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The past 12 hours or so have involved some pretty hard rain in the Bay Area.  And, of course, the Bay Area press is atwitter about it.  I’ve lived in California most of my life and even I can see how over the top excited we get about heavy rain.  Part of that is due to the [...]

I’m often surprised by reminders Jay gives me of how much we have to learn when we’re growing up.  It has always been a bit of an ordeal brushing Jay’s teeth, but recently we moved the whole affair to the bathroom, and stand him up at the sink, “just like a big kid.”  It’s less [...]

I know I’m writing a lot about the Bears lately, so sorry to the majority of visitors, who probably don’t care a lick about Cal sports.  But I must revise my post or risk the wrath of at least two Sprucemen (if they ever get around to reading the latest posts).  There was a very [...]

The ‘Niners and Raiders lost.  Nothing new.  Stanford obviously lost (which is good, but doesn’t help the Bay Area).  Cal lost its Sunday night basketball game against Nevada.  Cal football played a crappy game against a crappy opponent, and pulled it out with field goals.  A win, but somehow almost completely unsatisfying (though a loss [...]