Apropos of Nothing

Notwithstanding the bitter disappointment of the Arizona loss keeping the Bears out of the Rose Bowl, it was another wonderful year for Jeff...

So much for David Stern's holiday season. No doubt buoyed by the selection of Dwayne Wade as Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the...

The rest of us, we'll have be satisfied with "if only in my dreams..."

Although I admit that I'd never heard of the baiji until I read the article in tonight's newspaper, I still find this incredibly de...

When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick Jr. One of two Christmas albums that Connick Jr. has recorded, but by far the best, When My He...

The Andy Williams Christmas Album. For many baby-boomers, the name Andy Williams is probably synonymous with a series of saccharine Christma...

Courtesy of The Onion . Some highlights: "I think this year more than any other year proves that the BCS is working," ESPN College...

1919-1923, and 2002-2006. Those are the two periods in the history of the Big Game that Cal has defeated Stanford five consecutive times. Co...

Several of us met an old friend for dinner Wednesday night a Fleur de Lys, home of the great chef Hubert Keller and one of the classic resta...

When you work for an Association, the annual conference is an integral part of the year's activities. Our annual conference is held the ...

Most folks are probably aware that Cirque du Soleil is performing "a Beatles show" at The Mirage in Las Vegas. According to their ...

In the previous post I made a comment about Thanksgiving being a time to reflect. That can be a little hard to do when you have 30 guests f...

Thanksgiving seems to have become the lost holiday, stranded in that nether-world between Halloween and the onslaught of the Christmas seaso...

Seen while driving from Sacramento to Visalia this afternoon: - A hand-written sign reading, "Praz the Lord. Jesus is Coming. 88.1 FM...

The dream may not be over, but it's certainly on life support after the Cal Bears gave one away today to the Arizona Wildcats, 24-20. As...