Pepper Spray vs...

Just about anything and the pepper spray loses, except it does work on dogs. At least it did the one time I used it.

I guess it's easy for me to say, but I don't see why people are going along with this pepper spray robber in Arcata. I know the stuff's irritating, but that's about it. Even a baseball bat would trump a robber using pepper spray, fists alone if you have a size advantage on the guy.

Somebody needs to thump this (these?) guys.

Just The Wind?

I guess it wasn't an earthquake?

I think it was right before 2pm and I was sitting here playing Aces High. All of the sudden there was like a big jolt with a big thump type noise. More like an explosion, but I figured maybe an earthquake.

Checked the earthquake report web site and didn't find anything. Just checked again and nothing. Must have been the wind, or maybe a sonic boom? Probably a sonic boom. Haven't heard one of those in a while but that's what I remember them being like.

Baby Aspirin: Anybody Else?

Went to the doctor Monday. Among other things he told me my blood was thick and I should take something to thin in out. He recommended taking one baby aspirin a day. Ahhh, baby aspirin. I remember that stuff.

So I go to the Henderson Center Rite- Aid and start looking through all the aspirin for baby aspirin. Didn't notice it right away so I asked the lady stocking the shelves- her name escapes me right now- if they carried baby aspirin. She pointed one out to me that was orange flavored.

I told her, "I don't know about orange flavored. When I was a wee little tyke I used to love Bayer baby aspirin. I'd eat them like candy...". She replies, "You too? I got in big trouble when my mom noticed the bottle was almost empty after I'd snacked on a bunch of them...".

Anybody else love that stuff when you were a kid? The ones I bought yesterday taste almost as I remember them way back when.

Rogan Coombs: R.I.P.

Another North Coast icon, Rogan Coombs, died recently. From what I've heard, he was a bit of a mover and shaker, although I rarely actually heard from, or about, the guy himself.

I don't know that I've ever met Rogan, although I might of spoken to him on the phone once or twice. Although a registered Republican, I believe he was also a Life Member of the Libertarian Party, that status gained by paying a certain amount of money for lifetime membership dues. That's where I first saw his name- the LP of Humboldt membership list, when I first got involved with the party.

Another local libertarian, Ron, related the story of Rogan attending some local Republican meeting many years ago where everyone was discussing an upcoming election. According to Ron, Rogan rose quite a few eyebrows when he said, "I'm voting for Harry Brown...", the Libertarian Party presidential candidate at the time.

Don't know just how true that was but I got the impression he was quite the libertarian oriented guy. The kind of guy we need more of in this world.

Singleton Still At It

Looks like local bottom- feeder and attorney- at- law, Jason Singleton, is still up to his hijinks. He's behind the recent closing of long time favorite eatery of many people, Arctic Circle, according to the Times- Standard.

Way to go, Singleton! No need to worry about the disabled having problems with access to Arctic Circle anymore. That's one way to deal with the problem.

That guy really needs to be run out of town on a rail.

CHP Seeks Rodoni Accident Witnesses

I can't help but wonder if any of the witnesses that the Highway Patrol has interviewed were among those that some claim reported the lady who hit Rodoni was reported as driving recklessly prior to the accident? I'm eager to find out the results of their investigation.

Media Maven Does Blogs

Marcy Burstiner, better known as the North Coast Journal's Media Maven, takes a look at blogs and blog comments in this week's column. She even mentions the Humboldt Herald and our very own Fred's Humboldt Blog.

At first I was a bit offended with her reference to this blog. She writes:

Read Humboldt Herald or Fred's Humboldt Blog on any given day and you'll find comments that appear hastily typed and posted, people saying hurtful things about other people, without the decency of signing their posts.

Hey, I guess I do allow anonymous comments and some comments might be hurtful to others, but I moderate the comments here. I might get a lot less comments than other blogs since I began moderating, but I don't allow the insulting and really nasty comments here that some others do.

But, some comments are hastily typed, posted and anonymous. Can't argue with that.

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First I noticed, unless I'd seen it before and forgotten about it, Marcy has her own blog. Looks like she only posts about once a month, though.

The Mt. Shasta Quake

The link to the story of last night's earthquake on the Santa Rosa Press- Democrat's home page was entitled Earthquake hits Mt. Shasta Area.

You're from Eureka, huh? Isn't that up around San Francisco?

Addendum: No mention of the quake that I can see in today's Mt. Shasta News. Maybe too late for the deadline, or did they even feel it there?

#2: Just noticed the Redding paper reported it.