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Aug.20.2012
Elizabeth Ashley Travers and Jason Lee were married at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Ana, in Orange County, on July 28. Pastor R. Winston...
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Aug.21.2012
PHOENIX - "Jason decides where we'll go," says Oakland's ace righthander Tim Hudson of the A's Phoenix night life schedule. "We just follow." Hudson...
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Aug.22.2012
Scottsdale, Ariz. - SATURDAY: It was drizzling and a little chilly when I left Oakland, but 79 degrees at 9 PM when my buddy Mac picked me up at Sky...
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Aug.23.2012
A journeyman is defined as "someone who works competently but not brilliantly." Such a description captures the career of new Dodger catcher Chad...
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Aug.25.2012
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Mark Mulder pitched six innings in Oakland's victory over San Francisco on Tuesday (March 27) at Scottsdale Stadium, allowing...
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Aug.26.2012
It was just perfect. Alex Rodriguez emerging from the Texas Rangers’ clubhouse after Friday night’s 13-1 win over Oakland with Andres Galarraga. Two...
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Aug.27.2012
For one month, the Oakland Athletics got pushed around like kids getting sand thrown in their face at the beach. They have decided to get tough. They...
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Aug.28.2012
Pitch the tents. Dig in the infantry. Saddle the horses, it is time to ride. The Oakland Athletics, like Napoleon, made the long, bloody retreat on...
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Aug.29.2012
The story of Bill Bordley and Bruce Gardner has all the key elements of Shakespearean tragedy. Gardner became a case study in melancholia, ending in...
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Aug.30.2012
Let me start with President Obama. What is my complaint with this man? Does my opposition make me a racist? Am I merely a narrow-minded white man...
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Jun.17.2009
My youngest son manages a janitorial crew at the college he attends.  It's his college job, and he likes it, enjoying hard work.  When he was little...
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Jul.27.2009
Friends long touted the cure, the detox, the purification from all things technological, cellular, internet.  I nodded and said, "Of course. ...
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Jul.30.2009
When  left my husband, I took all the little bags I'd been collecting for years, the kind given out at writing workshops (AWP, RWA), book conferences...
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Aug.18.2009
Yesterday, I had lunch with a woman I've known since we were six-and-unders at Orinda Park Pool.  Every summer, we swam together, and by seventh...
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Sep.04.2009
This week was heavy, the weight of a granite floor, counter top, and sub zero fridge.  It took five men to carry the fridge down a flight of 22 steps...
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Sep.16.2009
Just thought I'd let you all in on the news!  Katie Couric and Oprah just called.  I had a great conversation with both of them, and I think Oprah...
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Oct.30.2009
Not getting  a daily newspaper has proved to be okay in a few ways.  The most important, I think, is that I don't know there terrors of the day...
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Nov.12.2009
The world is cyclical, moving from one state to another and then back again.  Sometimes, these movements take someone to push the first boulder down...
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Dec.10.2009
People who haven't had coffee shouldn't make coffee. This I relearned this morning upon finding my pot of coffee spilled like a slick across the...
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Dec.22.2009
(Some spoilers, so don't read this if you don't want details.) Let me first say that I haven't seen a movie for a long time.  I tried to see The Hurt...
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