Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Canaries visiting for a friendly fixture

In ‘Murican, this means the Norwich City Football Club, an English Premiere League team, will be playing in Sacramento as part of their recently announced American tour. This is apparently the very first time an English Premiere League team will … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday to us! The Sac Rag turns 8

On this date in 2005, RonTopOfIt and I launched this here web log. If memory serves, it was after a killer lunch at Mayflower and a discussion about tracking which local establishments served the Coca-Cola brand beverage–Google Maps having been … Continue reading

Brake for costumed heroes Saturday UPDATE: Cancelled

UPDATE: Commenter Junior points out that the event has been since canceled. Thanks, Junior! If you see a team of super powered individuals strolling Capitol Mall Saturday, don’t be alarmed — it’s just the participants in local actor Charlie Holliday’s … Continue reading

Southgate Branch librarian one of this year’s Movers & Shakers

Christy Aguirre, branch supervisor at the Southgate Branch of the Sacramento Public Library, was named one of 2013′s “Movers & Shakers” in the library world by Library Journal in March. Aguirre was recognized as a Community Builder for her work … Continue reading

Is someone trying to give away the McKinley Park geese?

Mrs Cool spotted this Craigslist ad, through which it appears someone is trying to get the McKinley Park duck/goose hybrids adopted. The McKinley fowl, of course, were in the news recently, as the City is being pressured to have a … Continue reading

Beware Drano Bottle Bombs

Apparently “Works Bombs,” a plastic bottle filled with Drano and tin foil which creates an explosive reaction, have been around for a while but was recently verified on Snopes, with several incidents reported recently. The amount of force that is … Continue reading

Questions on plastic bag ban

Tonight, the City Council will discuss drafting a city ordinance banning plastic bags at grocery stores. Since I’m too lazy to get to a City Council meeting to ask these questions, I very much hope someone has already asked them: … Continue reading

Rumors of our demise etc. etc.

The venerable Heckasac today: Remember all the blogs that have come and gone? The ones that started off strong and faded away? Remember when Sac Rag was a big thing? Oh wait, they are still posting! I’ll have to go … Continue reading