Just for Laughs
Read the Personals
HEY, GOOD-LOOKING—Branahougan’s Hilltop is having an all-day potluck meal to celebrate Thanksgiving. So bring your lumpy mashed taters, thin runny gravy and onion...
The Kibitzer
How Measure P Went Down in Flames
Now that the elections are over, we can breathe a collective sigh of relief, trash those offensive signs,...
Heart Talk
30 Years Was More Than Enough
Judging from letters to the editor and the fiery exchanges between supporters of Liberate Laguna and Laguna Village, certain...
Wisdom Workout
Are You an Over-Talker or an Over-Listener?
Talking and listening were fraternal twins separated at birth. Their parents were young and immature and so adoption...
Pet Peeves
Mother was very strict when it came to table manners. Rule #1—No elbows on the table. Rule #2—No shirt, no shoes, no service. And...
Does the Wet Suit You
Okay Corral
Marshall Dillon, Miss Kitty, Doc, and Festus can’t vote in Dodge City, Kansas. Not because they are dead, though that could also be...
Finding Meaning
Goodbye Good Ann
Ann Richardson, who quietly served our community for over 20 years as a doer and organizer, has moved on. She fought a...
Just for Laughs
Read the Personals
TALL, DARK, illegally-handsome guy of 40 – going into the witness-protection program (Midwest, I think). Seeking a gorgeous female pen pal with late-model fast...
Guest Column
Trump Can’t Abolish 14th Amendment
Last week, Donald Trump publicly floated the notion of abolishing the 14th Amendment (i.e., birthright citizenship) via executive order. Forget for...
Does the Wet Suit You
This column was going to be a reprise of an old election tradition, “Fast JJ’s Picks”.
That’s where the city council race is depicted as...
Finding Meaning
In last week’s column, I promised to tell the story of Laguna’s first official schoolhouse where four churches also got their start. To set...
Pet Peeves
Put Your Pencils Down
The test results of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, referred to by students as “Copy Off the Smart...
The Kibitzer
The Season of Angry Invective
After this savage election season concludes, I call for a new PAC: Loosen Laguna’s Sphincter. The air has become toxic,...
Green Light
Laguna’s Rouda Is Right for the CA-48
Voters in the CA-48 have a major choice to make in the approaching mid-term elections: either we vote...
Wisdom Workout
Thank You for Your Unsolicited Opinion (Said Nobody Ever)
Nextdoor is billed as a forum where neighbors can share pertinent information about where to find...