I introduce to you a new Monday morning feature, the “Cooky Kaption Kontest” (because Kooky doesn’t work there, it just doesn’t have the right ring to it…) in which you do the fake write your own caption thing that you’ve seen a thousand times. But this time it’s on The Sac Rag and it’s local. Post your fake funny caption in the comments. We start with this photo from the Bee’s story on the dedication of the Mormon Temple:
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Category: Misc
Offbeat film series at Fool’s Foundation
Received via email:
Shiny Object and Fools Foundation will begin an on-going weekly series of film screenings at Fools Foundation every Friday night at 7 PM. Most films are $5.00 unless otherwise noted in advance.
This all kicks off on Friday Sept 8 with a screening of “We Jam Econo: The Story of The Minutemen,” a feature-length documentary on the seminal 80’s punk band. The rest of the Sept schedule is below:
What happened to the fill-er-up?
Is it just me, or did they take away the “fill-up” at the gas station? I distinctly remember at one point in time being able to hand my card over to the attendant and say “fill-up on #3,” return and get my card and sign the thing. For whatever reason, I now am expected to tell the attendant how much gas I wish to purchase up front. I have been told that the system requires it.
Is it for my convenience? Judging by the overall surliness of your average gas station attendant of either sex, that is highly unlikely. Is it an anti-fraud measure? Can I tell him I want $300 worth of gas and then complain when he doesn’t have a giant container for me to take the other $250 worth home with me? I suppose that’s just it–it’s probably an anti-fraud measure preventing me from “acquiring” somebody else’s card and pumping $8000 worth of supreme into my friends various tricked out whips.
If that’s the case, is anybody else annoyed by it enough to complain anyway?
Flood protection bill goes down in Committee
So the CA Assembly voted down a big flood protection bill. I guess that’s even more reason to build a bigger arena…where else are we going to congregate when the levees break!
That’s right, I just Raised a Spectre. If I can’t simply argue that a backroom deal involving a tax increase that disproportionately hurts poor people and offers only a non-binding promise of a downtown sports arena is a bad idea I’m not afraid of going the fear route. I did notice something interesting in the Bee’s report about the failed flood bill:
[Bill sponsor Assemblywoman Lois] Wolk ultimately concluded it was better to do nothing and tackle the issue next year, than to do the wrong thing and pretend the issue was solved.
Interesting approach! When you’ve got a package of hastily slapped together legislation that you’re worried won’t get the job done, it’s nice to know you can just wait til next year, even if the bill involves improving a public facility or work that many say is inadequate to future needs. Who knew!?
100% SNARK FREE
Here’s hoping you’ll never need this service:
If you’re like me, you take every opportunity to enjoy the best that our region has to offer in outdoor recreation. There are countless beautiful views that can be accessed only by running or hiking through the woods and up and down some mountains.
While every precaution is taken for a safe adventure, we all know of someone — even if it’s just reading about it in the paper — who needed to be taken out on horseback or by a helicopter to get much needed medical attention, whether it’s from a bad fall, allergic reaction, heart attack, or a variety of other reasons.
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Embrace your fellow man
In many posts, we’ve shared our own experiences with people becoming more distant with each other — whether it’s not making eye contact; not returning a “hello”; or failing to say basic phrases such as “I’m sorry,” “excuse me,” “thank you,” and “yes, please.” I know this is not limited to Sacramento, but is there anything we can do about it?
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Free Starbuck’s iced coffee TOMORROW
Sometime Ragger Stickie sent me a tip that your friendly neighborhood Starbucks is offering “free iced coffee or iced cafe con leche” today from 1-3 pm. I can’t find independent confirmation but this seems to have gone on in other locales very recently so it’s probably legit.
UPDATE: Thanks to CSI Sac we now have independent confirmation that tomorrow is the free iced coffee day.
Kaiser: On a roll!
When I found myself in need of urgent care after a household accident yesterday (click link at your own risk), my hubby drove me to a local fire station to be checked out by the paramedics. The first station we tried was the one at Havenside and Florin in the Pocket area, and there was nobody around at all (which begs the question of its being a “safe haven” for people to drop off newborns, but that’s a different issue altogether.) The second fire station we tried was the one on 43rd near South Land Park Drive. The paramedics told me to get to the ER, and I knew the closest one under my coverage was Kaiser South on Mack Road.
Keeping my mind off the disgusting nature of my injury, we chatted about what was in store for us once we arrived at Kaiser. We were delightfully surprised.
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Power to the People
Cooldmz was happy to report that his travel plans were not delayed this morning at Sacramento International Airport in light of recent security restrictions placed on all air travel. With some proper prior planning, the wait at Terminal 2 was fewer than 5 minutes. In fact, the wait was much longer at the Pyramid Brewery kiosk! This goes to show you, of course, that when faced with adversity we humans can rise to the occasion and go with the flow! As long as the “flow” is coming from a beer tap…at 6am…on a weekday.
Grounded!
For hours now the news has been full of reports that mass murder in the skies has been averted, thanks to arrests of suspected terrorists in the U.K. New security measures are in place, and lines are reported long.
What does this mean for anyone trying to fly out of Sacramento International now? A friend just bailed on a business trip East. Her morning flight hadn’t boarded by afternoon.
We’re supposed to go to San Diego Saturday. Part of me says, “oh heck, just drive!”
Have to see how things develop in the next 48 hours. What would you do for a short trip? Is it worth the drive time to skip the airport?
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