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Sen. Dean Florez has a new "blogspot," as he calls it, on West Nile virus at www.fightthebite.blogspot.com.
His older one, www.westnile.blogspot.com, hadn't been updated since 2005. (The Shafter Democrat likes to blog, if you didn't already know that. Read "Florez quite fond of...
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It's well and truly over. I just got done watching a fireworks show over Soldiers' Field from my hotel south of the river in Chicago. I shook hands with Gen. Wesley Clark and John Edwards. I met people who are working on progressive causes in a 100 ways in 50 states. I met...
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Happy belated birthday to my blog!
(Its real birthday was yesterday, but oh well.)
It's been fun blogging, and I've had the chance to get to know some of the frequent posters on B.com. You all have helped me see different points of view and given me tips for stories on a number of...
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As Americans search for more healthy options and take less time for meals, fruit smoothie shops have gained in popularity both locally and nationwide.
Fruit smoothie sales in the United States have shot up more than 80 percent in the last five years, topping $2 billion last year, according to...
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*You got any? Heh.
Okay, really though... Some thoughtful and concerned citizens of our beloved online community here have raised some questions about how and why users are "banned," to use their terminology.
Not to be nitpicky, but we don't use the term "ban." ...
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Encountering any bugs lately, or functions on the site not working the way they should? While many of you faithfully email us detailed descriptions of problems, complete with helpful screenshots (those are great, and get sent to the development team), this thread is another way for you to...
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A recent report from the American Bankers Association says that credit cards and debit cards are Americans' first choices when paying, while cash and checks combine for less than half of consumers' monthly payments.
Do you still use cash and checks? How often do you use credit cards and...
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I am the only person who knows exactly how I feel, exactly what I think, how I feel and what I believe. Nobody in the blogosphere, or anywhere else has that information, but I am still characterized by many of those who disagree with me as a card carrying member of any club that gets under...
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Sigh... Back to work...
(from http://www.comics.com/comic...
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The union representing grocery store workers at Vons, Albertsons and Ralphs stores in Southern California have rejected the most recent contract proposal from the supermarkets and authorized a potential strike. Both sides have said they intend to return to the negotiating table. If that...
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We, the political bloggers, the opinionated Monday morning presidents and political wannabes who spend a good deal of our spare time wearing out our keyboards with our endless meanderings and rants and ridiculous vocabulary that would leave our peers in the real world pointing and laughing at...
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Some folks have been getting a little impatient ever since I let slip, in response to some comments, that we were indeed going to eliminate the ability for users to comment anonymously on Bakersfield.com. Surprised and aghast that said change didn't happen, magically, over night, more and...
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I wish I could have put this up earlier, but a new mom blogged her home birth yesterday.
The blog is called "Momcast: Subvert the Dominant Motherhood." I don't think she is local, but it's an interesting and detailed read. (Warning: This is not for the easily squeamish.)
10:41am:...
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Have you read this book, TIME ON THE INSIDE: Behind The Walls In A Maximum Security Women’s Prison From An Insiders View ─ FMA Publishing ─ August, 2006? If so let me know what you think. And if not, then you should as I’ve been told from one of my reviewers: “If you want...
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The Holiday Inn Select in downtown Bakersfield may soon become a Marriott. An estimated $6 million renovation project to upgrade the hotel is underway and is expected to be complete by late September. What do you think? Is a more prestigious hotel in downtown a step in the right...
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The Bako-centric blogosphere extends way beyond just what's to be found in Bakersfield.com's People community, or even on our sister sites like Bakotopia. That's why this blog was started, after all, to talk about and pass on all the cool stuff happening at the intersection of Bakersfield...
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You might have noticed the return of Bakosphere, a group blog tucked in that ever-growing spot where Bakersfield and the Web collide.
Bakosphere originally was launched in December 2005 on the Typepad blogging platform that once powered all of Bakersfield.com's blogs. After periodic bursts of...
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I have a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach right now. I just made a difficult judgment call, and did what I hoped I'd never have to do here. I just deleted two blogposts by Bakersfield.com community members, not because of the content of the original posts, but because the...
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Recently, the city had a big debate over whether or not plastic grocery bags should be banned in local grocery stores. I don't think banning them is the best idea, but there are ways stores can encourage reusing and recycling clean, dry plastic grocery bags. Before the...
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I just knew it. I should have kept my big mouth shut. I have written a half dozen blogs about my life in general the last month or so and have gotten a few replies. I wrote one that spoke of my opinion on world and national affairs, that involved politics and I have more comments than I have had...
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I know I've already posted recently for NBC's fall lineup... but now I've visited the site and found an awesome followup to their original announcement.
Check out the link http://www.nbc.com/Fall_Pre... a very indepth view at not only the nightly line-up... but also the show...
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Teri Riley, The General Manager of Bakersfield most respected and highly rated Television station, KGET TV-17, was fired today. Known for her quick rebuttals and skills in manipulating the staff underneath her... Teri made quite a few enemies in the public eye.
It's been sad to watch...
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Here is ABC's fall 2007 schedule with the new shows bolded, followed by the new program descriptions:
Monday
8:00 p.m. Dancing With the Stars
9:30 p.m. SAM I AM
10:00 p.m. The Bachelor
Tuesday
8:00 p.m. CAVEMEN
8:30 p.m. CARPOOLERS
9:00 p.m. Dancing With the Stars Results Show
10:00 p.m....
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Bakosphere is about what happens Bakersfield and the Web collide.
When it was first launched in December 2005, during our Typepad-hosted staff-blog days, by a team of staffers from TBC's interactive media department and the newsroom webteam, Bakosphere was a bunch of different things. Both a...
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Today's my first day back on the job after almost 2-and-a-half-weeks on vacation, and let me tell you, you all have been keeping busy! It took an hour-and-a-half this morning to sort through about 1200 emails (a mix of spam and violation reports), and I've been spending the rest of the day...
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In a recent interview Bob Marx, the new president and CEO of the Bakersfield Convention & Visitors Bureau, said he would like to make Bakersfield more of a tourist destination and improve the city’s image (check out the entire interview here). How can that be accomplished? Can...
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Bakersfield Computer Guy® is offering free Computer Consulting and Technical Advice to residents of Bakersfield, CA. Trained tecnicians with over 17+ years experience will gladly answer your questions regarding your computer needs or troubles, and they will explain in plain english what your...
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I CAN'T WAIT to see the office tonight (probably one of my favorite shows of ALL TIME)... if you haven't been online to check out the bonus clips and deleted scenes it's worth the trip (http://www.nbc.com/The_Offi... Then it's must see TV on ABC with Grey's Anatomy, then Scrubs (from DVR)...
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In my personal opinion last night's American Idol musical extravaganza was pure entertainment at its near best... that is after fastforwarding through the many (many, many, many, many) commercial breaks and skipping most of the tear-inducing impoverished nation scenes (heartless I...
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He had to be man to die, he had to be God to be sinless. When Christ died on the cross, God saw this as the payment for all of our sins. Christ was our substitute. He died in our place. The Bible tells us many things about His love for us, one notible is Isaiah 53:6 "The Lord has laid upon...
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I've been at this job, working with all of you on a daily basis, for five months now. That means that these blogs have existed with a Community Content Coordinator now for the same amount of time that they existed, post-launch, without such a position in place. While some of you...
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Arguing affects me differently at different times for different reasons and it flows that way with no rhyme or reason. I guess it's just the way it is. Sometimes I enjoy it, as I do here when there is a lively debate on this, that or the other issue that challenges my knowledge, intellect and...
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You know as humans I think we can get greedy. We want things, I mean as we live here we are called to be servants of Jesus Christ but we also want. And becuase we have so much faith in our Lord and savior we pray to Him and ask Him of these things. And sometimes what we have to come to understand...
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We all use computers for many activities. Some use it for entertainment purposes or keeping in touch with friends or family, while others may use it as their primary business tool to store their critical information. Whatever the reason may be, your data is very important to you and losing it,...
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As I cruise through different websites, blogs and message boards, I see something that the vast majority of posters and owners have in common. That is that they take themselves far too seriously. It's a fact that most of the posts on all blogsites are political in way or another, and if the...
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Well, now that my daughter, CassandraMcGowan, is a full fledged blogger here, I have to wonder if there are any other three generation family bloggers on the board. NancyII is my Mom, for those who don't know. We are a pretty tightly knit family, and from mom's side of the family comes our...
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I started doing this because I am, at heart, a showoff. Whether it is riding a dirtbike, a Harley, playing a guitar or writing, I like people to see what I can do and how well I can do it when I put my mind to it. In the case of blogging I wanted to show off my communication abilities, general...
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My Mom(SurferGrandma)and I were invited by the Californian to do a spot on the blogs and the generalities of why we do it. It was pretty cool and we had some good laughs, met some fine people and got our 15 minutes. As I was driving home I got to thinking a little more about all this blogging...
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Hello right-wingers, my good friends! "I've come to talk with you again---because a vision softly creeping, left its seed while I was sleeping..."
Lately I've been doing a lot of looking and listening. Look around here at Bakersfield.com
What do you see? What do...
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Did You Know More Women Are Going to Prison Today More Than Ever and Why Society Can Help Change This
Many people believe that all women who are in prison have done some hideous crime. Not so. It is important to know that prison causes damage and disruption to the lives of...
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Why are so many women going to prison? What happens daily once inside?
Let's talk about this as I'm curious to know what you all think as there are many factors that play a role. Should we be sympathetic? Should we care? Should we have compassion? Should there be rehabilitation in and out of...
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I Get Forgetful: Diary of Donald Doyle, Alzheimer's Patient: Bruce L. Thiessen, Ph.D., Psychologist/BlogBook Author: Catharsis Fiction BlogBooks, 2007
Sunday, January 21, 2007
11: 46 pm
Well, lately I've been thinking that just because I've got this diagnosis doesn't mean I...
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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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There's one song I never seem to get tired of as Christmastime rolls around. It was a hit song penned by Johnny Marks that Brenda Lee turned into a timeless classic.
This year I decided to pay tribute to Peggy Lee and songwriter Johnny Marks by covering the tune myself. I...
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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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An infamous phrase, no question. Why can't we all just get along? Is there a cultural divide? If there is a divide, is it widening? The majority of people I talk to say yes.
Some in the media tell us that there are two major culture groups today. The groups have been called...
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I saw a human interest story in the paper today and it reminded me of one I read a few years ago in the paper. It made me wonder if the writers or the paper itself has made a policy to look into the stories a little deeper than just writing what someone tells them. The reason I wonder this is...
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I see the IRS is at it again. This time blocking the distribution of funds raised to benefit the families of the firefighters killed fighting the Twin Pines fire in October. The IRS says the United Way, who handled the donati0ons, failed to follow the guidelines that seperate individuals or...
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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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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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