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Stockton in Crisis: Searching for Solutions
Last week, I attended Stockton in Crisis: Searching for Solutions, hosted by News10 at the University of Pacific. It was a town hall meeting setup designed for the Stockton community to discuss...
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All I want for Christmas is the end of the Mercy Rule.
Your Little League team is losing by more than ten runs after the third inning? Put your gloves on and keep playing. Your Pop Warner team is being humiliated by fifty points? Tell the opposing team to...
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A third book talk at Delta College
It’s my third book talk at Delta College and this time I’m excited because the focus is on my routine and the approach to the writing process. One thing I’ve learned after doing two of these is that...
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Does this mean I could do anything, too, Mr. Miyagi?
So if Daniel-son can do anything because he can catch a fly with a pair of chopsticks, then what can I do since I caught a mosquito with a pair of scissors? Does that mean the opposite? That I can’t...
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Random Droppings
A man in New Hampshire lost his life savings on a carnival game and all he got was a banana with dreadlocks. If your idea of life savings is $2300 then this makes sense. For once, I don’t feel bad...
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How I Met Your Father
If you were to do a survey of all my friends back in 2002, you would’ve thought that the first person to get married would’ve been me. I was pretty damn close back then, but stuff happened and life...
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Being a Big Brother to my FOB nephew
Two years ago, the family decided that since I had all this free time, it would be my job to help my nephew Raymond become acclimated to high school life in America. He had only met his father once...
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Watching The Mist clear with my cousins
I wake up to the sound of the doorbell and open the door to my cousin Wok and B. It’s a Sunday afternoon and it’s hot and lazy and there’s really nothing left but to close my eyes again and wait for...
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How protected is my speech as an artist?
So how far does the first amendment go? How protected is my speech? As a writer, I’ve been struggling with what I want to write as art and being able to live a normal life. I mean, if you look at the...
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Initial thoughts on Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself
Back when I was out hustling, trying to get Old and Dirty into as many bookstores as I could, I had an interesting conversation with a clerk in a store in Sacramento. We were talking books and asking...
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