that doesn't make us want to abuse and torture the offending parties. What we are fans of (well, some of us anyway) are good-looking girls in gray mouse ears and not much else. At noon today you can head to Lowe's in the northwest and add your voice to those (PETA's ) protesting the store's sales of glue traps. Or you can head to Lowe's, buy some Christmas ornaments and a tasty hot dog, and ogle at the girl in mouse ears on your way out. Guess who's looking for a hot employee with a perky character? We got 17 out of 19 (should have been 18, but we accidentally left one answer blank.) A couple of the questions are sadly a little out of date, but any Bakersfieldian worth his biscuits and gravy will score well. The quiz is here. Here's the tie breaker: Which two NFL teams did former Foothill grad Jon Baker make regular season appearances for? The Bakersfield Street Team offers its support for former Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch in this video. Does "Head" have a messy apartment too? Don't want to bore you with submissions on our Your Words site, but it appears an English 100 assignment (not sure which college) was to write a local restaurant review. This character went to the McDonald's in Porterville. The Golden Arches have never sounded so good! Behold: "Well I picked the place where I was going to sit. The tables and the seats were really clean; they even shine like a golden star shining. I had the most magnificent view ever where I was sitting at. There was this beautiful painting of these children playing in a playground and they were surrounded by green trees and huge pines. It seem liked the children had rarely eaten a delicious meal of McDonalds, because close to them was a little road that took them to the restaurant and they seem really happy. This painting view took me to the mountains and I said to me “its incredible to be at the fresh mountains about to eat a McDonalds meal”. We've been scrolling through some recent reader entries at our Your Words section and we must share a couple with you. In one, "Searching for Bob," a woman tries to locate her son's father: "One thing I know about Bob is that he has some kind of skin condition that produces cyst like protrusions on his face, back and chest. And that he was once accidentally shot by a gun that he was carrying in his waistband for safety while working at a Shell gas station in Sherwood, Ark." And in, "Not all do-gooders are doing so good," a cyclist has some words of advice for Mr. Silver Mustang:
We haven't linked to these cats in a while, but the blame is all ours (apologies Jorge). Radio Free Bakersfield has been jamming out its weekly podcast for ages now and its most recent compilation is full of (you've guessed it), twang, crunch and oomph. And while we're on the subject, can anyone tell me where the title of this blog comes from? I actually know the answer and grinned to myself when I saw it because it means I've lived in Bako a darn long time!) Back to RFB, here's the story behind the title. It's seriously good. I just took Everlast out of the player to listen to the latest podcast. How can you argue with such delicate prose? Hello My name is Anna and my contact details adderss: (annawilliam04@xxxxx.xxx):now a beautiful young girl with love and carely full, and I saw your profile and I love it,I think we can click together.Please,I would like you to contact me on my e-mail through this so adderss please contact me with my e-mail adderss I will show you my photo and desame time you know more about me.once again,please contact my e-mail address makes me adderss.dont send it to the page that will not allow Michelin to read your answer to dou i dont have access to their e-mail address,so please with my address.Thank you for you understanding Anna" Go here to read what bloggers are saying about fellow blogger Old Blue's absence. He never let one of bakosphere's rare typo/punctuation errors go unnoticed. Well miss him! Truxtun Avenue editor Nick Belardes has graded Bakersfield media on its campaign coverage. Here's a quick rundown: BAKERSFIELD.COM: "biggest media staff around" B KBAK: "a huge online disappointment" F KERO: "You can tell they aren't sending their pieces in to get edited." C- KGET: "Their election page seemed more like the Kiyoshi fan club page" C+ TRUXTUN AVENUE: "I thought we stayed on the ball" B Read the entire report here.
The radio talk show host doesn't hold back in her criticism of Senator Dean Florez. Different post. Same angry tone. Red County sounds a bit upset about something. And, talking about 80s tribute bands. Bonfire, an AC/DC tribute band, is playing Fishlips at 9 p.m., Saturday. More local entertainment options here.
Even the cleaning ladies who showed up at 1 a.m. looked horrified when I told them not to turn out the lights, I'd be here until 7. — Andrew Mockett The coffee and The Killers are kicking in and election excitement is coursing through my veins. I just can't tear myself away from the race for Lost Hills Utility Director. All three precincts have voted and it couldn't have been closer. In fact Rafaela Tijerina has defeated fourth-place Emma T. Clifford by the razor-slim margin of 2 votes for the third and final spot, according to unofficial county results. Tijerina has 22 votes. For some reason CNN is ignoring this race. Just found this report of the local election scene by local writer Nick Belardes. I'm here until 7 in the morning updating our online election stories with the latest results from the state and Kern County. But I've decided to take a nap for the next 8 hours so if you want to check the latest county results go here or for the latest statewide results go here. Just joking. I have a thermos of coffee and an iPod to keep me going. It's actually quite fun watching the results trickle in. Am wondering if the excitement might wear off by 4 or 5! — Andrew Mockett There's many election-themed blog posts on bakersfield.com and some interesting discussions emanating from these posts. No on 8's Whitney Weddell is going crazy waiting for results to start coming in. Dr. BLT wants your election predictions and ghostriter wants to know if it's legal to buy booze on election day. Our own Politics Anyone? wants to hear your polling stories, while the nutters are out in force on HusbandMaterial's latest political post. After today there will be nothing to talk about, so jump in while the going's good. Can't be bothered to vote? You can still get free coffee and ice cream. Great country this. The daily brawlosphere is gathering steam like a 275-pound prostitute coming at you full tilt. Four commenters debated yesterday's bout between the "portly professional" (thanks, gsisola) and NASCAR ass-kicker Kevin Harvick and consensus was the hefty ho moves on to the next round. Blogger heyitsme put it most succinctly: "If Kevin uses similar moves from his previous "Brawl" he may end up being a paying customer." So that's two wins for the rotund Mrs. Robinson. You may remember she disposed of the pig farmer with the paint roller in her first bout. It's become clear that only the most resilient opponent can dethrone the curvaceous courtesan. Into the ring comes controversial former Arvin Mayor Juan Olivares. Will the Ricky Gervais lookalike have two victories to celebrate tomorrow? Ding, ding. Round One.
There's a few of us poor souls who post to bakosphere and one of them is my boss who just gave birth to a baby boy. She promised to Twitter the birth and she lived up to her promise. Congratulations chief and here's her Twitter posts. Bakosphere intends to stay out of politics today, except of course when we get our free Starbucks coffee for, ahem, voting today. But there's still much to discuss, including three blog posts this week (and it's only Tuesday) that have expressed a deep affection for our dusty, old town. Today's meditation on this land of "honky tonks and greasy spoons" opens with a feeling we've all experienced on our downward trajectory into town: "I can feel a pinch deep in my solar plexus as we crest the Grapevine"? And if scenery is more your thing, there's this post/ode to Bako by a photographer who loves coming here to take pictures. "I've officially decided that Bakersfield is a BEAUTIFUL place to take photos. I was in awe of all of the open space... so many crops and massive fields." Yesterday we linked to a blog post by Siri Ved Kaur, who put the 'Be' in Bakersfield. Don't y'all feel better about living here now?
How great has technology become that nowadays you can stay in touch with the world even while you're sitting on the toilet in a local fast food joint.
Beginning today our daily print edition (excluding Sundays) now costs 75 cents from the newsstand instead of 50 cents. If you buy The Californian every day, that's an increase of $1.50 a week or about $4 a month, or about $3 less than a pint of Guinness at the Tilted Kilt. Guinness is good for you. It's also good to be knowledgeable about the community and the world you live in. Home delivery prices remain the same. To subscribe go here. The Web site is still free by the way.
This is hands down one of our favorite local blog posts ever written. The appeal of Bakersfield is difficult to describe to someone who has never lived here, but blogger, Siri Ved Kaur, offers a novel explanation. "Anyway, so I was at the shoe store on the Promenade and when the sales clerk asked me about my address and I told him I had just moved to Bakersfield he said, "Why would you want to live there?! It’s so hot, and there’s nothing to do there!" I just smiled and said, "I love Bakersfield." And his last comment reminds me of very recent advice from my dear friend Satsimran who said to me, "Don’t limit yourself, but don’t just do, do, do….I say be, be, be and see what happens…" So yes, dear Clarks Shoe Store Salesclerk, there’s nothing to do in Bakersfield, but a lot to be." Glorious, thanks Siri Ved Kaur. Read the entire post here. The octogenarian pig farmer was no match for the 275-pound prostitute in Friday's Brawlosphere. Things turned ugly when the tables were turned and Louis Montgomery was threatened with the business end of a long-handled paint roller. As blogger Virgil (still the only only blogger with even the remotest interest in this daily fight feature) pointed out: "I don't think monty would have a chance.!" Next up for the hefty hooker a date in the ring with hot-headed NASCAR driver, Kevin Harvick. Ding, ding. Round One. |
