Verizon is touting its new “family plan” as some type of an improvement over what I have now. How can that be? My current plan has two smart phones and two regular phones. Look what this does to my bill. Here are some of the details: • A regular phone will go from 9.99 to…
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The Beekeeper meets AI
I had a talk with my father-in-law yesterday and this topic came up. The following happened to him. You get a call from your bank informing you that you are the victim of a fraudulent charge. The person on the phone has a caller ID stating that it’s your bank calling. They have your account…
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There is a lot of talk lately about Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania switching parties to the GOP. This is because he has shown strong support for Israel. Make no mistake about it, Fetterman votes with democrats 90% of the time. Yet there is serious talk of a primary challenge in 2 years. My advice? …
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As stated before in this space, Megan Eisenberger and Brad Ng laid a turd in the punch bowl in regard to prosecuting the K Street shooting here in Sacramento. This blog is taking a look at a different part of the trial, the witnesses. Ng and Eisenberger handed out immunity from prosecution like it was…
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Folks, I feel for Samantha Guthrie. Having your 84-year-old mom disappear under suspicious circumstances has got to rock your world. Clearly foul play was involved. Whatever happened to Nancy, I don’t have any reason to think Samantha was involved. It’s just a feeling. I really don’t know anything about Samantha Guthrie except she works for…
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“A text without a context is a pretext, usually for error.” Dr. Walter Martin The Challenge At the new church that I am attending, one of the folks in leadership challenged me to examine the phrases “Day of the Lord” and “Great Day of the Lord” in the Bible. Somehow, he thought that such a…
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Some days I really wonder if the Republicans would rather be in the permanent minority like they are in Sacramento, California. An irrelevant bunch, who can go on the local friendly paper/news channel and preach about how “we need Republican’s ideas to fix this state!” They can carve out their individual fiefdom and never lose,…
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On the Hook is a traveling food truck that has been stopping here about once a month. Based on their phone number’s area code, they are based out of Wyoming. Oh, on the side of their vehicle it says, “Truck 26”. I’m sure your first thought when you think Wyoming is fresh cod fish, but…
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As our loyal readers will recall, I reported in this space about a week ago that Catholic Schools St. Patrick’s Academy and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton school were in dire straits financially. Well, we have an answer to my reporting. Bishop Jaime Soto announced the closing of St. Patrick’s and St. Charles schools and combined…
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Long time no blog out of me. Like most I have been busy, but also prices have gone up so much at local eateries that I am going to have to re-evaluate my criteria for judging businesses. However, I have killed the local Dickey’s “BBQ” joint for what may be the final time. You may…
