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For my final Christmas blog post, I'd like to introduce the subject of Christmas as a romantic time of year. How many of you are in love this Christmas? How many are falling in love? How many are rekindling the flames of an old romance? What sorts of romantic memories do...
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I just read about the guy who lit himself on fire in front of the courthouse. What an idiot! I don't care if someone has a differing point of view on something, but please, address such issues in a rational way. This guy was, apparently, so upset over the decision to name the school breaks...
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A world without Christmas would be a very sad world, as would a world without Easter. It seems like district trustees had their priorities straight, voting 4-1 Thursday to change the names of Kern High School District breaks to Christmas and Easter.
This is a small step towards...
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I read an article today on the "orgy of commercialism" surrounding Christmas and how Harriet Beecher Stowe had written a simialr pice 150 years ago. The fact that this madness we call the Christmas Season has been going on for, according to the article, 250 years, is not news to me....
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Have you got an axe to grind? Are you one of those last-minute Christmas tree shoppers who can't find a tree because folks bought them early this year and you're up against the shortage? I've got the solution, and it's contained in this song.
Perhaps who were among those who...
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It's been pretty cool that since we've started, my co-host's blog has been a regular on the Podbean.com top 100 list. We funnel the I-Tunes subscriptions through his Dirt Racin' Station blog. We're also usually on the top 10 list for the day on Mondays after we archive our Sunday night...
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What's the worst gift you've ever given or received? Socks from grandma? Breath mints from a co-worker as a not-so-subtle tip? Did you give your wife a vacuum cleaner for your anniversary?
As a kid, I gave my aunt and uncle a tiny ugly ceramic squirrel for Christmas one...
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.............................................Well, if you haven't guessed by now, it's a freshly broken heart? How many of you have suffered one of these just before the holiday season? How many of you have had to take back a cornucopia of gifts because the one you bought them for...
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We had a great interview with Spud Simkins. He's a racer from the 40's and 50's that went on to be a successful promoter also. His attempts to promote didn't take off at first, but he learned from his mistakes, and lives to laugh about it. Visit www.dirtracinstation.com to listen to our...
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Merle Haggard's If We Can Make it Through December, inspired this blog post and its concomitant single-song "soundtrack." Merle's seasonal signature hit is a song about holding on through the storms of life. Merle Haggard has faced many a storm, many of his own...
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It is the centerpiece of the Christmas story? Is is merely a fiction that makes us feel warm and fuzzy during the Christmas season, or is it a miraculous historical fact? If true, the implications are ineffably profound: A holy God coming down to earth to walk among men and women; to...
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Walter Stormont, a friend and fellow band member asked me when I had written a particular song we were working on in the studio in late November. I don't him, "Two weeks ago," and he replied, with his signature wit, "Oh, then it's one of your old ones." Well, then...
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Knowing I meant to spell curious not courious for my sign in name. Taking a stab at the meaning of courious! A Furry four legged animal that barks, howls and bites. Yep Thats Me lol not...
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How many people have been to the clinic on Westwind drive? My husband and I went Dec 7th. He needs hearing aids. He loaded the tanks big guns and the noise injured his ear nerves. Even though He has...
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Bakersfield.com has launched its bigger and better Jobs section, which is loaded with new features and a new look. We think it continues to be the best source of local jobs anywhere!
For job seekers, our new features allow you to:
Search ads by any number of possibilities,...
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It's your chance to join the fun. Theatre is not just a spectator sport, people!
List of upcoming auditions
12/12/06
Lettice & Lovage
at THE EMPTY SPACE
Written by Peter Shafer
Directed by Bob Kempf
Saturday, December 16, 2006 Noon - 3 PM
OPEN CALL....
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What do Johnny Cash, Bakersfield, Christmas and South Carolina share in common? Well, the answer is contained in the song you are about to hear, and so is the story. Let's just say that getting an all-expense-paid trip to South Carolina to be a keynote speaker on the subject of Music as a...
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Bing Crosby. Andy Williams. Burl Ives. Frank Sinatra. The Carpenters. These are a few of my favorite singers of classic Christmas songs. But every once in a long while, I'm ready for something new. How about you? If you are ready to hear a new...
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A recent study commissioned by the Kern Economic Development Corp. and compiled by local appraiser Gary Crabtree appears to give us the best picture to date of local homebuyers. The report included more than 1,000 new construction and existing home sales between January and June, comprising about...
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I've listened to nearly every Christmas song Johnny Cash ever recorded. There's something decidedly dark and haunting about every one. Though he loved to laugh and to have a good time, Johnny Cash was not a jolly old soul. But he was an old soul with deep convictions, deep...
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The song, You're Not the Kind of Ho (That Santa had in MInd) is based on my own personal experience. In the first verse, I draw from my father as a role model, reflecting on a situation I experienced as a youth, as I witnessed my father's refusal to allow a hooker to come in between...
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It's called Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD. Poets identified it long before mental health professionals like myself analyzed the heck out of it. It may make for romantic muse, but once it gets you in its throes, it can be quite painful and disruptive. This mood disorder...
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This time, 'Miracle' is on 19th Street
By Camille Gavin
"Miracle on 34th Street" was a hit with the sold-out house at Spotlight Theatre at last Friday's opening night. Roger Mathey, the director, told theater-goers at a pre-performance party that the show's main message is the...
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There is a ton of cheerful drama to experience this weekend, no matter what your age.
Hurry Up, Santa! is a local favorite opening at the Empty Space this Friday. It's very funny and not to be missed...good fun for the entire family.
Meanwhile, over at the Spotlight you will be...
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This is a 1 minute short comedy called "Eggs" I made earlier this year. Hope you like it! :)
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I recall Christmas in June, 1969. That's right, June. That's when the real Christmas came for me and my brothers. That's when we discovered the guns that were to have gone with the Johnny West sets we received for Christmas in the Christmas of 1968. My mother had...
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This super article about the Community Christmas appeared in the Dec 5th Californian...
Yes we still need volunteers for the Christmas Center and as bell ringers.
Call 836-8487 to volunteer or for more information
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Some parents sacrifice everything just to give their children a good Christmas. Other parents sacrifice everything, including their children at Christmas, just to get high on cocaine. This song addresses the issue of cocaine addiction and the price families pay during Christmas for...
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Before they Were the Beatles: My Interview with the Quarrymen
By psychologist, Dr. Bruce L. Thiessen, aka, Dr. BLT
For the past two years, Santa has been extremely good to me. Last year, I had the distinct honor and pleasure of interviewing Pat Boone. This year,...
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Volunteers Are Needed To Succeed in Christmas Effort
The Salvation Army and The Marines Reserve Toys for Tots are partnering with many other agencies to become the Bakersfield Community Christmas. As this cooperation works together we will get to provide...
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Restaurant critic Pete Tittl's annual dining guide was published in Eye Street on Sunday. In it, Pete gave his picks for 2006 for his top 10 fine dining establishments and top 10 casual spots, as well as top picks and runners-up in a variety of other categories.
So, now's your...
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What do you think of re-gifting, or giving a second-hand gift? Have you ever done it? Have you received one? If so, what was your reaction?
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I do.
This original song features Bakersfield's own Michael C., who helped me take another original song, Black Santa to #21 on the top 30 mp3 charts last Christmas. It is connected to my DONATE 2 DOWNLOAD program, one of the simplest programs whereby you get something good for...
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A gigantic $90 million, 57-acre shopping mall is planned for the southwest corner of Gosford Road and Panama Lane in the southwest. It would likely not be finished until 2009. Combined with the Gosford Village development, which includes a Kohl's and Sam's Club, it could create a big...
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Now I don't know about everywhere in Bakersfield, but when we bought our house we did know that we were near a train, but never did I imagine all the hours at which I would hear the train. I'm a rather tolerant person but when my husband and I start to discuss replacing our windows in our bedroom...
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I've decided that what has been referred to as the "war against Christmas," a characterization I have since abandoned for it's inherently incendiary nature, has become a little too bloody. So I've laying down my weapon in the so-called war, and becoming a Christmas Tree...
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Well, so far this Christmas, me and my Merry melodies have brought me more jeers than cheers. Now there's a blog site where the powers that be have gone to great lenghths to mock me and my music. Along with me and my music, Christmas itself has become their hapless victim. So I...
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It's a Wonderful Life is a Christmas movie that tells a tale of deliverance. It has important psychological and spiritual implications. As a psychologist, I don't hesitate to recommend it to patients who suffer from severe depression, often leading to thoughts of suicide. ...
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I'm sure that by now you've heard that, while other retailers are bringing Christmas back, Best Buy is digging in their heels and sticking to their anit-Christmas bias, officially banning the use of "Merry Christmas," it all of its ads, in favor of the more politically correct,...
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It was still dark and some shoppers huddled near heat lamps in the Valley Plaza parking lot at midnight with a live band rocking away on the stage behind them. Just before 1 a.m. Friday the doors swung open ushering in a large crowd of hard-core shoppers and teenagers just looking for something...
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I have to see Calms CHRISTMAS light show this year! NOT been well enough the last two.... they say it is a beautiful show... I haven't put any Christmas decorations up yet. A little early for me. maybe...
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I didn't even bother to remember his name because at the time, I thought it was a big hoax. But apparently Chapman University, in Suisun, California had done their homework and determined that his story was legitimate. He was a special guest presenter at a staff meeting---a...
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I was too young to speak, let alone to capture the significance and profound sense of shock that gripped the world immediately following the news of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
I do recall seeing the flag-draped coffin being carried solemnly by pallbearers on the...
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Bakersfield's new free press.
Announcing The Arrival of a New, Free Press Paper
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH
With Bakersfield growing in leaps and bounds, becoming more diverse, (in step with it's ever widening girth) one would think this town already had a fist full of small,...
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If my calculations are correct, there aren't any theatre productions playing this weekend (aside from Man of La Manca at Rabobank). Everything has closed, and no local production is opening until November 31st. Is that possible? Wowsers.
On the positive side of things, though, that leaves this...
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While so many other politicians and community leaders across the United States are caving in to political correctness as it concerns Christmas, Arnold is not likely to cross that line anytime soon. Just a couple of years ago, he officially reassigned the the name "Christmas Tree,"...
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We're all familiar with the stereotype of the bleeding heart liberal. But seeking to heal victims as a way of vicariously healing oneself knows no political boundary, or any other boundary for that matter. Co-dependents, as they are often called (though the concept is simplistic, and,...
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This just in:
You may have heard the rumors, and I'm here to confirm them. I recently had the exciting opportunity to interview the band from which the Beatles were born: The Quarrymen. I bet there are even a few Beatles historians that were not aware that this band is still...
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Some people consider it pseudoscience, a complex hoax designed by the conservative Christians to smuggle the Bible into the classroom. Some people, on the other hand, believe it to be a viable theory that is worthy of classroom consideration. Quite frankly, I don't care what...
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