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I’m still kind of groggy and disoriented myself, but this is the reddest of red letter days, and one I will never forget. My wife and new son, Alexander Kirk Olsen, came home from the hospital – both are sleepy but very fit and healthy – AND the US forces …

Poor little Alex got snipped this morning – apparently he slept through the procedure, which is probably the best way to get a significant part of yourself sheared off. As long as he is okay, Dawn is recovering so quickly we get to take her home today. Right now we’re …

Okay, here’s how strange things are getting. Dawn’s second due date was today – they calculated December 5 at some point, and December 11 at another point – and she could not be more sick of hauling a whole lot of baby boy (close to 10 lbs) around as some …

Regardless of the biological reality of race, as a social construct it yields some disturbing statistics. The Plain Dealer reports the infant mortality rate for blacks is still staggeringly high In Ohio, and one in three black children still live in poverty. But there were some bright spots in the …

It’s that time of year again – herein are collected various posts on the holidays, including music, movies, gifts, TV, and whatnot. Ho Ho Ho. Christmas Eve – Dinner of the Seven Fishes It’s Christmas Eve night and after a hectic day of preparation for the Big Day tomorrow, I …

Couples Elvis Costello and Diana Krall, and Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin got hitched. Bobby Brown smacked Whitney Houston around (hasn’t she been watching those Halle Berry PSAs about abuse?). Elvis and Diana: The couple married Saturday night in a ceremony at Elton John’s mansion in Surrey, …

If you are the mayor of a city, you shouldn’t be driving with illegally tinted windows and a passenger with a open container of beer. If you do these things, do not make a big deal about the sheriff’s deputy calling you “dude”: Arvin Mayor Juan Olivares had just one …

Former Democratic Senator Paul Simon passes on. . .

I vividly remember interviewing an elated and exhausted Koko Taylor after her galvanizing performance at the Long Beach Blues Festival over 20 years ago – talk about shaking her wang dang doodle! I wish Koko only the best and am very pleased to hear her surgery went well – we …

LAPD and Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon say the leaked Jacko memo will not affect their case: Los Angeles authorities confirmed they investigated the previous allegations, made by a 13-year-old boy, but ruled in February that they were unfounded. Police said they did not expect this to be …