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BP graduated from college in the mid sixties (at the bottom of the class?) He told his draft board that Vietnam could be won without his participation. He is still appologizing for that mistake. He received his fist photo lesson from a future Pulitzer Prize winner. (Eddie Adams in the AP lunch room told him to get rid of the everready case for his new Nikon F). A Pulitzer Prize winning reporter broke BP in on the police beat for a small daily in Pa. By 1975, Paul Newman had asked for Bob's Autograph.
(Google this: "Paul Newman asked my autograph" and click the top suggested URL.)
His co-workers on the weekly newspaper in Santa Monica,(in the Seventies) included a future White House correspondent for Time magazine and one of the future editors high up on the Playboy masthead. Bob has been to the Oscar ceremony twice before Oscar turned 50.
He is working on a book of memoirs tentatively titled "Paul Newman Asked for my Autograph." In the gold mining area of Australia (Kalgoorlie), Bob was called: "Col. Sanders."
Sunday, December 11, 2011 Time to "bet the farm"? (1 comments)
They say you shouldn't bet more than you can afford to lose.
Saturday, December 10, 2011 Visiting the Jim Morrison Mural in Venice CA (1 comments)
What does the Jim Morrison mural in Venice CA have to do with a columnist's forecast that JEB Bush will win next year's Presidential election?
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 Occupy Oakland's Battle of the Teepee (1 comments)
Police initial hault a Native American's effort to construct a teepee at the Occupy Oakland site.
Monday, November 14, 2011 Photo Report from Oakland
The only image for news photographers and TV crews in Oakland, Monday morning, was DWP workers doing their jobs.
Sunday, November 13, 2011 The Case of the Missing Man
An old news photo adds a dash of history to the Occupy Sproul Plaza protest.
Saturday, November 12, 2011 The Case of the Missing Car in Berkeley CA (1 comments)
What happened to the car that this Denver Boot was supposed to immobilize? Berkeley Police have been confronted with The Case of the Missing Car.
Thursday, November 10, 2011 Update for Occupy Berkeley at Sproul Plaza (1 comments)
The Occupy Sproul Plaza protest continued Thursday at University of California at Berkeley.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 Occupy Sproul Plaza
The OWS protests spread to a place where Protest history was made almost 50 years ago.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 Banksy in Berkeley? (2 comments)
Was a new mural seen in Berkeley done by the famous artist Banksy or is it a counterfeit?
Friday, September 16, 2011 Strike in Frisco evokes nostalgia
Is the ghost of Freddie Francisco roaming the city with the cable cars that climb up to the stars?
Friday, August 19, 2011 That's the way a car collector Rolls (1 comments)
Will the 1952 Ferrari Mexico (driven by Alberto Ascari) sell for 2 -- 3 million dollars (as expected?) in Monterey CA, this weekend?
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Anonymous vs. BART PD in S. F.
Monday's BART commute was interupted by a demonstration by folks from Anonymous
Thursday, July 21, 2011 Is Democracy imitating the Cheshire Cat?
In the era of pat-downs and scans at the airports, is it really that easy for a comedian with a plate of shaving cream to get onto the floor of Parliament?
Monday, July 18, 2011 Citizen Murdoch (2 comments)
Is Murdoch too big to indict
Sunday, June 26, 2011 Smokes or a trip to Paris? (1 comments)
If you were offered a trial pack of cigarettes or a trip to Paris, which would you choose?
Friday, June 3, 2011 Extortion for fun and political gain
How many essential social programs do the Republicans want to cut? Is it five or six? Now, the Democrats have to ask themselves another question . . .
Friday, May 6, 2011 Now It's al Qaeda's Turn (1 comments)
Presidential candidate Obama promised that he would deliver change. Apparently he has delivered on that promise. America has embraced the methods and conduct they once considered barbaric and unacceptable. A perpetual series of alternating acts of revenge might get a bit nasty.
Thursday, April 28, 2011 A National Park for City Slickers
America's oldest National Parks Ranger tells it like it was for visitors in Richmond CA.
Friday, April 15, 2011 Celebrating Forty Years of Fear and Loathing on National Columnists' Day (5 comments)
Forty years after Thompson lampooned the American Dream, circa 1971, the USA is full of disillusioned families with broken dreams trying desperately to cope with homelessness and the darkness in their new depression era hearts. The country is going broke fighting three separate perpetual military adventures which are either just for the pure fun of it or are wars of imperialistic aggression.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 Multiple Meltdowns
The week of March 6 to March 12, 2011 presented a multitude of items that begged for the use of the word "meltdown."
Thursday, March 3, 2011 Twin Cities?
All news is not created equal.
Sunday, February 27, 2011 Playing cards with a man named "Doc"
Is it fair to bet if the deck is marked? Don't look now, but aren't the efforts of the capitalists very similar to the mad scramble images conjured up by the phrase, "Great Oklahoma land rush"?
