Author: CoolDMZ

"X-ray vision to see in between / Where's my kimono and my time machine?"

Sacramento’s sexy wildlife

There’s not much I can say to introduce this, save that it was an email to us Sacramento Zoo members and I thought it would make a great start to the week for all of us:

Greetings Zoo Members!

Looking for something to do on Valentine’s Day? Check out SWING WITH
YOUR SWEETIE AT THE ZOO on Wednesday, February 14th from 6 pm to 9 pm.

Treat your sweetheart to a unique evening of fun, fur and feathers as we
transform the Kampala Lounge into the rockin’ swing era of the 40’s!
Join us a Coconut Mary’s for a swanky reception and buffet dinner. Then
travel to the Jungle Room where Zoo Keepers give up the little known
secrets of some very sexy, saucy wildlife!

This event is adult in theme; only 21 years of age and over will be
allowed to attend.
Single tickets are $40 and couples tickets are $70 for Zoo Members.
Contact the Membership Office at (916)808-5888 or use the link below to
RSVP, for more information and for a full menu:

Throw The Book at The End

My heart goes out to the family of Jennifer Strange, who apparently died of water intoxication during a radio contest on “Morning Rave,” the morning show on “The End.” Ten people were fired today, and I have to assume that includes whoever was “in charge” at the time. Admittedly, water intoxication is probably not something everybody knows about, and I don’t know how many people are actually working during an FM radio morning show, or how the vetting process works for the contests (that process must not contain a humor component, as this whole tragic effed-up mess was aimed at making a pee joke about the Nintendo Wii). But somebody should have said something. Well, somebody like nurse practitioner Judith Linder did say something:

She and two co-workers called the radio station on a speaker phone, and their comments that water intoxication can be dangerous were part of the broadcast.

A DJ retorted, asking them why they didn’t join the contest. Linder said they replied: We don’t want to die.

I say criminal negligence. Throw the book at ’em.

Trans-fat bill exempts junk food in schools?

Don’t even get me started about the new Statewide trans-fat ban bill. There are circles of Snark Hell reserved for the nanny-state sillyness in the California Assembly. At least with this round, you say, the nannies are protecting the children:

Oils that contain less than 0.5 grams per serving would be OK, as would pre-packaged foods sold in schools

D’oh. Well, at least they banned smokable cancer sticks, right? Double d’oh!!

Have a small job? Don’t get Superior

I made the mistake of telling Mark at Superior Builders, Inc. that I needed a quote from his company on what I considered to be a small job at my house. Then Mark made the mistake of admitting to me that this is a turnoff to him because when people have it in their minds that the job is small, they can’t be convinced that it’s actually a big job, at coincidentally a much larger price. I decided to humor Mark…

Me: Okay, let’s just say I have just had a change of heart, and I’d like to have your company give me a quote on a job of undeterminate size.
Mark: Yeah, we’d have to pass on that.

I’m not saying that you should not call Superior Builders, Inc. for your contracting needs. I’m just saying don’t tell them you want a small deck built, lest they try to convince you that you actually want the hanging gardens of Babylon in your backyard.

The Shins’ Sacramento connection

The Shins interviewed by Jim Krasinski, Filter Magazine
Yes, that’s Jim from The Office

I’m a huge fan of The Shins, the earnest yet quirky indie rock outfit featured as the band that can change your life in the otherwise unwatchable “Garden State” by Zach Braff. I’m excited about their new album, “Wincing the Night Away” (which you can stream on Scenestars), out January 23 (my birthday) on Sub Pop, and their appearance this weekend with host Jake Gyllenhaal on Saturday Night Live. (Sub Pop is excited about that too.)

And then I realized that, as they would say on the local news, The Shins have a Sacramento connection. Continue reading “The Shins’ Sacramento connection”

CBS13 undermines river safety

CBS 13 story on the river party videoBy now you’ve heard of the “Sacramento’s American River Gone Fockin’ Crazy” video, an amateur “Girls Gone Wild” shot in the lawless American river by a creepy young would be video entrepreneur. CBS13 promoted the crap out of their story about the video last night during the broadcast of the (shudder) People’s Choice Awards, or as I like to call them the Yay For Everything Awards!! They cut in every commercial break, and displayed “Girls gone wild on the river” on the screen. Their angle was that County officials are worried that this will lead to more out of control partying on the river. Aren’t County officials also worried that CBS13 is showing us a reporter holding the DVD, showing the YouTube clips, and telling us that it is available in stores for $10?

Continue reading “CBS13 undermines river safety”

Placeblogger, putting the L in URL

Introducing Placeblogger, the hottest new thing in blogs dedicated to specific cities. FauxPaws pointed this out to me a few months ago but now it has launched, complete with major financial backing.

Placeblogs are sometimes called “hyperlocal sites” because some of them focus on news events and items that cover a particular neighborhood in great detail — and in particular, places that might be too physically small or sparsely populated to attract much traditional media coverage.

Sounds right up our alley. Here are the Sacramento placeblogs. Now with 33% McClatchy meat!! (Ours is in the queue.) Continue reading “Placeblogger, putting the L in URL”